About This Role
This project management role involves delivering design services to water and defence clients and supporting the growth of the defence project team. It suits a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager who will manage major multi-disciplinary design projects within a diverse portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Manage the project delivery services to water and defence clients
- Support the growth of the team delivering defence projects
- Ensure high levels of client satisfaction through the delivery of high-quality project delivery and commercial management services
- Manage the delivery of major multi-disciplinary design projects across all market sectors
- Deliver projects successfully to agreed targets on programme, budget, and quality
- Identify and agree project objectives and develop a strategy for achieving these
- Identify and manage any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk to AtkinsRéalis
- Manage the project team – build, motivate, maintain, coach and guide the team
- Facilitate communication, co-ordination and information flow with the Client and within the project team, including any subcontractors and partners (internal and external)
- Assemble and own the project delivery programme and delivery plans
- Protect the commercial interest of AtkinsRéalis, including timely and accurate invoicing and effective credit control for optimal cash flow (with the support of the finance community)
- Compare revenue with predicted costs and identify risk allowances, margin and provisions – at project set-up and monthly thereafter, including Earned Value reporting
- Close out the project on completion, archive project documentation, update market information, ensure that lessons learnt are captured and disseminated internally, and ensure that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated
- Support business development activities in line with market strategies and governance
Requirements
- Degree qualified, with demonstrable experience managing design commissions and/or design and build contracts on large infrastructure projects
- Chartered Engineer/Scientist/PM
- Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership potential
- Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written
- Self-motivated and able to work both independently and within a larger multi-discipline team
- Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills
- A supportive and encouraging approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team
- Demonstrable experience in deploying various forms of contract, in particular NEC3 or 4
- Ability to adapt to different cultures and working environments to build rapport with clients
