Project Manager

Control the overall operational delivery of a project (or part thereof), considering the safety, technical, commercial, and managerial requirements, from bid and pre-commencement through to successful practical completion and ensuring that profitability is maintained or improved through effective leadership, high quality customer relations and management of relevant support functions allocated to the project.

Duties & Responsibilities

Demonstrate strong Health and Safety leadership and compliance throughout all activities relating to the project on which you are working.

Support the Senior Management and central H&S team by delivering clear and consistent communications.

Deliver projects in line with ISO standards and business processes to provide customers with a consistent delivery experience.

Participate in bid activities that support the sales and proposal team and processes.

To ensure that professional, profitable, and successful bids are delivered, meeting customer expectations.

Manage pre-commencement activities in line with the business project delivery process.

To maximise opportunities, efficiency and profitability in the delivery phase of the project.

Review the project scope of work, including installation methods, to ensure the precise provision of the customer's requirements.

Supply chain engagement, maintaining relations and understanding escalation structure and processes to overcome barriers to resolve disputes or issues.

Engagement with the commercial team, ensuring Sub-contractor contracts and performance are implemented.

Management / contracts management across the full operations.

Working with the project commercial lead, identify and manage project risks and opportunities, ensuring that these are commercially mitigated or enhanced to provide a clear and up-to-date risk position.

Lead the team to effectively manage the appointed specialist Sub-Contractors and ensure the work is being carried out safely, to the specification and programme.

Develop effective, sustainable relationships with key subcontractor organisations.

Provide leadership for the project delivery team within the area of control, through clear provision of objectives, responsibilities, and accountabilities, managing performance accordingly.

Offer guidance and feedback to maximise the performance of the team.

Provision of Customer Progress Reporting in a timely and regular manner, using correct reporting management tools and templates.

Ensure the level of information provided is sufficient to manage expectations and considers the sensitivity of the business to end-to-end client relations to avoid any detrimental effect.

Provision of internal business reports and contract reviews, including the preparation and submission of requisite reports and all project-related data.

Ensure the accuracy and integrity of costs, values and programme forecasts; seeking opportunities to suggest actions which mitigate risk and maximise profitability.

Pro-actively engaged with the Commercial team, ensuring contractual matters are represented to meet the constraints under contract.

Develop / maintain positive long-term relationships with customers by understanding their requirements and ensuring that project objectives are defined.

Lead project team / area under control to deliver against these objectives, ensure customer satisfaction and maintain sustainable relationships.

Lead project team to the safe and successful completion of the project / area under control within agreed timescales, agreed budgets and to meet specification and customer requirements; ensuring that the project is closed out by the business process requirements.

Ensure that project defects are closed out promptly.

Manages and supports effective use of company email in terms of structure, format, storage, and retrieval.

Represent the business and attend events to promote the well-being of the business and engage with customers.

Initiates contact with customers to assess future needs and provide recommendations to the business to adapt services and systems accordingly.

Operates as a subject matter expert in relevant areas of expertise and / or sectors DPI operates within.

Prepares for and carries out employee performance reviews with direct reports following the company process.

Maintains / develops skills and team performance to deliver required outcomes.

Identifies potential within the team and provides mentoring / coaching to team members to support development plans and career progression.

Represent the business, upholding our core values and behaviours with all internal and external customers, clients and third parties.

Maintain business and client confidentiality, adhering to applicable Data Protection regulations and Information Security Standards in line with company and group policies and procedures.

Essential Skills and Experience

Leadership and people management.

Management within the construction and M&E environment

Sector and industry knowledge within the Data Centre and associated services environment.

IT skills in Word, Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint presentation.

Financial awareness of profit and loss and commercial costing.

SMST, IOSH for managers, CSCS, ECS accreditation

Additional Information

Travel requirement – Flexibility required.

To Apply

To apply for this position, please send your CV and a cover letter

For further information, please contact HR on +44 (0) 800 6891318.

About Datalec Precision Installations (DPI)

Datalec Precision Installations provides world-class, global data centre solutions, specialising in M&E and connectivity design, bespoke manufacturing, construction, and installation services.

Supported by unmatched technical expertise, we offer consultancy, technical and critical cleaning, electronic security, and managed services to address every data centre need.

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