Project Manager - Terminal Civil - London in Whitehall

Costain are engaged by our Client (Heathrow Airport Ltd) to deliver a variety of projects across the airport estate. It is anticipated that the role holder will be assigned to 2-3 separate multi-discipline projects. The Role Holder will focus on Terminal Civil, Structural, Architectural Projects. The Pre-Construction Project Manager shall fulfil the role of Contract Leader for their assigned projects as described in Costain Way procedure CPH-H-004, "How to Deliver Contracts". Reporting to the Framework Pre-Construction Lead, the role is accountable for managing assigned projects at varying stages of design development through to the Client Investment Decision at Gate 3 (G3). The Project Manager leads the day-to-day activities of the project team, manages the relationship with the Client project team, coordinates the Costain project team across disciplines, and maintains overall ownership of scope delivery and the end-to-end project strategy.

The Project Manager leads and coordinates the day-to-day activities of the following project team roles:

• Design Manager, acting as Package Manager for design subcontractors
• Commercial Manager and Quantity Surveyor (QS)
• Project Planner
• Stakeholder Engagement Manager
• Procurement resource

Key Interfaces:

• Maintain appropriate liaison with other framework personnel when required, including the Risk Manager, Asset Integration Manager, and Construction Project Team.
• Coordinate cross-discipline input within the Costain project team.
• Maintain effective working relationships with the Client project team.

Responsibilities:

Safety, Health and Environment:

• Ensure compliance with Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) requirements and confirm that all required appointments are made and maintained.
• Where applicable, manage the safe start of on-site activities, including surveys.
• Review risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) and confirm that they are suitable before work begins.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental Management Plan (HASEMP) requirements for induction and supervision.
• Liaise with the framework permit team to secure the permits and controls required for start-on-site.

Project Controls:

• Monitor programme progress, with particular attention to the critical and sub-critical paths, including the procurement schedule.
• Assess the effect of actual and forecast progress on the contractual completion date and available float and initiate appropriate corrective action.
• Maintain package-level forecasts for out-turn cost, out-turn value and cash flow in conjunction with the Commercial Manager.
• Control changes to scope, ensuring that each change is identified, assessed, authorised, recorded and communicated in accordance with framework and contract processes.

Risks and Opportunities:

• Lead the risk and opportunity management process to reduce the project risk profile and maximise available opportunities, in line with Costain Way and Client Risk Management processes.
• Ensure that material risks, opportunities, owners and mitigating actions are current, visible and escalated where required.

Design and Work Package Assurance:

• Monitor design deliverables with the Design Manager for subcontract packages, in accordance with the Framework Design Management Plan and the Costain Des-gate process.
• Maintain an agreed design-deliverables schedule and escalate actual or forecast delay.
• Ensure that design and scope changes are identified, recorded and communicated in accordance with framework processes.
• Review subcontractor progress and performance and ensure that agreed actions are followed through.
• Confirm that each work package has met its contractual, technical and assurance obligations before completion is approved.

Progress Reporting:

• Produce an updated Monthly Contract Review report each month using the output from the route to margin plan, or equivalent, and the standard Costain Framework template.
• Provide clear, accurate and timely reporting on programme, cost, value, cash flow, risk, opportunity, and change.

Client and Stakeholder Management:

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the Client through the reports, meetings and communications required by the project strategy and contract.
• Manage the relationship with the Client project team, maintain clear decision and action records, and escalate material issues promptly.
• Keep the Framework Pre-Construction Lead regularly informed of matters affecting the customer relationship.

End-to-End Project Ownership:

• Maintain overall ownership of scope delivery and the end-to-end project strategy through the pre-construction phase and transition into delivery activities.
• Develop the subcontracting strategy for current and future project lifecycle phases, secure Client support, and manage its implementation.
• Lead the project team in identifying opportunities to challenge the Client project lifecycle and realise efficiencies.

Capital Efficiency and Constructability:

• Lead Capital Efficiency reviews on behalf of Costain in accordance with the Client process.
• Ensure constructability reviews take place at key points in the design programme and engage delivery-discipline personnel at the appropriate time.

Procurement and Future Task Orders:

• Coordinate the procurement and pricing of future task orders in conjunction with the Procurement Manager.
• Lead the development of the Package Acquisition Strategy and the subsequent procurement process in accordance with the Costain Way.

Integration and Handover to Construction Team:

• Ensure engagement from Construction Project Team at appropriate points throughout design development to ensure constructability is considered in design, and during preparation for delivery (including subcontract procurement strategy and pricing of delivery phase).

Qualifications:Essential:

• Technical or professional education
• A relevant degree, higher-level technical qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience in engineering, construction, project management or a related discipline.
• Health and safety Construction Skills Certification Scheme Card
• Project management accreditation Evidence of relevant project-management training or equivalent practical competence e.g. NEC, APM.

Desirable:

• Project management accreditation NEC4 PM Accreditation
• Health and safety

About Us: Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery.

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