The role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team. Working in a technically demanding and fast moving project based business, the Project Management team provides coordinated delivery of integrated products for the offshore, marine, oil & gas, renewable and defence markets.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the delivery of projects in line with the contractual obligations, the specification and the quality/safety requirements.
• Establishing and managing the client relationship including progress reporting, query resolution and management of change.
• Establishing and leading the project team with effective communication between all project stakeholders and functional disciplines.
• Taking responsibility for the planning, prioritising and expediting throughout the project lifecycle, including engineering design, procurement, production, commissioning, acceptance and delivery.
• Ensuring Project Governance and Project Controls are routinely and robustly applied to projects.

Job requirements:

• Excellent understanding of the application of mechanical engineering (or other discipline) in the offshore, marine, oil & gas, renewable and/or defence sectors.
• Deep understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. APM, PRINCE 2).
• Extensive track record of leading project teams that successfully deliver complex EPC projects in the offshore, marine, oil & gas, renewable and/or defence markets.
• Excellent planning and configuration management skills.
• Deep understanding of the construct of contracts and terms & conditions.
• Extensive experience of identifying, drafting and agreeing contract amendments / VORs.
• Demonstrable track record of successful management of multiple key suppliers / sub-contracts.
• Excellent communicator for written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Driven and motivated with high energy levels to direct the project team and its stakeholders.
• Self-starter, initiative taker and problem solver who can work with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate would also have:

• Experience in Engineering/PM of complex design and build projects to clients globally.
• As a minimum, educated to an Engineering Degree level.
• Preference for membership of a recognised engineering body (e.g. IMechE).
• Qualifications/formal PM training e.g. PRINCE2, APM.
• Proficient user of software tools including Planning (e.g. MSP, Primavera), ERP/MRP (e.g. IFS,SAP), PDM (e.g. TeamCenter) and MS Office including SharePoint.

• Leading the delivery of projects in line with the contractual obligations, the specification and the quality/safety requirements.
• Establishing and managing the client relationship including progress reporting, query resolution and management of change.
• Establishing and leading the project team with effective communication between all project stakeholders and functional disciplines.
• Taking responsibility for the planning, prioritising and expediting throughout the project lifecycle, including engineering design, procurement, production, commissioning, acceptance and delivery.
• Ensuring Project Governance and Project Controls are routinely and robustly applied to projects