Project Manager

2 days ago

Moor Row, United Kingdom Delkia Full time
Project Manager - Clean Energy

Location: Hybrid - Westlakes, Cumbria or Preston, Lancashire

Job type: Permanent staff

Salary: Negotiable

Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company for safety-related and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors, including aerospace, clean energy and maritime sectors. Our offer incorporates: engineering design, technical consultancy and systems integration.

We believe that engineering is not just about technology, manufacturing and innovation. It's about the people behind it. Delkia ensures that its teams are the focus of its business through passion, belief and simply a better way of working, resulting in great outcomes for our customers. We're also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and invest in future talent through supporting STEM initiatives, apprenticeships, placements and summer interns.

The company's Head Office is at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria, with systems integration, assembly & testing facilities in Egremont, Cumbria and design offices in Preston, Lancashire. This is augmented by a network of staff working across the UK, creating a dynamic and highly skilled team.

Overview of the role

To provide project management expertise into Delkia's portfolio - delivering key projects comprising product, process and system development. The post-holder will contribute to the enhancement of Delkia's project management framework to ensure current and future projects within Delkia are delivered in line with best practice project management techniques.

Key responsibilities

The Project Manager has primary responsibility for defining, planning, tracking and managing the project(s) to which they are assigned. Projects will involve stakeholders from different areas of the business, clients, suppliers and the external Delkia community.

The post-holder is responsible for leading the project resources to ensure the project objectives are accomplished. They must understand when project exceptions need to be escalated through the governance processes, ensuring options and recommendations for resolution are identified. The post-holder will have the personal and professional experience to build and manage meaningful and supportive relationships across the portfolio team, project teams and with internal and external stakeholders as required throughout the delivery cycle.

Limits of authority will be as defined for individual projects and may vary dependent on the type and scale of the projects being delivered. In all cases, governance structures will ensure the Project Manager has the delegated authority to successfully deliver project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities and Measures
  • Work collaboratively with the Project Teams to deliver the assigned project to defined cost, schedule, and quality requirements, leading to a successful handover.
  • Support Tender Submissions from a Project Management perspective.
  • Work with the planning department to prepare schedules and monitor progress against established baselines.
  • Tracking and monitoring project spending and reporting variances, using Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
  • Establish and maintain periodic reporting, by setting up regular internal and external team meetings.
  • Positively influence key stakeholders (both internal & external) associated with the project.
  • Develop and maintain project documentation.
  • Ensuring all project deliverables are completed in line with the schedule.
  • Identify potential dependencies, assumptions, risks, exceptions, opportunities (DAREO), project problems, mitigation contingencies and implement corrective actions. Highlighting where updates or escalations are required.
  • Play an active part in Lessons Identified process across all projects and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Maintain established processes and develop new as required.
  • Take ownership and pride in your work and promoting project management success through the team.
  • Manage proposed changes to project parameters - e.g. scope, budget, schedules.
  • Monitor the quality of project deliverables and ensure project objectives are met.
  • Conduct project meetings and attend programme and portfolio meetings where required.
  • Establish effective working relationships with all key stakeholders.

Qualifications / Prerequisites:
  • Experience of working in regulated industries (eg., nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, rail)
  • Degree (or working to) in Project Management (desirable)
  • APM Project Management Qualification (desirable)
  • Knowledge of NEC3 contracts {desirable)
  • Proven experience of delivering projects to time, cost and quality
  • Successful experience of translating analysis into practical implementation
  • Proficient with the full Microsoft Office suite
  • Schedule baseline creation and management
  • Detail orientated, high standard of accuracy & quality
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • A strong team-player.
  • A drive to succeed.

Our Vision:

To be the UK's leading engineering and technology partner for safety-related and mission-critical systems.

Our Mission:

To enable a safer, more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safety-critical systems, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and missions that matter most.

Our Values:
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Integrity, trust and accountability
  • Safety and security
  • Client focused
  • Positive social value and impact
  • Continuous improvement

Our Purpose: At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.

Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to security vetting restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit the roles you can perform.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch to discuss.

To apply: please send your CV and expression of interest to careers@delkia.co.uk

Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.

Department Clean Energy Locations Delkia Head Office , Delkia Preston Remote status Hybrid Remote

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