Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Ealing

Salary: £62,748 - £66,156 per annum

The Role

Projects Delivery Unit (PDU) is seeking an experienced, proactive and energetic individual to join its project management team, working alongside its team of professionals to support the Council’s development portfolio.

Previous experience of working in a Local Authority environment; schools, leisure and with other public sector institutions would be advantageous.

The successful applicant will be based in Perceval House and working around the borough of Ealing and will need to be highly self-motivated and possessing a firm commercial grounding.

This is a full-time and permanent post with a minimum requirement of 2 days per week in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead projects in line with the Council’s approved Gateways, from inception through completion and during defects liability period. You will be liaising with designers, contractors, statutory authorities, stakeholders and end-users.
• Carry out Project Manager duties and services in accordance with the Council’s management processes, such as the BILD reporting system and the Council’s Project Gateways.
• Develop, agree and manage project commercial strategies, ensuring compliance within the Council’s Contract Procurement Rules and processes. Provide commercial support to Quantity Surveying team and wider PDU in relation to contract variations and procurement advice.
• Managing JCT suite of contracts and other forms of contract.
• Identify Manage and mitigate Project Risks.
• Report into and attendance (when required) at Major Projects Board meetings.
• Lead and develop delivery teams of in-house and external professionals and provide direction to consultants and contractors.
• Act as an ambassador for the Council’s Economy and Sustainability directorate, championing best practice.
• Ensuring that supervised staff comply with Health and Safety legislation and follow Council H&S policy and procedures.
• Monitor and contribute to management of project and program budgets.
• Managing individual small projects and programs of in wide variance in size of works from between from £50,000 - £10million+.

Skills and Qualifications

• Be dynamic, an effective communicator and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Be adaptable and have a flexible working style with ability to pick up and independently lead a wide range of different tasks.
• Be experienced in use of project and programme management practices and tools and putting these into practice.
• Have the ability to work under pressure to challenging timetables and manage a varied workload with competing priorities.
• Professional outlook with high standards of integrity.
• Team player with excellent leadership skills.
• Ealing Council is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and expects all staff to share this commitment. Ealing follows safer recruitment practices to children and adults at risk. The post holder will be subject to an enhanced criminal records bureau check.
• This role is subject to Ealing’s enhanced vetting process.

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