Project Manager; Automation

Overview

Project Manager (Automation)

Location:

Chesterfield

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs. We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

The Role

Our Automation & Digitalisation teams deliver projects in various industries including Nuclear, Food & Beverage, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Energy/Renewables, Metals and Utilities. Our teams across Chesterfield, Fareham and Warrington deliver solutions using a wide array of technology including Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA and many more. These solutions include PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, Batch, Functional Safety, OT Cyber Security and Industry 4.0. As part of our continued growth in Automation, we are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Gas delivery team based in Warrington to manage National Gas Transmission Compressor Station upgrade projects.

The focus of this programme is to meet cyber security requirements of the NGT business as part of critical infrastructure gas supply in the UK. The new control system will replace existing PLC, SCADA and networking devices to remove obsolescence and provide an opportunity to move through the IEC
62443 lifecycle to verify and validate the system during FEED, detailed design, implementation and commissioning phases before handover to the client.

• Responsibility for a project {Commercially/Contractually}. Work closely with the Management team and Framework Automation Manager on all commercial and contractual aspects for their allocated projects.
• Responsibility for a project {Technically}. Work closely with the Engineering Team and Management Team to ensure that the solution provided is of minimum cost whilst being technically acceptable and in accordance with the client specifications and the Bilfinger offer. Maintenance of ongoing customer relationships

Primary Objectives

• Health and Safety – Personal Safety is the number one objective.
• Achieve overall project budgetary requirements

• Overall responsibility for complete technical delivery of nominated projects

• Overall technical and team management for nominated projects

• Maximise opportunities within allocated projects (variations, savings)
• Maximise business development opportunities with existing customers
• Manage the customer
• Ensure all contractual obligations are met by Bilfinger UK Ltd.
• Manage Company Resource with other Project Managers and Framework Automation Manager.

• Health and Safety. This is of paramount importance to the business. Personal Safety is the number one objective. Leadership is essential. Ensure that you work closely with the Health and Safety Team and ensure all projects and personnel are operating fully in accordance with the Company Health and Safety processes and procedures.
• Schedule Management - Develop and maintain the schedule/programme. Where applicable work with Planners to ensure effective Project control.
• Commercial Management – Achieve and better overall project budgetary requirements. Manage procurement and invoicing to ensure a favourable cash flow for the company for financial maintenance. Where applicable work with QS and Cost Engineers to ensure effective Project control.
• Contract Management – Manage and execute the project to the contract, maximising revenue and financial performance. Recognise and maximise variation opportunities and commercially manage contract variations.
• Technical Management – Be responsible in all aspects for the Technical Delivery of the Project.

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