Senior Project Manager (M&E)

Join to apply for the Senior Project Manager (M&E) role at Affordable Houses Ltd. Thomas & Adamson International Ltd (part of the Egis Group) is an award‑winning UK‑based consultancy firm specializing in project management, cost management, building surveying and safety services in the buildings space. Over the last 90 years, T&A has supported and led organisations through the challenges of procuring, delivering and operating their built assets across the UK, USA and Middle East. Our personalized expertise and advice gives clients greater confidence, more time and increased return on investment.

Egis, our parent company, is a leading global architectural, consulting, construction engineering, operations and mobility services firm. With 22,000 employees in over 100 countries, we create and operate intelligent infrastructure and buildings that respond to the climate emergency and contribute to balanced, sustainable and resilient development.

Role Overview

As an active Senior Project Manager on our project management team you will undertake multiple and complex work assignments, delivering within timeframes and managing resources to provide exemplary professional services to our clients. You will have mechanical and electrical coordination and commissioning experience, ideally with exposure to aviation projects, and be comfortable working autonomously and within a team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Planning
  • Strategic project structuring and governance
  • Development of Project Management Plans
  • Establishing and updating master programmes, identifying project milestones and project team member responsibilities
  • Interrogation of construction programmes, agreeing changes or enhancements
• Engaging
  • Defining, liaising with and managing key stakeholders
  • Establishing, implementing and leading project meetings with all project team members and stakeholder groups
  • Producing project correspondence ensuring actions are clearly defined and delivered upon by all project team members within agreed timescales
  • Preparing formal/informal reports on a regular basis to suit client requirements
  • Attending client board meetings as required and preparing/collating board reports in advance
• Procuring
  • Producing and issuing consultancy scopes of services and request for proposals and other appointment documents
  • Actively participating in the preparation of project tender documents in conjunction with the internal/external Cost Management department
  • Reviewing and commenting on tender returns from a technical compliance standpoint
  • Leading negotiations with contractors to ensure tender costs represent best value
  • Assisting with preparation of contract appointments
• Managing Risk, Delivering Value
  • Review and comment on design packages to ensure compliance with project briefs
  • Leading value engineering and risk review workshops
  • Compiling and tracking risk mitigation activities and value engineering opportunities
  • Assessing contractor claims for delay events; working with the commercial team to establish entitlement
• Project Administration
  • Assessing and reporting on design team/contractor progress and commercial matters during design and delivery
  • Formal client board reporting
  • Agenda setting/minute taking as well as action tracking
  • Managing the design teams/contractor to ensure all contract requirements are fulfilled
  • Managing and coordinating responses to technical queries or requests for information
  • Processing contract instructions and other contractually mandated procedures
  • Ensuring stipulated levels of project governance are established and document management/communications protocols are adhered to
  • Recording all correspondence and project information in the Document Management System (DMS)
• Commercial
  • Scheduling of project costs and negotiation of professional fees
  • Monitoring and reporting of project costs and fees
  • Requesting fee proposals and assessing the validity of requests for additional fees
  • Verification, allocation and processing of invoices
  • Preparing change requests and seeking costs/fees and any other implications from the project team
  • Arranging client approval of change requests and issuing instructions as required
• General Duties
  • Establishing and reviewing the work of sub‑consultants or directly appointed project team members
  • Participating in and delivering professional development and training activities, working continually to further develop your own knowledge and experience
  • Building upon and maintaining culture
  • Leading and mentoring junior staff
  • Networking and supporting business development objectives

Key Attributes

• Hands‑on, results oriented, and client centric
• Energized and adaptive with a strong work ethic
• Emotionally intelligent and able to drive the best outcomes from teams
• Excellent written and reporting skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and a consummate and organized multi‑tasker
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple, concurrent and conflicting projects and programmes of work
• Ability to build relationships with and manage multiple types and levels of internal and external stakeholders often with conflicting priorities
• Outstanding communications, listening and presentation skills
• Decisive and calm under pressure
• Transparent and accountability oriented

Qualifications

• Education to degree level
• 5+ years of project management experience
• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Association of Project Managers (MAPM) or equivalent
• Demonstratable experience coordinating, delivering and commissioning Mechanical and Electrical projects
• Demonstratable airport/aviation experience highly desirable

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Egis is an equal opportunities employer who recognises the value of having a diverse workforce. Your application will be assessed based purely on your skills and experience, the stated essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role.