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Associate director - project delivery practice

Newcastle Upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
AtkinsRéalis
Associate director
€55,000 a year
Posted: 26 November
Offer description

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally. We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life. The AtkinsRéalis Infrastructure Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the centre of excellence for the delivery of infrastructure projects and combines the best in project management, commercial and design management to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sectors. The team is responsible for delivery of design services across our markets of Water Infrastructure, Defence Infrastructure, Nuclear, Aviation, Energy, Rail (stations), and Urban Developments.


Responsibilities

* The successful delivery of the project to agreed targets, e.g., programme, budget, and quality.
* Identifying and agreeing project objectives and developing a strategy for achieving these.
* Identifying and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk to AtkinsRéalis, as well as identification of opportunities.
* Leading the project team – building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding and developing the team towards solving problems and making decisions.
* Facilitating communication, co‑ordination, and information flow with the Client and within the project team, including any subcontractors and partners (internal and external).
* With input from the Discipline Leads, agreeing commercial trading arrangements and communication plan for working with other teams across the business including our Global Technology Centres (GTC) in Bangalore and New Delhi.
* Assembling and owning the project delivery programme and delivery plans.
* Protecting the commercial interest of AtkinsRéalis, including timely and accurate invoicing and effective credit control for optimal cash flow (with the support of the finance community), comparing revenue with predicted costs and identifying risk allowances, margin, and provisions – at project set‑up and monthly thereafter, including Earned Value reporting.
* Closing out the project on completion, archiving project documentation, updating market information, ensuring that lessons‑learnt are captured and disseminated internally and ensuring that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated.


Qualifications

* Cognisant delivery of projects and tasks in accordance with the AtkinsRéalis Values, Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, and Innovation.
* Chartered Engineer/Architect/Project Manager or equivalent with demonstrable experience managing the design and/or construction with experience on large infrastructure projects. APM PMQ (or equivalent) recognized level of competence in Project Management – desirable. Market sector experience across a range of major projects.
* Understanding and experience deploying various forms of construction contract, in particular NEC3 or 4 and/or bespoke forms of contract. Experience of managing design projects to time, cost, and quality objectives and familiarity with programming and earned value techniques.
* Familiarity with BIM and understanding 3D modelling tools for design and coordination purposes and the associated Information attributes that can be assigned and managed within the Model.
* Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills, including the ability to understand client requirements and bring together different AtkinsRéalis capabilities to develop a solution.
* Strong understanding of principles of assurance and compliance as defined and applied within the relevant industry environment.
* Identifies new opportunities and growth propositions and brings value into the business by seeing these through to new work for themselves and others.
* Competent and confident to define the best way forward in a dynamic working environment. Self‑motivated and able to work both independently and within a larger multi‑discipline team. A hard‑working and flexible individual, who is a team player, possesses great attention to detail, is reliable, proactive, and shows initiative whilst able to keep cool under pressure and when working to often demanding deadlines.
* Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership qualities, including delegation without ambiguity. A supportive and encouraging approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team. Ability to adapt to different cultures and working environments to build rapport with clients.
* Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written. Collaborative approach to delivery of projects and stakeholder management.
* Be available to travel across the UK and work away from home on client sites when required.


Benefits

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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