Project Manager

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As the Project Interface Manager, you'll play a crucial role in the Operations Leader – North Europe Region, reporting to the Project Director for the EGL1-HVDC project. Your focus will be on coordinating and managing interfaces for a major HVDC project, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across stakeholders, consortium partners, and clients. You'll be responsible for identifying and managing technical and commercial risks, contributing to planning, and fostering strong relationships for optimal project performance.

Responsibilities:

• Manage key project interface deliverables within the consortium.
• Report directly to the Project Director.
• Coordinate consortium interface scope with clients and external contractors.
• Actively coordinate functions across the consortium to define and plan project interfaces.
• Maintain and report on progress and KPI/SLA performance.
• Act as the single point of accountability for interface issues, managing resolution plans.
• Proactively develop KPI dashboards for monitoring and reporting.
• Support development of management workstreams and drive process improvement.
• Apply detailed change control when interfaces change.
• Act as the first point of contact for real-time queries and issues.
• Attend client meetings to report and agree on mitigations.
• Report and maintain risk, cost exposure, and mitigation plans.
• Contribute to the Interface Management Plan and project schedule.
• Provide input and solutions for effective project delivery.
• Maintain effective relationships with third parties.
• Experience Requirements:
• 10 years in Large Capital - Power - HVDC Technology - EPC development.
• Minimum 7 years managing large project interface management activities.
• Minimum 5 years in a Technology-manufacturing organization within Power/Energy sectors.
• Experience in EPC development of large facilities.
• Understanding of National Grid – SPT power transportation providers.
• Consortium and client interface management leadership capabilities.
• Knowledge of managing UK agencies and understanding of approval SLAs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong technical competency, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work to strict deadlines, KPIs, and SLAs.
• Resilient and capable of working in a client-facing role.

Additional Information:

Home working on Fri, Mon, Adhoc office and site attendance as required.

Attendance to contractor facilities and sites as required (Murton-Torness, anticipate monthly).

Qualifications:

Sector: Commercial, Admin & Office Support

Salary: £30k - 40k per year + Car Allowance

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"Sarah, our Account Manager, is an incisive thinker as well as hardworking, diligent and reliable and has an extremely helpful and flexible approach to her work. This reflects in her team and with their ability to communicate at all levels in an honest and trusted consultative manner and gives us great faith in their ability to identify candidates who can help us to drive forward and achieve our business goals.

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“There is nothing negative about the service that we’ve received from First. Without fail they have produced positive feedback. The fact that they have placed a diverse range of skills from PA's to Engineers, just goes to show that they have the core skills, intelligence, and initiative that make them great recruiters, and preferred partners.”

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"It’s great to work with a recruitment agency we trust. The team at First Recruitment Group are friendly and straight talking and they continue to provide an excellent service. We’re proud to still be working with them after 20 years."

“We have required anumber of Quality Assurance/Quality Control candidates within the NuclearIndustry. Since early 2016 First Recruitment Group have provided a number ofQA/QC professionals in locations across the UK.

“We have been verypleased with both the quality of supply and the customer service demonstratedand will continue to use their professional services in the future.”

“I have worked with First Recruitment Group as my partner ofchoice across a number of large and challenging Oil & Gas projectsinternationally over recent years.

“First are a high performing business who are built oncredibility, honesty, expertise.

“As we push the frontiers of projects and move in to moreand more challenging and locations, First will continue to be my partner ofchoice to help us deliver our projects with confidence.”

TechnipFMC

"I have had the pleasure of working with First Recruitment Group over recent years and we have formed a great working relationship. Their understanding of our exacting requirements is outstanding.

"The First team are highly experienced and knowledgeable across the recruitment spectrum and operate in the manner you would expect of a professional outfit of their stature. Their attention to detail and approach is faultless and their commitment and drive has helped our business with unique, complex and difficult recruitment requirements.

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