Job Title: Project Manager

Location: London

Our Client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Structured Cabling Project Manager to join their team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building strong relationships both directly and through the Operations Manager and contract teams.

The main purpose of this role would be to support the  Operations Manager and Client Relationship Manager with supervising key engineering company contracts and delivering excellent operational performance and customer services in line with client expectations.

Main Tasks:

• Deliver a high-quality service on time and within contract budget.
• Provide first line management and leadership to contracted teams, set team objectives, ensure the quality of engineers work and verify that it has been undertaken in-line with agreed timescales.
• Develop project schedules and budget reporting.
• Manage procurement, deliveries and external engineering resource.
• Recording and monitoring costs against budget, through regular liaising with Operations Manager and finance team.
• Attending weekly project update meetings at Head Office (Kent) consisting of the monitoring of project timescales/deadlines, materials, resource, budgets and variations.
• Participate with the weekly finance meeting to assist with the timely accounting functions (invoicing and applications).
• Compliance, Health & Safety, company policies, standards and initiatives
• Comply with contracts to ensure that the business is compliant with all legislation, health & safety matters, policy and good practice (Risk and method statements)
• Weekly liaising with Compliance Team, to ensure that all relevant completed paperwork is provided from engineers, and a good level of H&S practice is adhered to onsite.
• Ensure all correct handover documentation is provided by the pre-sales team ahead of project start.
• Provide ‘in-project’ documentation, to include record keeping of client variations and project risks. Preparation and collation of project handover documentation, to ensure all customer expectations are upheld.
• Supervise installation and integrations teams – utilising benchmarking and sign off to ensure consistent quality of works.
• Develop and maintain good levels of communication between operations team and client. To have a good understanding of who personnel are in the various accounts and follow structured reporting.

This job description is intended as a general indication of the main responsibilities of the job and does not include detailed instructions on how tasks are undertaken. You may be required to carry out additional tasks within your capability as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and to meet the needs of the business.

Required Skills:

• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Able to communicate well with all levels of staff/contractors and clients.
• Proficient in Microsoft packages.
• Experience of supervising and improving internal and external customer relationships and conflict handling.
• SSSTS, ECS Card advantageous and any other H&S training (can be undertaken during employment).
• Project Management qualifications (advantageous).
• Willingness to travel abroad on occasion.