Senior Project Manager

Laing O'Rourke group; CHESTERFIELD; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction and engineering company is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Chesterfield for the Great Grid project. You will be responsible for ensuring safety targets are met, managing project budgets, and liaising with clients. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management, with significant experience in delivering large-scale projects. Self-delivery experience is highly desirable. Join a seasoned team to contribute to innovative infrastructure solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or Construction Management (or equivalent).
• Experience delivering large-scale projects as a number 1.
• Self-delivery experience is needed.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the achievement of safety targets.
• Deliver the sub project within budget and quality assurance standards.
• Assess staff capability and performance.
• Manage budget and deliver project section.
• Liase with clients and tenants.

Skills

Self-delivery experience

Leadership

Safety management

Budget management

Client liaison

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Masters (desirable)

Job description

Overview

Expanded Structures are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join one of our Great Grid projects in Chesterfield. The Great Grid Upgrade is building the significant new electricity network infrastructure required to reduce the UK's reliance on fossil fuels by connecting 50GW of offshore wind by 2030. As part of this partnership, there is a requirement on one of the substation projects in Chesterfield.

Expanded Group provides total capability in the early construction phases of major projects, delivering an end-to-end solution or a bespoke choice of services. Backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, we deliver the full range of piling, precast concrete, post-tensioning and structures techniques.

Role & responsibilities

• Contribute to the achievement of safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences
• To deliver the sub project to the client within budget, Quality Assurance standards, on programme and to stringent safety parameters
• To work with the planning team to develop detailed and accurate short term programmes of work
• To assess the staff capability and performance
• To manage the budget and delivery of the section of the project
• To provide accurate and timely reporting of progress against the plan
• To ensure adoption of innovative ideas from within the business and from the workforce
• To plan the programming of day to day resource requirement and communicate these to the construction team
• To interface with other construction managers and section managers to share best practice and ensure effective resource utilisation
• To monitor external changes to work plans and report the effect of change
• To lead section meetings to review Safety, Quality, Progress and Design. Achievement of commercial requirements
• To ensure effective implementation Laing O Rourke project management systems and procedures
• Contribute to the contract review process
• Client and tenant liaison
• Assist with design development
• To act as person responsible for permit to work procedures

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or Construction Management (or equivalent)
• Self-delivery experience
• Masters – desirable
• Experience delivering large-scale projects as a number 1

About us

Laing O\'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O\'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O\'Rourke\'s story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

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