CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, are recruiting a Senior Project Manager (Mechanical, Electrical, and Fabric construction) to work on a national account who specialise in e-commerce and logistics. Their buildings are often large industrial units with automated services inside. They have a retrofit programme of approx. £2m + throughout 2021 and we hope to position ourselves to win the work.
Sites are throughout the UK including in; Bristol, Bolton, Chesterfield, Coventry, Darlington, Durham, Donnington, Manchester, Mansfield, Nottingham, Liverpool, Rugby, Tilbury and others.
Job Purpose
The purpose of the role is to;

Be responsible for generating and delivering a variety of project work on our customer sites.
Have full accountability and responsibility for managing and delivery of project works.

General Activities:

Identify and generate project opportunities from within a set portfolio of maintenance contracts.
Liaise with key stakeholders on their requirements and explain feasibility of their schemes to become a trusted advisor.
Work with developers, designers and sub-contractors to define and document scope(s) of work(s).
Develop and understand the full scope of works in line with the desired project business case and in turn outcome. This is to be within agreed budget requirements and required profit margins.
Manage, run and draw up tenders on behalf of the customer as required. Carry out full tender analysis of all sub-contractor returns.
Work within the current CDM process. In the main taking on the role of principle contractor.
Identify, reduce and manage all statutory and commercial risks associated with the project they are leading.
Ensure Norland QHSE practices and processes are fully embedded in each project.
Ensure full compliance with project management policies and procedures.
Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s) “end to end”. Activities to include but not be limited to estimating, business development, quantity surveying, sub-contractor management and site manager duties.
Work closely with relevant stake holders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s).
Ensure customer acceptance is adhered to, in writing and in line with the project plans.
Mutually agree payment schedules and applications for payment to the benefit of the project and the business.
Ensures project documents are complete, current and appropriately stored.
Provide timely monthly reports to the Head of Projects/Business Unit Director in an agreed format.

Business Development:

Identify and develop a short/medium- and long-term pipeline of Project opportunities from the portfolio of customers within the Business Unit.
Leverage opportunities through visibility and presence on customer sites.
Liaise with colleagues to determine and identify project opportunities. Use case studies to promote business and host key decision makers on show site tours.

Building Relationships:

Build strong effective working relationships with our customers and site teams.
Build a pipeline of supply partners with the correct approvals in conjunction with the central procurement team.

Commercial Awareness:

Full accountability for the P&L on each project.
Ensure that all financial objectives are met.
Analyse variances and initiate corrective actions.
Value all sub-contractor accounts and make application for payments.
Ensure the projects are commercially viable and satisfy the commercial terms of the contract.
Ensure all projects are managed through Company policies and procedures in relation to commercial activities. 

The Project Process:

Define and understand the scope of work to meet the customer’s specification.
Competitively price the works whilst returning expected profit margins.
Review all preconstruction information and implement a construction phase plan.
Engage with sub-contractors under the correct commercial terms.
Define the project plan and programme to deliver the works.
Appraise all sub-contractor RAMS to make sure that they are suitable and sufficient
Be in attendance on site for the works inclusive of any out of hour’s requirements.
Set up the QHSE processes and make sure they are monitored.
Ensure all variations to the works are captured, costed and claimed for.
Make sure all O&M manuals are complete and available prior to practical completion.
Close out all final accounts with both the customer and all those in the supply chain.

The role is self-funding and therefore the post holder must recover their costs.
Decision Making/Budgetary Control
The post holder has full responsibility and financial control of the projects within their control.
Person Specification
Skills

Commercial awareness
Strong financial acumen
Strong influencing and negotiation skills
Ability to present with confidence
Ability to understand commercial and financial metrics
Internal and external customer management
Networking skills
Selling and negotiation skills
Ability to deliver to deadlines

Knowledge 

Up to date knowledge of the construction market
Fully competent with Project Management methodology
Broad understanding of construction Health and Safety law and legislation
Understanding of the difference between mark up and margin

