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Programme Manager , London

Programme Manager

This role is responsible for planning and delivering of the annual programme of lifecycle projects, on budget and to the agreed quality standards: defining project aims and objectives and overseeing quality control throughout the life of each project.  The role will further:

  • Acquire resources, relevant contractors or consultants and coordinate efforts of all team members.
  • Provide technical input to contract variation activities.

Support the Asset Manager to ensure that lifecycle and maintenance costings of variations are appropriate and consistent with contractual obligations.

Information

Location

London

Reporting To

Asset Manager

Hours

35

Key Responsibilities

Programme Management

  • Direct and manage programme development from beginning to end.
  • Identify and manage project risks.
  • Ensure that appropriate consent and authorisation are obtained prior to works commencing, including lender and statutory approvals in accordance with the PFI Contract documents.
  • Manage and maintain the Works Programme.
  • Establish and manage regular reviews of each individual project with distinct action and progress measures.
  • Adhere to output specifications of each individual projects, if applicable, with reference to professional teams and advisors.
  • Monitor, record and manage the change process of each project.
  • Ensure reporting is timely, accurate and in accordance with contractual obligations.
  • Assist with lifecycle planning.
  • Provide guidance, progress, design, user group, and pre-start meetings, chairing and presenting where required.
  • Provide accurate, relevant and timely information to individual Project Boards and for Project Co Board Meetings.
  • Maintain awareness of developments in Project and Programme Management best practice and communicate good and bad examples.
  • Ensure all projects are delivered in accordance with H&S, environmental, quality management and commercial requirements.
  • Where required support out of hours and weekend working in relation to projects that demand this level of management and resource.
  • Develop best practice and tools for project execution and management.
  • Define and direct individual responsibilities of wider project team (encompassing further relevant parties) as projects develop.
  • Report on project and contractor performance in a defined and standardised manner.
  • Review and authorise Impact Assessment documentation.
  • Liaise with the Project Co insurance company.

General

  • Ensure HSAW legislation is fully observed at all times and that Vercity’s HSAW policies and procedures are adhered to.
  • Assist with long term planning for asset management.
  • Abide by the confidentially policies of the Authority.
  • Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise the Project Team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability of their assigned work.
  • Contribute to Vercity corporate activities including attendance at and participation in, centralised specialist groups meetings.
  • Ensure sustainability issues and the Modus sustainability agenda are addressed initially during the project identification stage and are reported on throughout the life of each project.
  • Ensure the duties, under CDM 2015, of the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor, are fulfilled where required.
  • Participate in the orientation program for new Vercity staff.

Provide support for ISO: 55001 accreditation.

This job description is intended to reflect, in outline, the responsibilities of the post-holder which may change over time with the Corporate and local business needs of Vercity and the particular PFI contract. It will therefore, be subject to periodic review.

Person Specification

Experience and Competencies

Essential

  • Proven experience in project management, including all aspects of process development and execution in a high profile, high volume environment.
  • In depth understanding and practical experience of multifaceted resilient systems that are concurrently maintainable with no single point of failure.

Desirable

  • Experience in programme management.
  • Experience in the delivery of hard FM and project/estates management services in complex environments.
  • PFI experience in health care and/or defence sectors.
  • Lifecycle planning experience in a FM environment.
  • Experience with lifecycle planning/costing software.

Skills

Essential

  • Computer literate with MS Office and Project management software.
  • Project management and managing works subcontract packages skills.
  • Good written and spoken communications.
  • Has worked on highly serviced 100k square foot, major building.
  • Ability to prioritise own workload on a day to day basis.
  • Ability to manage time to meet changing priorities and deadlines whilst ensuring core tasks are delivered.
  • Proven ability to work under pressure, to deadlines and prioritise accordingly.

Desirable

  • Ability to pick out key information and report it in a timely manner using appropriate means of communication.
  • Strong presentation skills.

Personal Attributes

  • Able to work in a small team within a high security environment.
  • Professional in approach, outward looking and confident.
  • Proactive, energetic and highly motivated.
  • Promotes effective team work, shares information widely.
  • Self-confident and resilient.
  • Able to work flexibly from the office and home, if required.

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • Relevant Mechanical or Electrical engineering degree, or equivalent experience.
  • Working knowledge of M&E of both theoretical and practical installations.
  • Capable of achieving and maintaining DV & STRAP security clearance.

Desirable

  • Mechanical bias.
  • Health and Safety qualified.
  • Working towards Chartered engineer status.
  • Project Management Practitioner qualification.
  • Programme Management Practitioner qualification.

 

 

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