Head of Projects

**Duties/Responsibilities**:
**Location**: Mobile around London and Thames Valley

**Salary**: £70,000 per annum DOE

**Working hours**: 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday

**Benefits**: Car Allowance, 25 Days Holiday + BH, Company Pension, Private Healthcare, Company Sick Pay, Flex Benefits (EMCOR UK discount scheme)

**About EMCOR UK**:
At EMCOR UK, we revolutionise facilities management by combining our engineering heritage and innovation capability. We prioritise people in everything we do, collaborating closely with our customers to understand all their needs, from the big picture to day-to-day operations. Our purpose is to “create a better world at work”. Using our unique insight platform, "One Data World," we harness data-driven intelligence to make informed decisions, adapting our services to meet our customers’ evolving requirements. This allows us to cultivate an enhanced workplace experience for their teams whilst optimising efficiency, meticulously managing every asset, and minimising their impact on the planet. All supported by our commitment to safety, compliance, and assurance. Our partnering approach empowers our customers to shape a better future. Whether guiding their path to net zero or redeveloping their facilities for enhanced efficiency, we create better places for work whilst taking away the burden of facility operations, freeing up our customers to concentrate on their business.

**Role Overview**:
Due to planned and very exciting growth we are looking to employ an Head of Projects who can combine strategy development with tactical delivery to lead operational activities across a Portfolio of a key customer sites.

Managing a team of managers and reporting into the Project Director, we will be looking to you to ensure the cost effective and timely delivery of all project obligations and service provisions. Focus on building relationships with all managers, clients, operational and FM team across the UK is a key part of the role, as is the ability to hit the ground running. Good project and people management skills are essential.

**What you'll do**:

- Be responsible to the Project Director for the P&L of the Account and to lead and direct project activities in order to maintain and improve the net profitability of the business
- Prepare with the Project Director an annual business plan and budget for the contract portfolio
- Carry out regular monthly Project reviews of P&L accountability; including progress of projects; quality; H&SW; Relationships
- Manage sub-contractors effectively both financially and commercially. Ensure all EMCOR procurement processes and procedures are followed
- Develop and maintain relationships with all the clients departments including those of the operational and FM teams
- Ensure we maintain accurate site contract administration files
- Ensure management and close supervision of site-based EMCOR UK staff, off site EMCOR support staff when visiting site and sub-contractors
- Provide leadership and direction to site-based staff and Project Managers, developing skills matrix and development plan
- Take ownership of projects and provide support as and when required
- Ensure correct skill & competence levels of site-based team to meet the contract scope
- Preparation of the monthly report for the Project Director and Client, listing all relevant site-based activities that occurred during the month including proposals and tenders completed
- Be conversant with all statutory compliance processes and procedures such as CDM 2015; Building Regulations; British Standards; RIBA Stages and those set out within a specification
- Ensure that all EMCOR policies, procedures and standards are in place and adhered too
- Ensure the Projects has suitable, qualified and experienced management teams in place within an appropriate reporting structure, by deploying appropriate HR strategies to recruit, develop, motivate motivate and retain the required management capabilities
- Ensure that all operational activities are conducted in accordance with standard EMCOR policies and procedures; in particular:

- Health, Safety, Quality and the Environment
- Financial Reporting
- Commercial and legislative
- HR and Employee Welfare
- EMCOR Standards of Conduct and Code of Ethics
- Develop an organisational culture, which reflects the EMCOR Brand and core values of the business, such that a positive employee relations climate and working environment of continuous improvement is created in order to drive demonstrable value to the client and make life easier for all
- To actively and positively promote the image of EMCOR and the wider EMCOR Group at all times and to maintain good working relationships with clients, suppliers and other external parties
- A thorough knowledge of Project Management services within the UK such as Civils; Fit Out; Life Cycle replacement and Energy
- An effective and progressive leader with experience of directing and developing multi-disciplined teams across wi