Project Manager, Project & Program Management, Operations Management

About This Role

This Project Manager role is within the UK Infrastructure Project Delivery Practice, a center of excellence for infrastructure project delivery. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering multi-disciplinary projects or work packages on larger projects, from concept through to construction, supporting an expanding portfolio of challenging projects across various market sectors.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects successfully against agreed targets, including program, budget, quality, health and safety, sustainability, and client satisfaction
• Identify and agree project objectives with the Senior Project Manager (SPM) or Project Director (PD) and develop a clear strategy for achieving them
• Identify, eliminate, and manage any matters that could pose a contractual or commercial risk to AtkinsRéalis at the earliest opportunity
• Set objectives, define tasks for the project team, delegate authority, and agree how risks will be shared with the SPM/PD as necessary
• Actively manage the project, both technically and financially, in accordance with corporate and business policies, directives, guidance, and procedures
• Monitor and report performance against program, technical quality, financial, and KPI targets
• Take or advise the SPM/PD on any necessary mitigation actions to prevent targets from being missed
• Control change and manage an effective change control process
• Lead the project team by building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding, and developing team members
• Provide regular feedback, support an inclusive and collaborative working environment, and ensure staff have the necessary health and safety training to discharge their design duties
• Define clear lines of communication and responsibilities for coordination within the project
• Close out the project on completion, archive project documentation, update market information, capture and share lessons learned, and ensure that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated
• Facilitate communication, coordination, and information flow with the client and within the project team, including subcontractors and internal or external partners
• Agree resource levels, project personnel, and milestones internally with the project delivery team and externally with the client and other project contributors
• Establish a bottom-up estimate of project costs
• Assemble and own the project delivery program and delivery plans
• Provide project reports on a regular basis to convey cost and schedule information in a timely manner, as required internally or externally
• Protect the commercial interests of AtkinsRéalis, including timely and accurate invoicing and effective credit control for optimal cash flow, with support from the finance team
• Compare revenue with predicted costs and identify risk allowances, margin, and provisions at project set-up and monthly thereafter, including Earned Value reporting

Requirements

• Chartered Engineer or Architect, or working towards chartership
• Experience of working on design commissions for large infrastructure projects
• Market sector experience in one or more of Water Infrastructure, Defence Infrastructure, Aviation, Energy, and Transport

About the Company

AtkinsRéalis UK Infrastructure Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the center of excellence for the delivery of infrastructure projects and the home unit for its project management staff. The team is responsible for the delivery of design services across various markets. Clients include Welsh Water, Wessex Water, Severn Trent, Thames Water, AWE, Babcock, Balfour Beatty, DIO, EDF, the Environment Agency, Stansted, Heathrow and Birmingham Airport, High Speed 2, and many more.