Associate Project Manager

Aldwych Consulting

We are currently looking for an experienced Associate Project Manager to join an amazing, expanding team in central London. They operate a hybrid working model which means typically 3 days in the office or on site and 2 days at home.
This is an opportunity to work on mission critical facilities in the UK and Europe.
Ideally, you will have project experience and technical capability from site acquisition to project completion.

What does the role involve:
As a senior member of the team, you will be driving the coordination of people and processes to ensure that projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results. You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s scope, organisation, budget and timeline. You will use your proven working experience, commercial skills and technical background to direct and shape projects, monitor and report on financial performance and contribute to the continuous development of management tools.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Independently leading the bid preparation stage of multi-disciplinary projects.
• Independently managing all the commercial elements of complex high value projects involving different internal and external international teams.
• Ensuring project delivery to the agreed scope, budget and programme. Anticipating and taking proactive action to highlight and mitigate risks.
• Delivering projects at the target profit. Tracking and reporting on projects’ financial KPIs and implementing strategies to improve financial performance.
• Reviewing, negotiating and managing bespoke Client contracts.
• Procuring and managing contracts of an international supply chain and ensuring contractual and quality compliance.
• Anticipating and proactively managing multiple stakeholders’ needs and leading on conflict resolution.
• Managing Client relationships and contributing to business development.
• Supporting the development and mentoring of other members of the team.

To be successful in this role you’ll possess:
A background in engineering/business and project management. You should be an excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks. You also need to be a team player and demonstrate leadership skills. You will be proactive, collaborative, organised, methodical and a natural problem solver with the ability to influence others.

• Must have Qualifications/Experience: Strong educational background in engineering or business.
• Significant experience as a Project Manager in the design and construction of infrastructure projects. Experience in the delivery of Mission Critical facilities would be beneficial.
• A project management qualification would be desirable.
• Experience in managing projects on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
• