Senior Project Manager

Roles and responsibilities

• Determines and arranges project management, technical services and external resources required for the project on an individual and team basis on behalf of client organisation.
• Collaborates with the team/s (client, design team and other consultants, and contractor) and all stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of the project in line with all expectations communicating strategies to the team.
• Demonstrates Mace's value of safety first, exhibiting visible safety behaviours and using safety moments and Mace's HSW framework.
• Provides subject matter knowledge to support the team(s) from the broader Mace projects and business units to assist in ensuring the best project outcome.
• Procures and manages design and wider consultant team(s) and project stakeholders to ensure effective completion of responsibilities including project brief/scope, fees, processing claims, deliverable and/or project variations etc. Actively supports collaboration between all parties.
• Produces design and authorities programme (or works with a planner to produce) to be integrated with procurement and delivery programme.
• Manages the timely and successful delivery to programme from project inception/brief, through design development and planning, contractor procurement and construction phase in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed project milestones and is accountable for the scope of works relating to the project portfolios.
• Delivers the project objectives in line with the project execution plan, leads and manages the project team/s and relevant stakeholders to achieve strategic project key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Prepares and modifies where necessary project plans and keeps them updated and relevant over the course of the project/s.
• Oversees project timeframes and budgets, ensuring successful delivery of projects, highlighting any risks, challenges and mitigations.
• Collaborates with relevant stakeholders and ensures robust quality systems are in place and suitably managed and monitored in line with service excellence.
• Leads and records relevant meetings, providing relevant parties with contextual information and analysis.
• Partners with relevant stakeholders and is actively involved in risk management and mitigation treatments.
• Effectively coordinates and communicates with all project stakeholders, ensuring completion of responsibilities/tasks and that appropriate standards and records are documented and maintained.
• Takes ownership of project changes, as and when necessary, tracking project changes and ensuring they are progressed and formalised within the agreed timeframes.
• Responsible for ensuring approved handover documentation is coordinated and provided prior to practical completion.
• Promotes and drives the businesses priorities through construction to production, digital & data and responsible business.
• Actively networks and seeks understanding of best practice, utilising the full depth of knowledge of mace group, the centres of excellence, mace way control centre and knowledge hub.

Desired candidate profile

• Project Controls Expertise: Extensive knowledge of project controls functions, including scheduling, cost control, risk management, and performance measurement.
• Scheduling & Planning: Expertise in developing, managing, and analyzing project schedules, including the use of tools such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar.
• Cost Control & Budgeting: Strong experience in tracking and controlling project budgets, monitoring costs, forecasting, and managing change orders, along with the ability to prepare cost reports and variance analysis.
• Risk Management: Skilled in assessing, analyzing, and mitigating risks throughout the project lifecycle, using tools such as Monte Carlo simulations or other risk management software.
• Earned Value Management (EVM): Proficient in EVM methodologies to assess project performance and project health (e.g., Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI)).
• Quality Management: Knowledge of quality assurance and quality control processes to ensure that the project delivers according to specifications, budget, and timeline.
• Change Management: Expertise in managing project changes, ensuring that changes are documented, analyzed, and approved, and ensuring their impact on schedule and cost is understood.
• Project Monitoring and Reporting: Ability to track and report project progress, including analyzing data, identifying deviations, and recommending corrective actions to senior management and stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Communication: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with senior management, clients, contractors, and project teams, delivering reports and updates.
• Leadership and Team Management: Ability to lead and mentor a team of project controls specialists, ensuring the successful delivery of project controls tasks and development of team members.
• Data Analytics & Visualization: Experience in using data analysis tools and visualization software (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) to interpret complex project data and present insights to stakeholders.