Project Manager

Job Description

Position Type - Full Time\nLocation - London (Hybrid / Flexible Work)\nJob Category - Engineering / Security\nSalary Package - £60,000 per year\n\nWe are looking for a Project Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a company that excels in commercial security systems and is making a name for itself both throughout the UK and globally.\n\nWe strive to find the right kind of people who embrace our core values. Our culture and team are our strongest assets, and we want to recruit new staff that bring a happy disposition and a positive, energetic attitude to their work and work environment.\n\nThe ideal candidate will be a customer-focused, leadership professional who appreciates a challenge and thrives on accountability and being responsible for delivery excellence.\n\nThe mission of the Project Manager is to ensure all system installations are delivered on schedule and to the client's standards.

The Project Manager facilitates successful delivery through the life of the project, while maintaining standards and processes.\n\nThe successful candidate will be client-focused, self-motivated, and possess strong project management experience, supported by an obvious technical aptitude, and will be responsible for managing multiple projects, typically ranging from £20,000 to £500,000.\n\nKey Accountabilities:\n\nManaging relationships between Clients, Sales, and Operations\nManaging project delivery\nSite assessment including health and safety\nUnderstanding of installation process\nMaintaining documentation and standards\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nManaging Relationships Between Clients, Sales, and Operations\n\nManage the day-to-day client relationship ensuring that Sales and Operations are kept informed of developments involving them in any decisions that may significantly affect the relationship.\nEnsure a good partnership-based working relationship.\nAttend project meetings as required, including production and distribution of minutes.\n\nManaging Project Delivery\n\nReceive commercial project handover from the Sales Consultants.\nSupervise the technical/design handover between Sales and Operations.\nTake full responsibility for the project programme and key dates.\nManage progress on site to schedule.\nEnsure client dependencies are fulfilled and that impacts on programme are formally notified as appropriate.\nProvide accurate monthly forecast information including overall percentage completion, and predicted cost/time under and overspends in accordance with established processes.\nIdentify, price, and agree variation orders through to billing and payment.\nCoordinate with Finance on the submission of valuations, payment applications, and/or invoices as dictated by the contract ensuring agreed dates.\nEnsure the integrity of subcontract arrangements to minimise risk.\nAttend regular project meetings with the project team.\n\nSite Assessment Including Health and Safety\n\nWork closely with the operations team and engineers to ensure the integrity of system designs.\nProduce and manage health and safety documentation including method statements, risk assessments, health and safety plans in accordance with HSE guidance, current legislation, and CDM regulations.\nRun toolbox talks during projects.\n\nUnderstanding of Installation Process\n\nGain sufficient understanding of the technical aspects and risks in a project to ensure successful delivery.\nOrganise pre-installation visits to review site and provide the operations list of requirements.\n\nMaintaining Documentation and Standards\n\nManage system testing and commissioning including associated documentation.\nComplete and submit operation and maintenance manuals.\nManage the handover(s) to the support department on project or key stage completion.\nComplete documentation complying with ISO 9001:2015 policy and procedures.\n\nSkills and Abilities:\n\nTime-management and ability to meet deadlines.\nIT literacy, MS Office, and ideally proficient in MS Project.\nA proven problem solver and a can-do attitude.\nSelf-improvement, the ability, and aptitude to learn new systems.\nGood communication skills with the ability to build rapport and trust quickly.\nEffective planning to achieve results, taking a proactive approach, finding solutions to problems.\nAn understanding of operational requirements and how they relate to project delivery.\nAn ability to produce and amend detailed project plans with linked/dependent tasks.\nCompetence in budget control and a strategic approach to margin protection.\nCommercially aware with experience and understanding of the features and risks of commercial contracts.\nExperience of producing and disseminating health and safety documentation.\nThe ability to learn quickly and understand new technologies.\nDemonstrable technical aptitude and able to understand schematics, connection diagrams, and site plans.\n\nExperience, Licenses & Qualifications:\n\nSelf-motivated and dynamic with a good understanding of project management processes.\nWillingness to travel and work out of hours where necessary to achieve results.\nMinimum of 4 years' industry experience working within fire and security installations.\nPreviously worked in a fire and security systems project engineer or project manager role.\nA working knowledge of commonly used contracts such as NEC/JCT etc.\nExperience of managed integrated system projects including IP integration.\nExperience of working for a CDM principal contractor or in a CDM environment.\nIOSH Managing Safely qualified or similar (e.g., SSSTS or SMSTS).\nECS certified or ability to acquire certification.\nPrevious experience of working within an ISO 9001 and NSI standards company.\nFull UK car driving license