Senior Project Manager

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Rail team. The ideal candidate will have previous experience of being delivery focused on large scale Telecoms/Commissioning projects, working closely with our Engineers, commercial teams and other areas of the business to manage and direct a large scale, complex high value project. The Senior Project Manager will be expected to develop and manage large teams with accountability for Health and Safety, Quality, Financial Performance and Operational Delivery.

Key Deliverables

• Provide delivery focused office & customer site-based work as required to ensure project delivery complies with prevailing quality, safety, and environmental standards and regulations within specified timescales and to budget, in accordance with Telent and client Quality Environment Health and Safety (QEHS) procedures.
• Develop consistent project delivery and reporting processes to ensure delivery of assigned projects in accordance with Telent, client QEHS and contractual processes, including regular review and checks.
• Ensure the implementation of consistent governance and controls to report project Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to key stakeholders, highlighting and managing all risks & issues and their mitigations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Act as an escalation point for project issues, coordinating resolution with the project team, client and stakeholders.
• Utilise industry best practices, techniques, standards and Project Management tools to optimise project delivery, identifying improvements in project performance and instigating continuous improvement action plans.
• Be the key stakeholder in managing Business Change.
• Be the principal point of customer escalation for allocated projects.
• Provide oversight for the installation and commissioning of specified products and/or services.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the delivery of a large re-signalling project, having experience of previous major commissioning projects.
• Accountable for correct implementation of the Client, and Telent QEHS procedures, which includes Telent staff and sub-contractors assigned to the project.
• Accountable for successful end to end delivery of allocated projects, dealing with change requests, claims etc.
• Lead a team of engineers to ensure project delivery (not line management).
• Ensure client project scopes and objectives are determined and defined.
• Manage the Project Execution/Mobilisation Plan and create ongoing management of the Project Plan.
• Ensure adequate and competent staff are identified and assigned (internal and external).
• Deliver and direct highly complex strategic projects.
• Ensure financial controls are in place to manage projects within agreed budgets.
• Coordinate logistics plans to meet the delivery programme.
• Ensure standard project documentation is produced and stored on designated system.
• Accountable for ensuring client change control processes are as specified and change events are recorded and submitted to the customer.
• Undertake regular Site Safety Inspections on specified project as per the project inspection calendar set by the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Manager.
• Ensure successful site handovers.
• Setup stage gate meetings such as project kick off meetings, project gate reviews (design, start on construction), project close out sessions as defined in the Project Execution/Mobilisation Plan.
• Report financial performance of assigned projects, including managing financial performance through designated system.
• Implement Principal Contractor (PC) License and QEHS procedures to assigned projects.
• Provide support to bid submissions including Project Plans, Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions (RAID) log and method statement responses as required.
• Encourage and ensure collaboration with Project Stakeholders.
• Manage direct reports in line with HR policies, procedures and business processes.

Skill Requirements

• Previously managed large scale delivery projects within a Telecoms Commissioning environment.
• Dealt with Change requests, Claims etc.
• Confident in dealing with people at all levels within the project lifecycle.
• Used to working with various teams across the business to ensure delivery.
• Bachelor's Degree in a Technical or Project Management related field or equivalent experience.
• Formal PM Qualification (APM, PMP, Prince 2) or equivalent experience.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Strong people management and excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Demonstrable experience of project management within highly complex strategic projects, using project management tools.
• Sound Knowledge of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment regulations.
• Excellent knowledge of Profit & Loss accounts and cash flow forecasting.
• Ability to direct teams in large complex environments.
• Excellent time management.
• Experience of managing complex customer and end user relationships.
• Good knowledge of project management and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Good knowledge of Document Management methodologies.
• Good knowledge of the prevailing main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare of projects in the/a designated business sector.
• Excellent financial and commercial experience of managing multi-million-pound business critical projects.

We are guided by our values and behaviours: Be Inclusive, Take Responsibility, Collaborate, Be Customer-focused.

What we offer

A career at Telent can span sectors, roles, technologies, and customers giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver. We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our ongoing commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role include:

• 26 days annual leave, plus public holidays, plus the option to buy up to 10 days or sell six days each year.
• Car Allowance.
• Company pension scheme.
• A range of family friendly policies.
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal.
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.