Job title: Project Manager
Based from: Frankfurt, Germany
Region covered: Europe Project Sites
Reports to: Contracts Manager

The Role
The responsibilities of the Project Manager include providing leadership and support to ensure allocated Project(s) are successfully delivered with financial monitoring and control, within the agreed contractual time frames while ensuring environmental, Health & Safety and Quality compliance are adhered to.

The Employment & Benefits Package:

• £70k per annum and end of project bonus (up to £15,000 a year)
• Accommodation and travel covered
• Tax free daily subsistence allowances
• 10 – 4 Rotation Basis – 10 x days site based, 4 x days from home
• 40 hours per week
• 33 days holiday per annum inclusive of bank holidays with the opportunity to buy or sell an additional 5 days
• All roles are offered subject to security screening, DBS Enhanced and PNC checks
• Probationary period of 6 months
• Healthcare Cash Plan- claim back the costs of dentist, opticians, physio, prescriptions and much more
• Life Insurance- 4 times annual salary
• Employee Assistance Programme including mental health support, legal, financial advice and access to own Mental Health First Aid team
• Access to 24/7 GP helpline and online GP surgery
• Access to discounts from 1000s of retailers through PERKS such as gym membership discounts, shopping, cinema tickets, and discounts at your favourite restaurants
• Personal accident protection
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Long Service Awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Voluntary critical illness cover for yourself and partner

Duties and Responsibilities

• To be the lead point of contact for key customer contracts, anticipate customer needs, ensure customer deadlines are met and support the contract to ensure customer success and contractual compliance
• Work effectively with Business Development Managers and Contracts Manager to increase prospects when directed
• Effectively Manage, Monitor and Support the project team
• Effectively always build and maintain internal key departmental contacts and stakeholder relationships to ensure positive outcomes and cross functional working
• Take ownership of the project delivery including implementing, monitoring and developing construction programmes and financial controls to ensure key project performance measurables are achieved
• Management of Resources both direct and indirect to ensure programme compliance
• Attend progress review meetings with external and internal customers and provide timely support and corrective actions to ensure successful delivery of the project, budgets and to optimise customer relationships and protect the business
• To ensure compliance with industry standards and codes of practice, company quality and compliance standards and customer SLA’s and take corrective action as appropriate
• To lead by example to ensure full compliance of Health and Safety and Environmental (HS&E) statutory and regulatory requirements, standards, codes of practice and company procedures
• Planning and Managing of Direct Employees, Sub-Contractors and supply chain
• Commercial and Financial management including monthly applications, variations, contractual notices to both client, sub-contractors and supply chain
• To produce and analyse project progress reports, updated costs and forecasts as and when the business and contractual requirements dictate
• To monitor quality and continually explore improvements in company procedure

No job description can be entirely comprehensive and the jobholder will be expected to adapt and carry out such other duties as may be required from time to time, on the understanding that they will be within the individual’s remit and capability, and consistent with the status and responsibilities of the role within the business.

Person Specification

Essential

• Project Management experience in construction or engineering including relationship management and negotiating contract terms and conditions
• Sound commercial awareness and costing of projects and contracts
• Extensive experience of managing teams and direct employee’s and Sub-Contractors
• Excellent people management skills with the ability to influence, coach and mentor
• Good knowledge and experience of contract law and able to administer NEC, JCT or Similar
• Clear understanding of construction methods and sequencing
• Experience of resource planning and programme management
• Clear understanding of construction Health and Safety requirements, including management of RAMS and sub-contractors
• IOSH or SMSTS certified and holds current CSCS Card
• Demonstrable experience of providing professional and appropriate verbal and written communications with both internal and external customers at all levels
• Experienced in achieving SLA’s, identifying gaps against standards, and implementing improvement solutions
• Demonstrable experience in achieving performance targets and driving performance through utilising metrics
• Demonstrable experience in providing strong leadership and leading by example
• Solid experience in effectively organising and coordinating multiple priorities whilst achieving tight deadlines
• Highly resilient, responsive and proactive, able to adapt to daily changes in workload and areas of focus
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
• Sound problem solving skills and analytical thinking with demonstrable experience of delivering actions plans to resolve issues and remedy disputes
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within Fire, Security, Data or Electrical Contracting
• Educated to HNC level or relevant industry experience
• Experience of Eque2 or other similar contract management software
• Familiar with MS Project or other Project Planning Programming Software

Work Environment:

• The physical environment requires the employee to work in office and construction site locations around the UK and may involve travel to Europe from time to time.
• Construction site locations will involve both inside and outside working environments and the employee will frequently be required to use personal protective equipment.
• The employee may be required to work nights, weekends and on public holidays and may be required to spend time away in order to fulfil the job role.