Project Manager - Ports

The Senior Project Manager for Ports plays a crucial role in preparing and delivering technical submissions during the tender process and overseeing project execution post-award. Reporting to the Business Development Director, this role involves leading multidisciplinary teams, managing technical proposals, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in port project construction and delivery, strong project management expertise, and a deep understanding of procurement processes. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for ensuring high-quality, innovative, and compliant technical solutions that meet client expectations in the ports industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Bid Manager/Director to develop a technical strategy aligned with tender requirements.
• Provide input on key technical differentiators and innovations to enhance bid competitiveness.
• Participate in bid/no-bid decision-making, providing technical insights on feasibility, risks, and project alignment with company capabilities.
• Identify areas for value engineering or alternative technical solutions to enhance the bid.
• Lead the technical aspects of bid preparation, ensuring all documentation, designs, and methodologies meet client specifications and industry standards.
• Develop a clear and compelling technical narrative that communicates the company’s expertise and approach.
• Ensure compliance with tender requirements, reviewing specifications, scope of work, and all relevant technical details.
• Coordinate with internal departments and external consultants to develop accurate technical solutions.
• Draft technical content, including construction methodologies, resource allocation plans, design management, and risk assessments.
• Ensure consistency and clarity in technical responses across different sections of the bid.
• Conduct comprehensive technical risk assessments, identifying potential project challenges and mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with commercial and procurement teams to assess risk related to contract terms, supply chain, and design factors.
• Communicate technical risks and uncertainties to senior management, ensuring appropriate contingency measures are incorporated into the bid.
• Manage the coordination of design activities within the bid team, ensuring timely delivery of compliant designs and documentation.
• Engage with design consultants and subject matter experts to gather inputs for the technical bid submission.
• Ensure designs are fully integrated into proposed construction methodologies and align with project objectives, timelines, and budget.
• Act as the main point of contact for all technical queries from clients, consultants, and internal teams during the bidding process.
• Attend pre-bid meetings, site visits, and client briefings to gather information, clarify technical requirements, and present the company’s capabilities.
• Liaise with external consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers to obtain necessary technical inputs and validate assumptions.
• Participate in negotiations with clients and partners, providing technical expertise to support discussions around scope, methods, and value engineering.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of technical specialists, designers, and engineers involved in the bid process.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to team members, ensuring high-quality outputs that align with company standards and bid requirements.
• Oversee the work of junior technical staff and ensure proper coordination with other departments such as commercial, planning, and HSEQ.
• Ensure all technical documentation and solutions adhere to relevant regulations, industry standards, and best practices, including CDM regulations.
• Implement quality assurance processes to review and validate all technical deliverables before submission.
• Review previous bids and lessons learned to continuously improve the quality and competitiveness of future technical submissions.
• Assist in the smooth handover of successful bids to the delivery team, ensuring all technical solutions, methodologies, and risks are clearly communicated.
• Provide ongoing technical support during the contract negotiation phase and project kick-off, if required.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Significant experience in the successful construction and delivery of port projects.
• Prior experience in procurement and tender processes for port projects is highly desirable.
• Proven experience managing small to large-scale port projects, ensuring timely and successful delivery.
• Strong technical knowledge of port design and construction methodologies, including compliance with specific regulations.
• Sound understanding of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulations relevant to port projects, ensuring the highest standards of compliance.
• Expertise in managing budgets, financial controls, and reporting for complex port projects.
• Proficient in project management methodologies and practices, including scheduling, contracts administration, procurement, and risk management.
• Proven ability to resolve complex problems across estimating, contract administration, procurement, and project planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate and collaborate effectively with various internal and external teams.
• Established reputation in the port sector, with demonstrated success in operating at the highest level of compliance and quality.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality infrastructure projects.
• Tertiary qualifications in a related degree (project management and/or construction-related discipline) or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Membership of an appropriate professional body or equivalent professional status.
• Demonstrated significant experience in complex port construction and senior management roles on projects of similar scope and scale within the construction industry.
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and budget, with an exemplary safety, quality, and sustainability record.
• Professional presentation, negotiation skills, organizational skills, and the ability to plan and manage own time.
• CSCS Card.

Company Values:

• Excellence: Promoting innovation, development, training, and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of project delivery.
• Integrity: Acting ethically and transparently, demanding the best standards of integrity from employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Trust: Nurturing positive relationships at all levels of the organization, with clients and supply chain by developing strong and long-term relationships based on mutual trust.
• Sustainability: Commitment to sustainable development to make an efficient and ethically responsible contribution to society and the environment.
• Profitability: Ensuring profitability while contributing value to the communities in which we operate as part of our sustainability agenda.