Mechanical Project Manager

Mechanical Project Manager

Responsible for overseeing and managing effectively, all aspects of a number of different projects at any one time with a sales value of circa. £5 million in total.

Essential Abilities, Duties and Responsibilities

Assist with the promotion, management and development of all office procedures and successfully achieve company, team and individual goals and objectives.

Work closely with the Buying Department, QS Department, Design and Estimating Department, and the Qualifying Manager/Testing and Inspection Department to ensure that successful handover to the client of a value for money product whilst at the same time ensuring that the Company achieves a margin of profit that is satisfactory considering the circumstances of the securing of the project;

Maintain daily contact with all relevant site based personnel.

Be responsible for overall control of installation works, approving quality and quantity of work, commissioning and hand-over, on projects on site concurrently.

Capable of working unsupervised and reporting to line manager on a ‘need to know’ basis.

Ensure all aspects of customer care, health and safety and welfare arrangements are implemented.

Seek advice from Senior Members of Staff at the earliest opportunity for issues that may affect the reputation of the Company.

Produce Construction / Fit Out Programmes / Commissioning Programmes to ensure satisfactory delivery, within budget, in a period acceptable to the Client ensuring quality standards are maintained. The project manager shall also be responsible for producing weekly drop down programmes highlighting delays and re-programme the projects to mitigate if possible or issue a delay notice to the client. Short term weekly look ahead programmes shall also be produced complete with holding sub-contract meeting.

Maintain client contact at all times

Ensure all projects in team are complete on time, and within cost allowances and produce meaningful cost to completes on a monthly basis.

Ensure all invoices and cash is collected by team QS or other team members

Read, understand and implement the company Health, Safety & Environmental Policy at all times

Ensure that all activities under current remit are undertaken in accordance with the QA system

Maintain the highest level of commercial confidentiality in all aspects of employment

Ensure that a non-adversarial, non-confrontational and professional approach is adopted at all times when dealing with all internal and external customers

Ensure all changes to scope of works and variations are recorded by the site team and fed back to the project QS on an agreed basis

This list is not exhaustive.

The duties outlined in this job description will change over time.

Please note that all employees must be prepared to undertake reasonable duties other than those for which they have been specifically employed.

Key Skills

Relationship management and interpersonal skills

Communication, influencing and negotiating skills

Project management

Presentation skills

Research and report writing skills

Problem solving with decision making

Change management

PC literate with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word

Training to be given on COINS OA and Microsoft Project

Key Attributes

Professional and positive approach

Self motivated

Strong in building relationships and able to communicate at all levels

Team player and able to work on own initiative

Dynamic and creative