Experience

Proven Project Management experience in an M&E, Facilities Management ,construction or critical environment
Proven experience of running a P&L
Demonstrable evidence of having managed a team
Previous experience of operating at senior level (Desirable)

Qualifications 

Recognised technical qualification in construction, M or E or similar, construction management
Recognised qualification in Project Management
CDM regulations
IOSH Managing Safely and/or SMSTS
Business standard of written and verbal literacy and numeracy
NEBOSH (Desirable)

As Senior Program Manager at Mitel, you will lead high profile cross-functional programs to deliver business transformation and growth.  Programs include customer journey mapping, product launch into new country markets, and process and systems reengineering to improve customer experience.   

We are seeking a highly motivated, self-starter with business and technical program management experience to work in a dynamic, global team. Your role will include defining program scope and plan, securing senior leadership alignment and investment approvals, and managing project implementation through delivery and results attainment.  Program elements include product development, operations, engineering, and go-to-market execution with a greater emphasis on cloud operations.
Responsibilities:

Plan, prioritize, coordinate and monitor project workstreams throughout full program lifecycle and ensure business objectives are met.
Manage program governance around scope change, resourcing, risk and issue management, and stakeholder communications.
Engage functional organizations including Cloud Operations, product management, engineering, marketing, sales, services, customer success, IT, legal, HR and finance.
Serve as the point of contact to review of translated technical documents.

Requirements: 

Bachelors degree in information technology, computer engineering or equivalent experience
10+ years of total program management or cloud operations program management
Understanding and implementation experience of Public Cloud best practice
Ability to work independently and in team setting
Ability to adjust to changing priorities, circumstances and personal interaction styles
Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Demonstrated leadership, teamwork, and collaboration in a professional setting
Agile Certification or experience
French and German language skills are highly desirable

We are delivering a multitude of projects for clients including Network Rail, Transport for London, Nexus, Tier 1 Contractors and Local Authorities as well as supporting other parts of the UK business to deliver HS2, Crossrail and other Network Rail and Transport for London Frameworks.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, the role comprises the management of all aspects of delivery of an individual or portfolio of projects in-order-to meet client expectations. The successful candidate will support in the delivery of projects in compliance with best practice and rail industry requirements while also providing technical advice and guidance to the design teams. The role will also provide opportunities to provide support for the continued improvement in contractual and commercial awareness of the business.
The role will be based in London, however, the ability to travel throughout the UK maybe required. Naturally in the Post Covid-19 world we envisage and support our employees to adopt a mix of office based and home-based working.

Role Responsibilities

Providing sound and effective leadership to the project team, providing direction and technical advice, leading by example to achieve company goals and championing a quality culture.
Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, the project strategy, brief and client requirements.
Developing and managing the Project Programme and obtaining the buy-in of all stakeholders.
Ensuring that effective financial and project management controls are in place and deployed to enable monitoring, Organizationification and forecasting as appropriate.
Continually looking to enhance productivity through improved processes, procedures and systems.
Maintaining an overview of the commercial aspects of the project (contract, invoicing, debt, client management).
Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
Managing the acquisition, deployment and management of resources for the project to ensure optimal resource allocation for the project.
Directing the assessment, selection and management of suppliers, sub-consultants and contractors associated with projects.
Driving project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial oCompanyomes and undertaking reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation.
Ensuring that completed engineering and documentation work is reviewed for technical, Company and client compliance.
Ensuring risks are proactively identified, assessed and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project.
Ensure maximum client satisfaction, championing client care and proactively working with the client.
Reviewing the performance of team members and developing them to their full potential.

Requirements

Essential
Proven track record in supply side project management experience delivering complex capital delivery projects in the rail infrastructure sector.
Proven cost management, schedule and progress management capability.
Sound commercial experience, including familiarity with contractual conditions and procedures and ability to take commercial responsibility for a project.
Proven and effective health, safety and wellbeing leadership.
Tenacious, can do and energetic orientation with high levels of ownership.
Able to build collaborative and influential client relationships.
Fully IT literacy with Microsoft products as a minimum.

