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Senior Project Manager - Enabling Works

  • Location: London
  • Salary: Competitive
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 3 years ago

  • Sector: Infrastructure
  • Contact: Tristan Walker
  • Contact Email: twalker@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: +441483467294
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 19 May 2021
  • Job Ref: 1035633
NRL are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to work with an engineering consultancy supporting the Lower Thames Crossing project. This role is initially working remotely with offices based in Aldgate, London.


Role Responsibilities:
  • Work within a multi-disciplinary Enabling works team to deliver various work packages
  • Manage the risk associated with scope gaps and misalignment between the Contractor and in-house technical teams
  • Working with key interfaces to promote coordination and integration between Enabling and other workstreams within the project
  • Actively support the development of cost, schedule, and reporting (weekly reports, monthly dashboards and reports, presentations, etc.) to ensure the requirements are met
  • Assist the Head of Enabling Works in all aspects of the workstream
  • Work with the Stakeholder, Environment team and DCO teams to ensure that consents and approvals are granted before commencement of works
  • Key interfaces with Project Managers, Enabling works Design team, Land & Property team, Construction Managers, Main Contractor, Planning/Project Controls/Commercial functions
  • To deliver parent company programme governance requirements as required
  • To consider programme legacy and in all decision making in the same way as cost, risk, and time
  • To look for ways to encourage innovative thinking around how to improve legacy benefits
  • To hold health, safety, security, and welfare (HSSW) as a key programme value and to participate in the creation, development, and implementation of HSSW strategies by the programme leadership team
Role Requirements:
  • Seasoned Project Manager with a track record of delivering projects to time, cost quality standards across all stages of project lifecycle
  • Experience in managing and delivering enabling works including surveys
  • Experience in the writing, reviewing, compilation of reports, and presentations
  • Demonstrable experience of successfully working in/adapting the philosophy of a 'One Team' environment within an NEC contract context
  • Demonstrable experience of working in a major infrastructure project in a similar industry &/or to working in a matrix and dispersed team
  • On site construction experience working closely with contractors
  • Team oriented leader with the ability to work closely with peers; delegate, motivate and empower individuals and teams
  • Examples of exercising sound judgement, leading and facilitating decision making on complex issues among multiple parties
  • Educated to degree standard and membership of an appropriate professional body or equivalent work history
  • Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders, and to influence all levels in an organization to produce timely documents etc
  • Strong interpersonal skills and personal resilience to working within a challenging timescale and being proactive in getting things done
  • Structured and methodical working methods
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and personal resilience to working to strict timelines/different styles of leadership.
  • Strong self and team organisational skills along with pro-active and independent working
  • High degree of computer literacy including immediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, PowerPoint and Excel and other basic software with a willingness and skill to learn new programs quickly
 

What is in it for you:
  • Opportunity to work in an exciting and rapidly expanding company
  • Competitive salary
  • Long contract