Deputy Project Manager

Role Overview

• Coordinate all contract administration activities (with support of a Commercial Manager) including variations, claims, technical queries and instructions, using CEMAR.
• Drive the delivery of the contract or package activities to ensure they are delivered safely, on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements.
• Monitor and manage the progress of the programme
• track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget and provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters
• Anticipate, manage and resolve issues within the contact or package.
• Identify risks and facilitate the resolution of all issues raised, develop and update the programme budget, and escalate any issues to the Senior Project Manager.
• Resolution of issues/ NCR's/ etc during the manufacturing process to ensure quality and schedule are maintained.
• Management of all change to the contract including
• scope definition, business justification and implementation of agreed change in line with associated governance.
• Ensure level 3 schedules are developed and maintained for the contract or package of work.
• Ensure such schedules are consistent with overall Project schedules.
• Liaison with HPC Site team to ensure all pre shipping activities are complete to facilitate seamless delivery in line with schedule requirements.
• Develop and implement strategies and plans in line with the overall Programme Definition Document (PgDD), setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised and executed.
• Maintain effective communications with all stakeholders and executing the project strategies within their contract or package of work.
• Apply the principles of Earned Value Management (EVM) and other usual commercial reporting requirements.
• Apply the principles of Continuous Improvement, ensuring that lessons-learnt and knowledge-capture are practiced as business as usual.
• Interface with other programmes to ensure a high-level view of how the total project is progressing and to identify and adopt the use of best practice.
• Project Definition Document (PjDD) Progress reports (including Earned Value) Cost management and change reporting.

Requirements

• Experience of managing contractors, consultants and other advisors throughout large and complex construction projects, in a regulated environment.
• Including NEC or FIDIC contracts.
• Understanding the needs of nuclear quality and how nuclear quality is assured and controlled.
• Detailed understanding of PWR design and experience in PWR operations advantageous but not essential.
• Degree and chartered status in an engineering, construction, physics or other related field.
• Good knowledge of CDM Regulations.
• Knowledge and / or practitioner of Project Management with experience of applying either; APM body of knowledge and OGC's Prince 2.
• Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulated environment.
• Demonstrate success in managing & developing Strategies and Teams; Engineering design, contract and field execution strategies for project delivery, Multi-discipline EPCM or Complex Project experience.
• Control of costs; risk; schedule and change, procurement and proficient in the use of Earned Value tools,
• Experience of successfully engaging groups of stakeholders.
• Able to demonstrate strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation.
• Proficient in the use of estimating scheduling, programming and risk tools.
• For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK.

Benefits

• Not specified