Senior Project Manager

  • Birkenhead, Merseyside
  • £80,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
  • Apply easily
Recruit4staff are proud to be representing their client, a heavy industrial manufacturer, in their search for experienced Senior Project Manager to work in BirkenheadFor the successful Senior Project Manager our client is offering:
  • £70,000 - £80,000 per annum (Negotiable depending on experience)
  • Core working hours 8am-4:30pm Monday to Friday
  • Permanent Position
  • Annual pay rise
  • 26 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
  • 7% Employer pension contribution
  • Life Assurance
  • BUPA Medical Package
  • Learning & Development opportunities
The role - Senior Project Manager:
  • Senior accountable owner for the relationship with customers
  • Working with commercial & defence sector contractors
  • Negotiating high value commercial contracts & manging the contract upon agreement
  • Collaboration and liaison with other Project Managers and members of the senior leadership team.
  • Ability to take ownership and accountability of allocated projects to ensure delivery of the technical and financial performance whilst having the backing of a supportive team and working closely with the senior leadership.
  • Ensuring design, engineering and stringent quality standards are maintained.
  • Accountable for project wide estimating covering all aspects such as technical development, supply chain, risks, variations including additional scope etc.
  • Spend a portion of time on the shop floor keeping in touch with the day-to-day issues
  • Senior representative attending customer meeting cover all project aspects and levels of seniority within the customer organisation.
  • Interface conduit for production, technical and quality areas to ensure effective project management, visibility and controls.
  • Lead the project team and manage the supply chain to deliver projects to time, meeting cost and quality targets and company standards.
  • Represent the company as the project commercial first point of contact .
  • Delivering continuous improvement of project management processes and practices.
What our client is looking for in a Senior Project Manager
  • Experience of Project Management & Contract Management within a heavy manufacturing / steel fabrication / heavy engineering / ship building environment - ESSENTIAL
  • City & Guilds/NVQ in fabrication or welding or similar mechanical engineering trade - BENEFICIAL
  • Prince2 Project Management qualifications - BENEFICIAL
  • Have a working knowledge of the procedures and processes undertaken in shipyards and knowledge of shipyard trade skills and their scopes of work.
  • Proven experience of estimating projects in a heavy engineering environment - ESSENTIAL
  • Commercial awareness and experience in working with Customers quantity Surveyors.
  • Proven experience of agreeing high value commercial contracts & contract management - ESSENTIAL
  • A proven record of high value budget and Earned value management,
  • Excellent understanding of commercial finances - ESSENTIAL
  • Experience in building and expanding a project team to meet additional demands.
  • Experience of defence sector single source contracting and SSRO requirements - BENEFICIAL
  • Knowledge of of current legislation relating to the maritime industry - BENEFICIAL
Key skills or similar Job titles: Ship Manager, Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Operations Manager, Contract Manager, Engineering Manager, Fabricati

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