General Project Management Senior Professional

Overview

General Project Management Senior Professional requires general business knowledge to plan, organize, and control resources, procedures, and timing for an administrative or business process including organizing project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, developing project schedules, and determining resource requirements.

Monitoring and reporting on the status of projects including cost, timing, and staffing. Ensuring adherence to internal and external quality standards (e.g., International Standards Organization). Identifying/resolving obstacles to completing project on time and to budget. May include work managing multiple, interrelated projects (including business transformation projects). On some projects, the work may include integrating vendor tasks into the project plan and tracking and reviewing vendor deliverables. A Senior Professional (P3) applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

Responsibilities

• Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision. Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals. Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex.
• To coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
• To liaise with project management on engineering budgets and to provide forecast cost to complete estimates and associated justification to changes in expenditure.
• To manage the Programme and to interface with the planning engineers for design.
• Providing forecasts for completion and resource planning.
• To approve documentation in accordance with the contractual requirements of the project.
• To coordinate and chair design reviews and hazard reviews.
• To identify and manage additional risks across functions that may not be apparent to individual Designers. Evaluates risks and opportunities, strategizes mitigation of the risks.
• Supports the Project Manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions.
• To undertake the Principal Designer Representative on projects.
• Works with customers to shape and deliver solutions, seeking feedback and innovating with the customer to drive and deliver improvements.
• Oversees the creation of subcontracts and manages the subcontractors jointly with other involved functions, including supply chain management.
• Must offer a flexible approach to work tasks, will be prepared to work additional hours as the project may require ensuring delivery of successful design solutions.
• A full team player with ability to work within a multi-national, multi-cultural team.
• To mentor other team members as required.
• Will be focused on value engineering, ensuring full consultation with all design stakeholders.
• Strive for continuous improvement in implementation standards and costs.
• Enact the legislative duties of a designer and develop designs which eliminate and reduce risks to health, safety and the environment.
• To hold and participate in design and hazard reviews and Meetings with Suppliers, Contractors and Hitachis.
• To strengthen customer relationships through presentation and delivery of successful design solutions.
• Line Managers for resourcing, domain knowledge, training and issues/conflict resolution.
• Other Engineering functions, primary, civils, commissioning, engineering support and design team leaders.
• Commissioning and Test Engineers.
• Customers and Assurance for design review.
• Suppliers for technical review.
• Wider project teams incl. Project Managers, Planning, Tendering and Supply Chain.
• Working to defined budgetary objectives.
• Achieving successful design solutions and implementing them to the full satisfaction of all stakeholders.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• NG LCDAE experience is required.
• 5 years Electricity supply industry experience.
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV)
• HNC/HND in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Good teamwork, Analytical and communication skills.
• Capable of working to tight time scales.
• Commercial acumen
• Degree qualification in Electrical Power Engineering.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Project Management and Other
• Industries: Energy Technology and Services for Renewable Energy

Note: This description omits extraneous postings and keeps the core responsibilities and qualifications for the role.