Project Manager in Verwood

Location: Southwest of the UK

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full time

About Excalon

Excalon was founded in 2002 and became part of the Renew Holdings Group in 2024. We are a leading infrastructure contractor specialising in the provision of services to the utilities industry. This is an exciting time to join our business.

Role

As a Project Manager, you will manage a range of major infrastructure projects ensuring safe delivery, on time and within budget, whilst meeting all legislative requirements. This will require you to plan, manage and evaluate projects throughout their lifecycle and conduct pre-start and post-implementation reviews to embed a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Act as the principal site contact point for Excalon clients and ensure that all activities on site are in accordance with statutory requirements and company policy.
• Establish a strong understanding of our client's requirements and the impact of the success factors of the project.
• Ensure you can meet the scope with defined completion criteria and build long term relationships with the client.
• Produce accurate and attainable programs of work to be issued to the client for approval.
• Liaise with the programmers & notice management team to schedule the works and allocate resources.
• Assemble your key team resources to deliver the project(s) and manage and motivate this group to achieve the required results.
• Identify the dependencies between project activities and define the stages to ensure seamless delivery.
• Regularly monitor progress at a frequency which enables action to be taken to troubleshoot issues and push the project back on track.
• Measure revenue, productivity, and quality.
• Ensure that all necessary contract documentation and reports are accurate and produced on time and are effectively communicated, both internally and externally.
• Ensure the safe systems of work are implemented and that all necessary documentation is in place, complying with the CDM Regulations ensuring compliance with current legislation and specifications concerning operating practices.
• Prepare and issue method statements and risk assessments for inclusion into the site safety file.
• Select and nominate sub-contractors for specific works, ensuring high quality work at a competitive price.
• Take direct responsibility for Health and Safety of employees, sub-contractors, and visitors on the site.
• Manage costs, sales, and forecasts of each project in liaison with the Commercial department.
• Ensure that all project personnel have the appropriate training and competencies for their role.
• Work in partnership with the SHEQ and HR team to ensure full competency of project resources.
• Accurately measure, quantify, and order specific material requirements.
• Liaise with the client on technical issues ensuring quality and consistency of installations.
• Ensure all documentation is to the highest of standards, and Project Hangover Files are provided to the Client in an efficient time frame.
• Maximize team performance whilst focusing on a safety-first culture.
• Ensure delivery of all relevant equipment and materials on site as required.
• Accurately mark out routes, section lengths and joint bay positions where relevant, conveying this information to the operational delivery teams.
• Ensure excavations comply with health and safety regulations and best practice.
• Ensure design criteria is met throughout the project life cycle.
• Liaise with sub-contractors to ensure all safety documentation is presented and they report to site when required.
• Attend pre-start and site meetings as required by Clients and the Business.
• Inform the Contracts Coordinator of any non-conformances within the Project.
• Complete time sheets for staff working on your projects as directed by the Operations Manager.
• Write site specific RAMS for the project.
• Update straight line Drawings every week (SLD if required).

About You

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Recognised Project Management Qualification (RICS or APM).
• Microsoft Project Foundation.
• CSCS - Academically Qualified or Supervisors/Managers Card.
• SMSTS.
• Temporary Works Supervisor.
• NRSWA: Streetworks Supervisor.
• Confined Spaces.
• Deep Excavation / Temporary Works Supervisor.
• Emergency First Aid.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office suite.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Existing Experience as a Project Manager for Infrastructure Projects.
• NVQ Level 5.

Benefits

• Auto-enrolment pension.
• Death in service 1x salary.
• Occupational Health Surveillance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Funded Qualifications and Training.
• Company vehicle and fuel card.

Additional Information

We respectfully request no agencies at this time. All applicants must reside and have the right to live and work in the UK. Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.