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Project Director - M&E

Employer
Carmichael UK
Location
Berkshire
Salary
£80,000 annum
Closing date
23 Oct 2019

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Sector
Construction
Responsibilities
Analyst
Position/Level
Director, Professional / Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English

A high profile tier 1 contractor are seeking an M&E Project Director to join their team on a permanent basis.

You'll be joining the business on a new laboratory and office development with a total value of £250m (M&E value £85m) from the ground up, you'll spend the first 18 months in the design phase and will be overseeing a team of design managers whilst liaising with a world class consultancy throughout this phase.

This project is a joint-venture with another business who will be dealing with the construction of this development, you'll be in regular contact with this person whilst overseeing your own team of 4 Project Managers to ensure the project runs smoothly from the M&E side.

The project is expected to last until 2025 so will offer a strong pipeline of work for the right person.

Further details

Lead the project team and manage the supply chain to deliver projects to time, cost and quality targets and standards

Ensure safety targets and standards are maintained by:

  • Knowing what safety excellence looks like and communicating safety with passion and credibility, in order to inspire, motivate and lead the project team to achieve the vision
  • Fostering a continuous improvement culture by actively seeking input from all members of the project team and encouraging them to implement safety improvements

Ensure sustainability targets and standards are achieved by:

  • Actively engaging with the customer to understand and deliver their key sustainability objectives
  • Promoting Sustainable Solutions around all operations, particularly those related to efficient management of Waste, Energy and Water
  • Leading effective Community Engagement Plans and Skills programmes where required
  • Manage commercial and business risk to achieve targets
  • Understand the relevant Contract terms and conditions for each project
  • Proactively manage the customer relationship during delivery, including change and decision making to effectively manage expectations, and maintain long-term relationships
  • Assist in procuring work by maintaining and developing industry contacts and liaising with Business Development
  • Ensure defects and any post completion issues to maintain a positive customer relationship and repeat business performance levels are managed
  • Ensure the Company and Divisional procedures and policies are followed by the relevant teams, i.e. the Business Management System, including the Process Operating Model.

Personal experience and qualities:

  • Significant previous experience in project management, in particular managing complex jobs, within the relevant industry is required.
  • The ability to communicate effectively is required in order to manage customer relationships, in addition to strong planning and organisation skills to deliver operational excellence and efficiency.
  • Strong leadership skills, including experience of leading teams and confidence in the ability to lead, influence and communicate with others to deliver targets are required.
  • Financial awareness is required to deliver targets, with a desire to continuously improve safety and sustainability performance.
  • An appropriate and valid CSCS card is required.
  • A relevant professional qualification, such as APMP, and a relevant technical qualification are desirable.
  • Experience of Lean Construction principles and Lean practitioner training are desirable

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