Desirable

Proven track record in managing in-house and external design resources, ideally contractor facing.
Technical aptitude with experience in one or more railway engineering disciplines.
NEC contract knowledge.
Trackside and/or construction site experience.
Proven resource and team management skills.
Strong interpersonal skills including written and verbal communications and ability to build influential relationships within Company, its partners and its supplier chain.

What’s Happening:

Weber Shandwick are on the hunt for a Senior Project Manager / Project Lead to join our Analytics and Data Science practice. The Senior Project Manager (SPM) will be part of the EMEA Global Intelligence (GI) hub, delivering projects for; Google, YouTube, Nespresso, Unilever, Tinder, Polestar, Novartis, Sanofi, Roche, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon Prime Video, Spotify to name a few.  

The SPM will be a key member of the operational team, supporting the senior Analytics team on practice and product commercials. They will be responsible for the optimisation of team staffing structure, ensuring the right skill sets are applied to the work to serve the business requirements and deliverable quality. They will also partner with the account teams to inform and support the management of the financial health of the overall accounts.

The SPM will serve as the primary contact for internal team members, in charge of supporting projects from concept to enabling flawless execution. One of the most important aspects of being a PM is the ability to be the conductor of the project, and be a proactive, solution-oriented, and strategic motivator.

The SPM should have familiarity with Analytics and Data Science projects and deliverables. Experience of working with other fast-paced agencies and of being a PM on integrated projects is also a plus.

A key to the success of the team is its diversity. We have diverse backgrounds and expertise, speak many languages and bring this variety together in the work we do as a team. The SPM would have the opportunity to work with a range of global clients. There is a huge opportunity to grow professionally whilst learning from some brilliant thinkers. You’ll get exposure to clients, their business and communication challenges. We will provide you with a fulfilling, collaborative, and friendly work environment, and with a plethora of training opportunities tailored to your career goals and interests.

Got what it takes? Then get in touch.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be passionate and knowledgeable about everything operational, with a strong experience around delivering commercial success.

Responsibilities

• Be in charge of the commercial tracking of the practice
• Manage and track the financials around the products the team deliver
• Proactively flag areas to improve revenue and margin within the team
• Lead scoping, resource management, project budgets, timelines and process efficiencies
• Review and direct content for SOWs written by other team members
• Develop SOW templates and scoping frameworks for significant, or frequent, types of projects to create consistency and quality control
• Lead execution of projects of various types and timelines simultaneously, efficiently and effectively
• Co-define and implement processes appropriate for the project
• Facilitate approval process across deliverables, departments, vendors and clients
• Ensure resources allocated properly to deliver on time and on budget
• Regularly track scope, budget and timeline
• Prepare and present regular status updates of all projects for review
• Proactively flag risks with project lead and/or client lead
• Suggest corrective action plans and mitigation approaches for project, when required
• Identify significant delivery issues across current projects and provide leadership in resolving
• Ensure deliverables as per the SOW are being met
• Act as the primary contact for internal team members and outside vendors (as required)

Skills

Personal

• Have demonstrated problem solving skills
• A proactive and clear communicator

• Work well within a highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary number of teams
• Show a clear ability to work autonomously, with solid decision-making skills
• Be a strong hands-on individual that can organise and operate multi-faceted projects
• Have excellent organisation and time management skills
• Be comfortable in ensuring the right processes are followed and when to bend

Management / leadership

• Show ability to motivate project team
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with internal team members across multiple levels, building trust in your abilities to get the job done effectively
• Be able to navigate complexities of team members: knowing when to be strict and when to be flexible
• Exhibit strong conflict resolution skills moderating difficult discussions and resolving situations in a manner favourable to both client and internal teams
• Be a a proactive, solution-oriented, and a strategic leader

Sector / industry expertise

• Display technical knowledge: from web development concepts and executional strategies to social media platforms and project management software
• Be active and passionate about digital culture and technologies

