Project Lead

1 week ago

Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom Sparrows Group Full time

The Sparrows Group is a specialist lifting and mechanical handling contractor that delivers equipment, technology and integrated engineering services to the global energy industry.

Our solutions support our clients to optimise their efficiency by ensuring the performance, reliability and safety of critical equipment and people.


With our headquarters in Aberdeen, we employ over 1,600 people across numerous operational locations across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

We are looking for a Project Lead to join our Industrial Team in Aberdeen, UK.


The main purpose of the role entails responsibility for the assigned Project Team, comprising a mixture of personnel including, Senior Project Engineers, Project Engineers and Graduate/Trainee Engineers.

Responsibilities include business promotion and establishment, business administration and project support under the direction of the General Manager. Assist General Manager with the day-to-day management of the team.

Guide and mentor others with knowledge and expertise, strengthen and maintain relationships, support financial/contract management, quality orientation, safety leadership and continuous development in all aspects of the ad-hoc service offering provided by the Engineering Services Group.


The position will demand close liaison with client-facing support teams and/or other Engineering Team Leads / Business Managers and where necessary other contracts/support teams, (typically comprising Business Unit Manager, Contract Manager, Account Manager, Contract Support Engineer etc) in order to ensure that enquiries and projects generated via the contract (or other ad-hoc work) is allocated and processed within the Project Team.

Prioritisation and sharing of workload will be performed in conjunction with the Industrial team and where appropriate, the Industrial General Manager.

Main responsibilities

Enquiry Preparation:

  • The position entails the successful management, coordination, allocation and control of personnel who will be required to process Industrial Services enquiries in accordance with Company procedures and guidelines.
  • This will require an understanding of the methodology of enquiry processing and includes participation with and guiding team members in the following stages:
  • Evaluation of Contract Type and Strategy
  • Bid Planning
  • Development of Scopes of Work
  • Production of Execution Plans
  • Production of Work Breakdown Structure
  • Estimating and CTR Production
  • Proposal Formatting and Collation
  • Submission Review and Approval.

Project Activity:

  • The position necessitates the coordination, planning and prioritisation of the projects undertaken by the Industrial Teams in accordance with Company procedures and guidelines. Projects will be received via proposals, Sales teams and other sources. The project activity relates to those projects/workscopes processed by the assigned Project Team.
  • In this instance, success is measured by attainment of Business Plan Turnover and Profit and the delivery of Projects to Safety and Quality standards.
  • The position requires an understanding of the following stages of project management:
  • Project Planning
  • Contract Review
  • Financial Control
  • Design / technical review
  • Manufacture and Refurbishment
  • Workpack Preparation and Review
  • Implementation
  • Project Close Out.

Process Development:

  • The incumbent will act as the focal point between the Industrial General Manager and the wider engineering business for the feedback, update and roll out of any changes to the engineering processes and guidance.
  • It is expected that the incumbent will demonstrate leadership, and both promote and monitor adherence to the engineering processes and guidance within the assigned team.

Personnel:

  • It is expected that the incumbent will demonstrate leadership and promote training and development of subordinates. In this respect they are required to lead innovation and to initiate continuous improvement in a people business.
  • The incumbent will actively provide project guidance and mentoring to others to promote competence and ensure successful delivery of projects.
  • The role will entail periodic appraisal of engineers within the assigned Project Team. The incumbent will be responsible for appraising Graduate and Trainee Engineers within the team.

Meetings and Reporting:

  • In line with Company systems the position requires the organisation of activity reviews based on Project plans and subsequent prioritisation and the participation in weekly review meeting.
  • Appropriate project reportage will be necessary and input to the monthly managers' report is required which should reflect the strategic development of the team.
  • Reporting hierarchy and responsibility are as follows:


General Manager
  • Industrial
  • Team Lead
  • Principle Engineers
  • Senior Project Engineers
  • Project Engineers
  • Engineers
  • Trainee Engineers
  • Project Coordinator.

Technical Duties:

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