EV Project Manager

Clarke Telecom is a leading wireless telecoms network infrastructure delivery company based in Manchester. They specialise in every aspect of network roll-out, from acquisition and planning to deployment and optimisation. With over 300 employees, Clarke Telecom is committed to providing continuous training and development to ensure they offer the best expertise in the industry. They operate to the highest standards and have received ISO 9001 Quality Standard and the International Safety Award from the British Safety Council.

Role Description

This role can either be based in Manchester or Glasgow Area. The primary responsibility of the EV / ICP Project Engineer is to build, manage and continually improve the delivery process and function for Clarke EV, whilst working across both Clarke EV and ICP resources as required. A Key role for the EV / ICP Project Engineer is to manage the full end to end provision of contract mobilisation, resource allocation, civils, electrical and customer handover.

The role holder has a responsibility to ensure that all site activities within the business operate to the highest level of safety ensuring efficiency of the works.

Responsibilities

Delivery

• Delivery of improved working practices specific to EV / ICP, delivering continual improvement of delivery and margin
• Lead regular client delivery reviews throughout delivery and ongoing service management periods
• Programming and scheduling of works into the delivery process
• The compiling of health and safety packs
• Ensuring materials and equipment are ordered in a timely manner, ensuring that close liaison with the Lead EV Designer to ensure accuracy of materials ordered.
• Provision of as built drawings
• Liaison with Project Managers on project deliverables, risks and issues

Client Management

• Relationship management of key EV Charging OEM product and delivery stakeholders
• To form and nurture peered relationships with all EV clients throughout the design and delivery process ensuring Clarke EV are regarded as key delivery partner throughout ensuring future growth potential is well placed to exploit as their EV requirements expand over time
• Work with and support joint client engagements between our chosen technology partners and clients
• Liaison with customers throughout the lifecycle

Supplier Management

• The identification and instruction of sub contractors, request quotations etc.
• Providing oversight to existing Site Delivery Managers ensure that Sub Contractors deliver to SLA’s
• Management of Sub Contractors issues and risks, etc. to ensure smooth project deliverables

Systems

• Measure project performance using Clarke Telecom tools and processes.
• Perform risk management to minimise project impact.
• To develop and Implement new processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs in conjunction with Clarke PMO.
• Ensure there is a continuous improvement mindset through regularly challenging operating practices and behaviours. To inspire teams to be innovative and push the boundaries.

People

• Use and continually develop leadership skills
• Motivate team and individuals to achieve personal excellence.
• Management and provision of key resources from within Clarke EV and from across our delivery resources across Clarke Telecom
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining the alignment with the deployment teams to shareholder outcomes. To collaborate with the Shareholders and internal stakeholders to ensure the agreed outcomes are maximised.
• Monitoring staff workload to ensure maximum productivity

Finance/budget

• Ordering of plant and materials for site
• Deliver contract profit levels at or better than signed off at contract award
• Always seek ways to improve financial performance
• Support all business planning functions and sales forecasting

Data

• Observe and comply with all GDPR obligations
• Ensure that all business information is stored in a timely and responsible manner
• Use Sitetracker as the defacto core system for all delivery activity, ensuring that information is available to all those functions involved in the delivery of EV projects

Governance and Compliance

• Arrangement of prestart meetings and ensuring all key team and sub contractors attend and meeting is fully minuted.
• Delivery of Key Performance Indicators and Dashboards?
• Compliance of the CDM regulations
• Management of formal audits of sites for Quality, H&S, CDM compliance following build completion as required
• Ensuring audit findings are followed up and reported back to QUENSH

To undertake any other duties which fall within the job holder’s capabilities aligned to normal duties that management may reasonably request and to continually seek ways to improve the way in which your function operates within the business.

Qualifications

Essential

• Experience in a delivery capacity in EV or related sectors
• Good IT Skills (Excel, Word, Access etc.)
• Experience and knowledge of the EV Industry
• Experience in a similar construction role
• Experience of managing sub-contractors
• Supplier Relationship Management Skills
• CDM experience
• Experience of leading and managing teams of retained resource and key partners to deliver large and highly complex programmes and solutions to agreed time, cost and quality.
• A proven track record of bringing industry best practice into an organisation and using this to drive continuous improvement.
• Experience of managing remotely located, cross-functional teams.
• Full Valid Driving license, (maximum of 3 points)

Desirable

• Experience setting up a delivery function elsewhere by designing and implementing the functional capability
• Health and Safety accreditation i.e. IOSH, CDM
• CSCS Certification
• NRSWA supervisor accreditation
• Vendor supplier management experience

Skills/Abilities

• Highly organised and methodical in approach
• High level of commercial acumen
• Ability to juggle a number of conflicting priorities whilst maintaining attention to detail
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Flexible, able to manage shifting priorities.
• Team player with evidence of collaborative skills (within department and business and externally)
• Role model; always acts with integrity, impartiality and applies sound judgement, acting as a positive ambassador for the Clarke Telecom brand
• Ability to constructively challenge colleagues at all levels.
• Presentation skills and [Microsoft office] package competency
• Commercially astute with demonstrable ability to organise cost benefit analysis to inform decision making
• Strong networker internally and externally
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Full command of the English language.
• UK residence and work permit (we will not sponsor relocation or immigration for this position).
• Passion and Drive to improve
• Able to influence others

Salary > £53k - plus Car cash allowance

In return, we offer excellent career prospects, a competitive salary and career development opportunities. You can expect to receive a range of benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave + 8 statutory bank holidays
• Family Friendly Policies
• Car Salary Sacrifice
• Group Income Protection
• Women in Telecoms and Technology (WiTT)
• Life Assurance
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Westfield Health cash plan which includes: Dental & dental accident, therapy treatments, chiropody etc.
• Westfield Rewards
• Occupational Health
• Long Service Awards
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Pension (salary Sacrifice)
• Gym Membership discounts
• Financial Wellbeing support