Anglo Technical Recruitment
Location
Wigan, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Our client is a major Rail contractor with works secured across the UK. They specialize in Rail, Highways, Energy and Civil Engineering. They are currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to join them in their Doncaster / Wigan locations.
Job Description:
The Senior Project manager will be responsible for the planning, management, coordination and financial control of all projects from conception through to project close out and define and maintain standardised project management processes / standards within the Operations divisions.
Key accountabilities:
- Driving the programme of projects forward achieving optimum delivery of outputs through appropriate planning, structuring and sequencing tasks and activities.
- Lead the Project Managers and project delivery team and oversee supply chain partners, programme dependencies, project deliverables, risks / opportunities and emerging issues, in accordance with Client standards and Company processes.
- Reviewing project delivery budget and resourcing, driving governance arrangements to support business reporting.
- Maintaining relationships with key customers, ensuring effective and robust communication plans are agreed and in place.
- Implement quality and efficiency improvement initiatives for the programme
- Support business transformation programmes and helps drive delivery performance improvements across the divisions.
- Define and maintain standards / processes for project management within the business operations divisions
- Lead on bid management
- Mentor / coach Assistant Project Managers and Project Managers as required.
Requirements
Key competencies / Skills and behaviours
- Significant knowledge of project management principles, methods, techniques, tools and emerging trends.
- Proven experience in management of customer expectations, senior stakeholders anddeveloping strong relationships across the business.
- Strong leadership skills, motivating and inspiring confidence in others
- High levels of flexibility, adaptability and broad thinking.
- Proven track record within supplier management and commercial acumen
- Strong financial management skills including quality forecasting
Key qualifications / experience
- Significant experience in Project Management within the construction industry
- Technically competent with various software programs, including (but not limited to) Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Projects
- Degree qualified within Project Management or construction related field.
- Prince 2 or PMP certified.
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