Project Management

• Have advanced understanding of project management methodology, technology and tools, and demonstrate analytical approach to deploying these
• Understand how to manage multiple types of deliverables (digital, social, video, analytics, planning, creative) across industries (B2B, Consumer, Corporate and Health)
• Ability to adapt project plan to accommodate unforeseen situations
• Be the arbiter of process: defines roles and responsibilities clearly, leveraging experience to ensure work meets the client, customer and brand requirements and provides input to the internal team as needed
• Deploy effective resource management in collaboration with capability leads, resource managers and agency finance (business manager)
• Anticipate and plan for upcoming resource needs, as well as controlling expectations with internal teams and clients around how quickly resources may or may not be available

Business acumen

• Ensure relevant finances are all accurately reported at a business level in a regular and timely fashion
• Understand and be able to articulate financial principles and project budget status in a clear manner
• Proactively prepare and present tracking reports for service levels to manage potential risks and ensure fiscal health of project
• Ensure client approvals for recognition in place and invoicing schedule planned
• Be comfortable digging into account finances, developing appropriate staffing models and tracking burn rates
• Proactively review and manage under and over-servicing levels
• Know when a change order is needed and works with client team to communicate the change proactively to the client (before it is too late to ask for more funds)

Why would you join Weber Shandwick?

• We will provide you with a fulfilling, collaborative, and friendly work environment
• You will get to work across different teams, clients and industries, offering you a unique insight on how different businesses work
• You will be a crucial member of the team, sitting at the heart of the team, and being a commercial support to the senior team
• We have a fantastic culture of driving innovation
• We have a brand-new office that we’re excited to get back to, and when we do, we continue to promote flexible working allowing for a good home-work life balance

Senior Project Manager - Quantitative Consumer Brand Research 

Location – Southwark, London

At Hall & Partners we believe recruiting a diverse workforce serves to build the strongest teams, helping us to deliver representative, impactful insights to shape brands. We take diversity and inclusion very seriously and now blind all CV’s (removing name and education) before ‘hiring manager review’. Therefore, if you wish to submit a skills-based CV or cover letter, please do – all applications will be considered equally.

Who we are

Hall & Partners is a strategic brand consultancy, powered by data and insight. We work with some of the world’s biggest brands turning data and research into actionable insight for over 25 years.

We help brands build relationships that matter.

We help shape brands through disciplined strategic thinking. This then acts as a driving force to extract hidden insights from further research investigation and data analytics.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quantitative Senior Project Manager to join our business.

The role of Quantitative Senior Project Manager is to cost and oversee the set up and management of major and substantial research projects to ensure successful completion within best practices.

This will require working closely with the research team, clients, field partners and other external supplier-partners. The role operates in a matrix structure and in addition to reporting to a Project Director you would also have a dotted line into the research team you are working with. You will also be expected to contribute to company operations processes; providing proactive ideas and plans about improving the efficiency of the project management function and working on projects and supporting operational steering groups.

The role will give you broad exposure and visibility within the company and will require you to have contacts with all research and administrative staff to ensure the success of the initiatives you manage.

We are looking for proactive, positive solutions orientated people who have a determination to drive growth and deliver change. As part our transformation strategy we are in the process of building on our changing supplier relationships and developing end-to-end automation from scripting to visualisation. The role will require an ability to embrace and drive this change within the business.

Working in a fast-paced environment the role requires someone who is adaptable and able to prioritise. We are open to a variety of professional backgrounds and need someone who can deliver across a broad spectrum of projects.

