Our Civils contractor client is seeking a site based Project Manager to support delivery of a major reservoir project based in Havant on a permanent basis.
Our client are part of a joint venture delivering the Havant Thicket Reservoir on behalf of Portsmouth Water. The project is divided into 2 with our client supporting the main earthworks/reservoir build and others supporting on pipelines.
The project is due to run until 2032 and needs a Project Manager to support delivery in a site based position.
Responsibilities
- Update contract programme weekly with project planner, highlighting delays and potential claims to commercial team. Integrate subcontractor work.
- Plan upcoming work, procure subcontractors, and place orders for long lead in materials
- Chair weekly site meetings to ensure your site team, (Site Manager/Foreman, Site Engineer) understand what is to be done by when & what can be improved upon & learned from.
- Monitor and report on financial performance. Highlight commercial risks, and develop solutions to maximize profit.
- Raise Early Warnings, and attend risk reduction meetings.
- Assist the commercial team to produce compensation events.
- Use information provided by your site engineer to communicate technical queries and resolve design issues in a timely manner.
- Produce project management documents including Construction Phase Plan, Waste Management Plan & contributing to the Materials Management Plan. Methods, risk assessments'.
- Compliance with environmental mitigation measures and controls.
- Compile information to be included into the Health & Safety file.
- Compliance with company procedures & ensure sites are producing their plant and material returns to the office as required
- Local recruitment of necessary labour resources
- Managing your team & delegating suitable responsibilities to team members.
- Sharing knowledge & training as required. Promote effective inter-team working across all functional departments i.e. Commercial, Finance, Plant, Procurement, Technical & Estimating.
- Monitor the morale & motivation of the team. Communicate the company objectives & maintain regular information sharing relevant to the team.
- Promote a culture of openness and honesty.
- Maintain regular 1-2-1's with your reporting staff discussing & agreeing personal objectives, learning needs & goals
- Monitor performance standards & manage expectations.
- Provide information for Monthly report
- Build trusted relationships with clients and explore opportunities for future works
Skills/experience/qualifications
- Ideally civils background
- Examples of managing high value complex projects
- Earthworks/Water/Highways backgrounds all considered
- Ideally NEC experience
Benefits
- Salary circa £70-80k depending on experience
- Cash car allowance
- Site based role - minimum 4 days on site in Havant
- Generous holiday and company pension
