About the Company

A forward thinking, multi-disciplinary Construction consultancy based in Central Watford, are seeking an Senior Project Manager to join their team. Working predominantly in the public sector and offering multi-disciplinary services, they are well placed to capitalise on their reputation in the market. With a number of ongoing, long term contracts, the successful Senior Project Manager will be joining a company that can offer stability and long term career support. The successful Senior Project Manager will be joining an organisation who offer a full construction consultancy service in a cohesive, problem-solving manner.

About the role:

We are looking for experienced and driven project managers to join our dynamic team, working across varied projects within a specialist environment. Project Manager will manage projects from start to finish, liaising with external and internal stakeholders, and ensuring that timescales, health & safety regulations, and other contractual agreements are met at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

Full responsibility for allocated projects. Maintaining an overall project plan identifying key milestone’s, timescales resource usage etc. Proposal of mitigating action plan and non-achievement of milestones to Project Director.

Maintain contractual requirements for both contractors and consultants

Organise, chair and lead multidisciplinary meetings with stakeholders to manager identified risks to the project scope, timescales and specification.

Carefully analyse and review Monthly progress reports and identify any discrepancies or underlying trends

Escalation to Directors when critical impacting issues arise.

To act with a high degree of day-to-day decision-making autonomy to ensure project progress is maintained. Progress and status reporting to Directors will be expected

Identify, address and resolve between individuals and/or interest groups.

Lead and manage stakeholders including design teams, suppliers, external agencies, Consultant Medical Staff, Senior Managers and Users to successfully deliver the project.

Ability to work in an unpredictable construction environment with interruptions from Site Staff, colleagues and design team members often requiring immediate decisions and action.

To lead and manage the decommissioning process of the buildings and to facilitate various relocations of departments to enable building works to commence on site where required

To manage the technical commissioning of services with Trust Health partners and specialist design teams

Perform risk management to minimise project risk and keep Directorate informed accordingly

Establish, maintain and build relationships with third parties/Suppliers/Stakeholders at all levels

Oversee the preparation and updating and approval of Business cases and tenders where required.

Budget planning and oversee project procurement management.

Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests

Work in collaboration with Senior Project Managers/Project Directors to eliminate blockers.

Act as first point of contact and communicate project status to all stakeholders

Oversee meeting bookings and minute circulation and related action point follow ups

To act as a role model and ambassador for junior staff members.

Mentoring and training of junior staff with active contribution to their development and growth.

Compliance with all GSCI policies & Procedures and Code of Conduct

About the requirements:

Proven track record in managing projects in healthcare and/or commercial sectors

Relevant engineering knowledge of specifications and current standards and ongoing best practise.

Ability to take control and ownership

Confident management of teams and external agencies from a broad range of backgrounds

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Reading accurately interpreting programmes, drawings and technical specifications

Working closely with project stakeholders at all levels to understand operational requirements to translate into drawings and technical specifications.

Excellent decision making, analytical and problem-solving skills, and able to put findings into action

Knowledge of process mapping and improvement methodologies, leading to implementation and sustainability of change.

An appreciation of the effects of successful change management and end user journeys