Core responsibilities

Act as an expert to support researchers and other project management team members for methodology and sampling in markets

Act as an escalation point and be seen by the wider business as an expert in their field

Ability to deal with senior stakeholders and have visibility across the team via leading on initiatives, presenting at team meetings, driving efficiencies

Provide costs for new business proposals or existing projects

Ownership and responsibility for project set up and management and assist in the planning of transition of projects to the CMix platform and undertaking their actual transition

Identify opportunities throughout the project lifecycle for improvements and efficiencies. Share these with the teams and provide expertise and guidance as to how to be operationally efficient

Maintain and update databases of recommended field partners and contribute to managing suppliers’ best practice

Be proactive and solutions focused, be able to use own initiative with limited guidance

Mentor and develop more junior members of staff

Drive the use of the H&P intranet as a means of increasing efficiency on projects

Add general value to the operations and research teams

Supporting the wider team with any training and implementing operational initiatives

Experience

Extensive experience in project management in a market research environment, including field set up and management, questionnaire design and change management, schedule management, data processing and charting automation

Experience or involvement in costing projects and budget management is a pre-requisite for this role

Be able to cover for Project Directors in the team during planned or unplanned absence

Excellent communication skills across all areas of the business and levels with an ability to influence others within areas of responsibility

Ability to manage multiple projects at a time while sticking to deadlines and achieving high quality of output

Excellent organisation skills, attention to detail and project and time management

Familiar with multiple types of studies, including continuous tracking, pre testing, segmentation, creative development, etc.

Experienced working with a range of methodologies, particularly online but also face to face and telephone

Ability to champion methodological choices with clients and teammates and identify potential pitfalls in clients’ briefs/requests and question those

Previous experience implementing and driving best practice processes within an organisation

Significant experience of and comfort with managing fieldwork and DP suppliers

Ability to liaise professionally with clients, including taking a key role in status meetings, updating the client on fieldwork, timelines, deliverables, etc.

Has a presence in the office; looks for ways to interact with other teams and departments within H&P

Dedicated to quality, responsiveness with a focus on processes and efficiency

Team player, open-minded, communicational, proactive

Key attributes

Courageous. Proactive, gets involved and makes decisions when needed.

Creative. Demonstrates a love of people and brands, steps outside the ordinary to surprise and delight clients and teams. A problem solver thinks pragmatically to make the complex simple.

Curious. Shows a hunger to learn, innovating and experimenting at work. Embraces new ideas and ways of working.

Collaborative. Great at working within team environments and getting stuff done together. Actively participates in company initiatives.

Knowledge of blended research methods and able to work across a variety of different business areas and projects.

Shows a strong understanding of the evolving media and consumer landscape (e.g. digital channels), knowledgeable about how to use of various types of data to answer business questions.

Strong management skills. Able to lead and prioritise to deliver outstanding quality on time and coach team members to do so.

Strong communication skills.

Highly motivated and driven; with strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.

Able to prioritise their own workload and flexible to changing team and client requests which will affect this prioritisation

Able to travel occasionally as the job requires.

What we offer you

We’ve been told that our culture is unique, it’s a difficult thing to put into words but it’s all about being challenging yet treating each other with respect. We are naturally curious, and we love to learn and discover new things.

 We nurture opinions and really respect people who have a point of view and aren’t afraid to share their thinking. We work as teams and responsibilities sit with everyone in that team, whatever their job title. A can-do attitude goes a long way in our business and we don't tolerate egos!

We are passionate about helping our people to learn, stretch and grow. We want this to be a place where people feel challenged, as well as guided and supported.

We have a calendar packed with opportunities to attend interactive training sessions. From “OutsideIn” sessions with industry experts to “15 minutes of Fame” sessions with colleagues to share the amazing work we do, there are lots of ways to build your skills for the future.

Benefits

We want our people to feel rewarded for the great work they do. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

Private healthcare

Permanent health insurance

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Group life insurance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Monthly financial planning clinic

Additional weeks holiday after 4 years continued service

Interest free season ticket loan

A bottle of champagne and a £50 gift voucher for each birthday 

Childcare vouchers

Eye test & £50 contribution to lenses

Cycle to work scheme

Paid Volunteer day

Flexible working

We believe the best teams are the ones that have the most diverse range of talent. We celebrate difference and believe that everyone has unique strengths to contribute. We uncover the personal strengths of everyone who works for us, recognising that we’re stronger when we work together.

We recognise the importance of a truly diverse workforce that reflects the world we live in, as we work together to close the ‘relationship gap’ between people and brands.

We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief.