Senior Project Manager - Construction

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in its domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are respected, established and an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base.

The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of Maritime Domain Awareness 'MDA' technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance, security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners.

SRT is an exciting company where high-quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and are constantly seeking to innovate to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work where talented hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine world.

You as our Senior Project Manager will ideally be based in East Africa, with a primary focus on Kenya. This is an extremely hands‑on, site‑facing role supporting the Programme Director by leading project delivery, coordinating assigned work streams, and controlling delivery against agreed scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk and customer commitments.

Role Overview of our Senior Project Manager

• Lead assigned projects and work streams, ensuring delivery remains focused on scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and customer outcomes
• Maintain project governance, including delivery reviews, action tracking, decision logs, escalation routes, reporting cycles and customer-facing progress forums
• Oversee integrated planning, schedules, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, RAID, change control and delivery forecasts
• Coordinate Kenya delivery across customer, government, regulatory, ICP, consultant, subcontractor and internal SRT interfaces
• Maintain a regular site presence across Kenya, travelling frequently to project locations to review progress, resolve blockers and confirm construction and installation readiness
• Act as design manager/coordinator during design development, overseeing ICP design consultant deliverables, review cycles, comment responses, approval submissions and alignment with SRT / customer requirements
• Coordinate design workshops and reviews between SRT technical teams, the Programme Director, ICP, consultants, customers and site delivery teams
• Manage design queries, technical clarifications, deviations, approvals, procurement dependencies and installation-readiness constraints
• Ensure construction and design activities comply with applicable Kenyan health, safety, environmental and statutory requirements
• Assist with tender activity, scope interpretation and delivery advice as required

• Strong, proven experience in project management and delivery of complex construction and system integration projects, including construction delivery interfaces on complex multi-site programmes
• Experience of civil build, construction and design for communication towers, data centres etc. would prove highly beneficial
• Experience of international build, construction and design knowledge would prove highly beneficial
• Experience working with in-country partners, design consultants, customer-side stakeholders, government/regulatory stakeholders and local subcontractors in East Africa or comparable international delivery environments
• Ability to review and challenge contractor programmes, identify schedule risk, support recovery planning and translate programme issues into practical site actions
• Strong capability in managing design clarifications, technical deviations,…