Senior Project Manager

Company Description
Thomas & Adamson International Ltd (part of the Egis Group) are an award-winning UK based consultancy firm specialising in project management, cost management, building surveying and safety services in the Buildings space. Over the last 90 years, T&A have been supporting and leading organisations through the challenges of procuring, delivering and operating their built assets. We do this across the UK, the USA and Middle East. The personalised nature of our expertise and advice gives our clients what they really want - greater confidence, more time and increased return on investment.

Our parent company Egis is a leading global architectural, consulting, construction engineering, operations and mobility services firm. We create and operate intelligent infrastructure and buildings that both respond to the climate emergency and contribute to balanced, sustainable and resilient development. Our 22,000 employees operate across over 100 countries, deploying their expertise to develop and deliver cutting-edge innovations and solutions for clients. Through the wide range of our activities, we are central to the collective organisation of society and the living environment of citizens all over the world.

Job Description
Role overview
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As an active Senior Project Manager in our project management team you will undertake multiple and complex work assignments, delivering within timeframes and managing resources to provide exemplary professional services to our clients. You will have mechanical and electrical coordination and commissioning experience and ideally exposure to aviation projects and will be as comfortable working autonomously as you will be within a team. You will deliver best in class services for our clients across multiple projects.

Your approach will represent T&A's company values and will provide a personal, quality focused service that delivers upon the clients business objectives. You will establish strong, supportive, professional relationships with colleagues, clients and the wider project teams built on mutual respect, trust and integrity, all whilst contributing to Thomas and Adamson's strategic business growth.

Primary responsibilities:
Planning

• Strategic project structuring and governance
• Development of Project Management Plans.
• Establishing and updating master programmes, identifying project milestones and project team member responsibilities.
• Interrogation of construction programmes, agreeing changes or enhancements.

Engaging

• Defining, liaising with and managing key stakeholders.
• Establishing, implementing and leading project meetings with all project team members and stakeholder groups.
• Producing project correspondence ensuring actions are clearly defined and delivered upon by all project team members within agreed timescales.
• Preparing formal / informal reports on a regular basis to suit client requirements.
• Attending client board meetings as required and preparing / collating board reports in advance.

Procuring

• Producing and issuing consultancy scopes of services and request for proposals and other appointment documents.
• Actively participating in the preparation of project tender documents in conjunction with the internal / external Cost Management department ensuring a full and comprehensive understanding of the project requirements is conveyed and reflected.
• Reviewing and commenting on tender returns from a technical compliance standpoint.
• Leading negotiations with contractors to ensure tender costs represent best value.
• Assisting with preparation of contract appointments.

Managing Risk, Delivering Value

• Review and comment on design packages to ensure compliance with project briefs.
• Leading value engineering and risk review workshops.
• Compiling and tracking risk mitigation activities and value engineering opportunities.
• Assessing Contractor's claims for delay events; working with commercial team members to establish entitlement.

Project Administration

• Assessing and reporting on design team / contractor progress and commercial matters during design and delivery.
• Formal client board reporting.
• Agenda setting / minute taking as well as action tracking.
• Managing the design teams/ contractor to ensure all contract requirements are fulfilled.
• Managing and co-ordinating responses to technical queries or requests for information.
• Processing Contract Instructions and other contractually mandated procedures.
• Ensuring stipulated levels of project governance are established and document management / communications protocols are adhered to.
• Recording of all correspondence and project information - Document Management System (DMS)

Commercial

• Scheduling of project costs and negotiation of professional fees.
• Monitoring and reporting of project costs and fees.
• Requesting fee proposals and assessing the validity of requests for additional fees.
• Verification, allocation and processing of invoices.
• Preparing Change Requests and seeking costs / fees and any other implications from the project team.
• Arranging client approval of Change Requests and issuing instructions as required.

General Duties

• Establishing / overseeing / reviewing / approving the work of sub-consultants or directly appointed project team members.
• Participate in and deliver professional development and training activities, working continually to further develop your own knowledge and experience.
• Build upon and maintain culture.
• Lead and mentor junior staff.
• Network and support business development objectives.

Key attributes:

• Hands-on, results orientated, and client centric.
• Energised and adaptive with a strong work ethic.
• Emotionally intelligent and able to drive the best outcomes from teams.
• Excellent written / reporting skills.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and a consummate and organised multi-tasker.
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple, concurrent and conflicting projects and programmes of work.
• An ability to build relationships with, and manage multiple types and levels of internal and external stakeholders often with conflicting priorities.
• Outstanding communications, listening, and presentation skills.
• Decisive and calm under pressure.
• Transparent and accountability orientated.

Qualifications
Required experience:

• Education to degree level.
• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Members of the Association of Project Managers (MAPM) or equivalent.
• Demonstratable experience coordinating, delivering and commissioning Mechanical and Electrical projects.
• Demonstratable airport / aviation experience highly desirable.

Additional Information
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Egis is an equal opportunities employer who recognises the value of having a diverse workforce. Your application will be assessed based purely on your skills and experience, the stated essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role.