Senior Project Manager - Construction

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The project:
Hinkley Point C is helping to secure the UK's low-carbon energy future, delivering reliable, affordable electricity to millions of homes for generations to come. As part of this nationally significant programme, you'll join a world-class team driving innovation, collaboration and excellence across every stage of delivery. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a project of unprecedented scale and complexity, while developing your career in an environment where your expertise, leadership and ambition can make a lasting impact.

The Project Manager has the responsibility to ensure delivery of all (or part of) the engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning activities for the life cycle of the contract or work package in accordance with the overall Project schedule. The PM will ensure planning and delivery is in accordance with all safety, quality, time, and cost parameters to meet the needs of the Project.

The PM will report directly to the Head of Site Operations and is responsible for the direction of activities associated with the full life cycle delivery of a contract or work package assigned to them.

You’ll be responsible for:

Assisting in securing the required resources to meet their project requirements, ensuring the maintenance of SQEP for any assigned resource and promptly identifying any personnel shortfalls or issues within their project team.

Assisting the development and implementation of strategies and plans in line with the overall programme execution plan (PEP), setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised, and executed.

Maintaining effective communications with all stakeholders and executing the project or PEP strategies within their contract or package of work.

Assisting with delivery of the contract or package activities to ensure they are delivered safely on time, to budget, meeting business and technical requirements.

Monitoring and managing the progress of the programme - track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget and provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters.

Anticipating, managing, and resolving issues within the contact or package. Identify risks and facilitate the resolution of all issues raised, develop, and update the programme budget, and escalate any issues as required.

Working with the construction team to ensure schedules are developed and maintained for the contract or package of work. Ensure such schedules are consistent with overall Project schedules and escalate any discrepancies.

Ensuring that lessons-learnt and knowledge-capture are practiced as business as usual.

Interfacing with other programmes to ensure a high-level view of how the total project is progressing and to identify and adopt the use of best practice.

Ensuring that contract or package contractual requirements are fulfilled and escalate where necessary.

You’ll need to have:

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of leadership and its application in complex projects.

Working knowledge of CDM Regulations.

Proficient numeracy, analytical and critical reasoning skills.

Proficient application of estimating, scheduling, programming, risk.

Excellent presentation, influencing and facilitation skills.

Understanding the needs of nuclear quality and how nuclear quality is assured and controlled.

A degree or similar qualification in a related subject, construction or related field is desirable but not essential.

Professional qualification in Project Management such as APM PPQ or other recognised qualification is desirable but not essential.

Demonstrated project management experience in:

Engineering design, contract, and field execution strategies for project delivery.

Multi-discipline EPCM projects.

Working knowledge and management experience of construction activities.

Procurement and management of complex contracts.

Control of costs, risk, schedule, and change.

Management of commercial claims and associated…