Project Manager - clean energy contract
Project Manager - clean energy contract
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Project Manager Clean Energy
Location: Hybrid Westlakes Cumbria OR Preston Lancashire
Job type: Contract / consultancy
Rate: Negotiable
Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company for safetyrelated and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors including aerospace clean energy and maritime sectors. Our offer incorporates: engineering design technical consultancy and systems integration.
We believe that engineering is not just about technology manufacturing and innovation. Its about the people behind it. Delkia ensures that its teams are the focus of its business through passion belief and simply a better way of working resulting in great outcomes for our customers. Were also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and invest in future talent through supporting STEM initiatives apprenticeships placements and summer interns.
The companys Head Office is at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria with systems integration assembly & testing facilities in Egremont Cumbria and design offices in Preston Lancashire. This is augmented by a network of staff working across the UK creating a dynamic and highly skilled team.
Overview of the role
To provide project management expertise into Delkias portfolio delivering key projects comprising product process and system development. The postholder will contribute to the enhancement of Delkias project management framework to ensure current and future projects within Delkia are delivered in line with best practice project management techniques.
Key responsibilities
The Project Manager has primary responsibility for defining planning tracking and managing the project(s) to which they are assigned. Projects will involve stakeholders from different areas of the business regulatory bodies the external Delkia community and suppliers.
The postholder is responsible for leading the project resources to ensure the project objectives are accomplished. They must understand when project exceptions need to be escalated through the governance processes ensuring options and recommendations for resolution are identified. The postholder will have the personal and professional experience to build and manage meaningful and supportive relationships across the portfolio team project teams and with internal and external stakeholders as required throughout the delivery cycle.
Limits of authority will be as defined for individual projects and may vary dependent on the type and scale of the projects being delivered. In all cases governance structures will ensure the Project Manager has the delegated authority to successfully deliver project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities and Measures
Work collaboratively with the Project Teams to deliver the assigned project to defined cost schedule and quality requirements leading to a successful handover.
Support Tender Submissions from a Project Management perspective.
Prepare schedules and monitor progress against established baselines.
Tracking and monitoring project spending and reporting variances using Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
Establishing and maintain weekly reporting by setting up regular internal and external team meetings.
Prepare meeting packs/presentations capturing minutes agreed actions updating teams and senior management.
Positively influence key stakeholders (both internal & external) associated with the project.
Developing and maintaining project documentation templates.
Ensuring all project deliverables are completed in line with the schedule.
Identify potential dependencies assumptions risks exceptions opportunities (DAREO) project problems mitigation contingencies and implement corrective actions. Highlighting where updates or escalations are required.
Play an active part in Lessons Identified process across all projects and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
Maintain established processes and develop new as required.
Take ownership and pride in your work and promoting project management success through the team.
Manage proposed changes to project parameters e.g. scope budget schedules.
Monitor the quality of project deliverables and ensure project objectives are met.
Conduct project meetings and attend programme and portfolio meetings where required.
Establish effective working relationships with all key stakeholders.
Proven experience of effective working with those with specialist knowledge and expertise.
Qualifications / Prerequisites:
Degree (or working to) in Project Management (desirable)
Knowledge of NEC3 contracts desirable)
Proven experience of delivering projects to time cost and quality
Successful experience of translating analysis into practical implementation
Proficient with the full Microsoft Office suite
Schedule baseline creation and management
Detail orientated high standard of accuracy & quality
Excellent organisational skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
A strong teamplayer.
Our Vision:
To be the UKs leading engineering and technology partner for safetyrelated and missioncritical systems.
Our Mission:
To enable a safer more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safetycritical systems ensuring the protection of people assets and missions that matter most.
Our Values:
Collaboration and teamwork
Integrity trust and accountability
Safety and security
Client focused
Positive social value and impact
Continuous improvement
Our Purpose: At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.
Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex race disability age sexual orientation gender reassignment religion or belief marital status or pregnancy and maternity.
Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to security vetting restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality any previous nationalities you have held and your place of birth may limit the roles you can perform.
All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process please get in touch to discuss.
Employment Type
Full Time
