Project Manager; Defence

Roles & responsibilities:

• Determine project management, technical services and external resources required for the project on an individual and team basis (e.g. additional services).
• Planning, leading and managing a project team to deliver integrated, sustainable, and effective solutions that meet the project brief.
• Establishing strong working relationships with partners and key stakeholders at all levels, ensuring that all requirements are captured with approvals in place.
• End‑to‑end execution planning and management as you establish clear goals with well‑defined roles and deliverables.
• Ensuring a seamless, defined integration of design, development, commissioning delivery and process requirements.
• Reporting of project performance using project control tools, including earned value and quantitative risk analysis.
• Ensuring thorough management of both the deliverables and team safety.
• Collaboratively work with the construction manager/delivery team and/or external resources to ensure the successful delivery of the project in line with all stakeholders’ expectations communicating strategies to the team.
• Manage consultant team and project stakeholders to ensure effective completion of responsibilities including project brief/scope, fees, processing claims, deliverable and/or project variations etc.
• Display strong communication and negotiation skills to support the client/customer focus.
• Ensure the conversion program is maintained and all submissions are completed within the agreed milestone, being proactive with acceleration measures should the program slip.
• Produce design and authorities programme to be integrated with procurement and delivery programme.
• Manage the timely delivery to programme for the concept, schematic, detailed design and design development in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed on project milestones.
• Assist with the timely sequencing/methodology and production of stating plans.

• Degree qualified ideally in an engineering, architectural or construction related degree.
• Work towards or ideally obtained professional accreditation (APM, CIOB, RICS, RIBA, ICE)

• Experience in complex project delivery within live operational environments.
• Drive focus in all areas of health, safety, quality and environmental matters on projects, challenging where needed.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in project management and/or construction-related discipline, combined with a demonstrable intermediate level of role knowledge.
• Knowledge of Construction and Property industries and an understanding of estimating, scheduling, field supervision, contracts administration, procurement, financial controls and reporting.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills for resolving planning, estimating, contract administration and procurement issues within construction and design activities.
• Good interpersonal skills to prepare reports, negotiate and build relationships with key stakeholders.

• Proven experience in planning, leading, and managing project teams in a highly regulated environment.
• Extensive knowledge of planning and implementation of complex projects, within a live operational environment, with multiple stakeholder interfaces.
• Proven track record of delivering integrated and sustainable solutions to meet project briefs.
• Leading in Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end‑to‑end service delivery.
• A proven background in communicating project deliverables across complex regulated industries.
• Demonstrable experience in leading and influencing across internal and external teams. Owning projects throughout the project lifecycle from concept to handover and closeout.
• Preparing, updating and implementing the project management plan whilst proactively monitoring overall progress, the interdependencies and resolving issues/mitigating risks and initiating corrective action as appropriate.
• Driving the design development, initiating surveys and site visits as necessary in order to write the works information in line with the project business case.
• Undertaking the contract administration responsibilities and have a thorough understanding of the NEC suite…