About the job

Description

Project Manager

Location: Birchwood Park, Risley

Work Arrangements: Hybrid, minimum of 3 days per week in the office

Travel: Occasional visits to Glasgow or Faslane base for client meetings/reviews/familiarisation etc.

Clearance Requirements: Candidates must hold valid SC level security clearance or be able to obtain.

Please note we are recruiting on a permanent or contract basis.

Purpose of the job

To provide leadership, direction and strategy at a competent level on one or a number of multi-disciplinary teams delivering projects such that the customer’s requirements are delivered and NUVIA’s performance and profit margins are met. Manage project start up and delivery and to meet time cost, quality, safety requirements and manage risk.

Reports to

Head of PMO

Key Accountabilities

Delivery accountability

• Accountable for all aspects of project delivery including definition, design, procurement, manufacture, construction and commissioning.
• Accountable for project financial performance.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of the project in accordance with the PMP.
• Management of project scope and any deviation from that agreed scope.

Launches the Project

• Arranges and holds Inaugural Contract Review meeting and receives tender file.
• Set up project team, obtain resources, mobilise, define roles and responsibilities.
• Holds project start-up meeting.
• Establishes effective communicates with all project stakeholders, internal and external, especially client representative.
• Support customer in project dealings with external agencies and customer stakeholders.
• Established security requirements on the project and implements them.
• Develops, agrees with the Sponsor and communicates the Project Management Plan.
• Prepares a project delivery strategy.
• Prepares Procurement Strategy.
• Prepares Safety Plan.
• Ensure where required, a robust basis of design is developed which meets project delivery strategy, schedule and budget requirements and will deliver the technical requirements of the project.
• Establish document and key deliverables schedule.
• Established resource requirements and liaises with the business to secure the correct SQEP resource to meet the project requirements.
• Establishes project management check sheets for the key stages of the project.
• Launch the Construction Phase in conjunction with the Construction Function Manager.
• Organise the management of production of safety case, where applicable, and ensure all constraints are flowed down from design to implementation and commissioning.

Establishes schedule, Budgets and sets up project cost control

• Establishes base line budget and schedule
• Sets up WBS, CBS and OBS and align all.
• Sets up accounting structure to suit WBS
• Establish cost control methodology.

Procurement and Subcontract Management

• Manage production of enquiry specifications in accordance with delivery and procurement strategies.
• Manage the procurement exercise and subsequent review for supplier selection.
• Assess tenderer costs, performance indicators and let subcontract.
• Manage placement of purchase orders on behalf of the project and the customer.
• Manage subcontractors in accordance with company subcontract management process.

Monitor, Control, report, Project Costs, Resources (internal and external), Schedule and scope

• Maintain record of project costs and commitments, compare with plan and take corrective action where required.
• Hold regular progress meetings with the customer.
• Hold regular internal reporting with Sponsor as defined in the PMP.
• Track progress and resource usage on schedule, mitigate any deviations present or foreseen
• Produce periodic progress reports for customer and internal, including financial reports and accurate costs to completion within MPRs, and MPA’s where applicable.
• Identify and agree contract deviations.

Supervise Project Teams to achieve project Safety, Quality and Delivery Strategy requirements.

• Supervises the Project Team in accordance with company requirements.
• Leads the project team to deliver the project in accordance with the PMP and the divisional and company E6 plans.
• Ensure supervision of own staff and contractors on, and off, site to required standards of safety and quality including identification of training requirements.
• Manage delivery of Health and Safety Plan requirements. (if appropriate).

Assess and Mitigate Project Risks

• Identify and assess risks to the project
• Generate and implement risk mitigation strategies.

Tendering and proposal development.

• Manage the development and delivery of tenders to clients.
• Develop winning solutions to clients ITT’s.
• Provide project management expertise to tender submissions.
• Provide input and expertise including proposal responses to tenders.

Occupational Skills and Knowledge:

• A qualification within either a engineering or related field.
• Project Management related qualification

Duties and Requirements

• Demonstrates competent professional standards of behaviour and compliance with legal and technical requirements.
• Demonstrates competent commercial awareness and the ability to negotiate with Clients and improve Nuvia’s commercial position within contracts.
• 3 years’ experience in Project Management as a Project / Senior Project Engineer.
• Demonstrable experience in engineering project delivery, with demonstrable competence gained in a project management position.
• Can deliver project management expertise, leadership, problem solving and conflict management skills to a competent level.
• A full UK driver’s license

Why us?

Employee Benefits Package

• 8.5% Pension Contribution & Life Assurance
• Private Medical Scheme*
• Employee Share Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes: Electrical Vehicles, Technology and Cycle to Work
• 18 Weeks Full Maternity Pay* (+21w SMP)
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service, 31 days after 10 years’ service)
• Option to buy, sell and carry over up to 5 days annual leave per year
• In partnership with trade unions
• Personal Development & Further Education Support
• Long Service & Recognition Awards
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible hybrid & agile working

*After 1 year of service.

NUVIA UK - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally.

NUVIA UK is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence.