Mechanical Project Manager
The position offered is to supplement our Mechanical business, predominantly to service our Data Centre customers. The role will be predominantly focussed to the customer base that are in and around London, however, it should be noted and considered, that our customers do have locations outside of London, so the role may require coverage of the particular client rather than geographic location. For this job role, our client who have a premises in Hemel Hempstead, however as the business & Data Sector grows, there may be a requirement to travel further afield. No abroad travel is currently anticipated.
The role predominantly involves project delivery, however in the Project Manager position, you will be expected to take commercial responsibility for the job you are delivering, maintain client relationship and high-quality project execution with a key focus to quality of install.
The role will require close collaboration with numerous stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, including but not limited to the following: designers both internal and external, architects, GML estimating department, key account leads, project commercial teams both in house and client side, sub-contractors, manufacturers and specialist suppliers, client agents, commissioning teams and high-profile customers. The candidate will be a key contributor from conception, through the design stages, managing the delivery and ensuring that each project is suitably resourced and closed out in a professional manner, to the highest of standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* A keen eye for detail and a continuous drive to deliver quality work.
* Lead by example, promote the highest of standards with regards to HSEQ best practice, ensuring compliance with company standards, policies, ISO accreditations and legislative requirements in all instances.
* As a senior member of GML, it's imperative to consistently uphold a standard of professionalism in every interaction with clients and colleagues alike. This extends to your demeanour, presentation, and overall conduct.
* Dressing smartly and maintaining a tidy appearance at all times.
* Confident and effective communication, ability to chair meetings, driving outcomes, ensuring the production of accurate records of discussions, actions and deadlines.
* Exposure to tenders, liaison with designers, estimating and commercial teams. As noted above, we have separate teams within the business to handle tendering & commercial enquiries, however as a client representative, you will be the owner of tenders to ensure they are delivered on time and to the standard expected.
* Ability to fully understand the client requirement, technical specifications, drawings and project requirement holistically.
* Experience in the RIBA design, delivery, and project commissioning stages.
* Good understanding of design and project risks. Identify, manage and escalate risks where necessary. Mitigate risks with sound deployment of sub-contracts and allocation of CDP’s (Contractors Design Portion).
* Be able to contribute and manage against the sequence of works for the project programme.
* Ability to drive the project programme, ensuring key milestones are maintained. Ability to foresee potential points of failure and react accordingly.
* Prepare and present regular progress reports including programme drop lines to project stakeholders.
* Understanding the importance of the development and submission of RFI’s, TQ’s, RFI’s & Tech Sub’s and driving close out of items raised.
* Ability to make sound business decisions under pressure.
* A logical and lateral thinker with the ability to problem solve.
* Effective communicator, driven, focused, tenacious and conscientious.
* Excellent time management, ability to delegate, prioritise key tasks and workload when working to strict deadlines.
* Good understanding of project governance and the requirement for procedural conformity.
* Commercially astute, sound awareness of the contract terms ensuring adherence, ability to highlight risks, manage variations, delays and EOT requirements, liaising with internal QS’s to ensure that the business is commercially protected.
* Good understanding of JCT contracts.
* Build and maintain good relationships with the customer, framework suppliers and design consultants. Possess the ability to be assertive where required. Able to read the situation and make sound decisions, managing multiple entities both up and downstream, being the conduit to success.
* Highly adept at the co-ordination of work packages, understanding the interaction of trades and the ability to foresee potential issues.
* Sound knowledge of CDM Regulations, Principal Designer & Principal Contractor responsibilities under appointment.
* Willingness to learn and adapt to new ways of working.
* Highlight key commercial risk and mitigation measures.
* Upskilling of wider department team.
* Carry out PDR’s for direct reports.
* Drive the company’s vision, values and work ethic, contributing to the growth of the business.
* Safety
* Quality
* Integrity
* People
* Generate new opportunities, upsell GML as a business, secure additional works where possible, act on opportunities to reduce cost, add value and maximise profit.
Key Benefits & Entitlements:
* Provision of Travel Allowance
* Training & Development Opportunities
* Provision of Company Laptop
* Private Healthcare & Vitality Membership Benefits
* Dental Plan
* Life Insurance
* Company Pension Scheme
* 24 Days Annual Leave (plus Bank Holidays)
* Become Part of the Business Employee Ownership Trust after 12 months employment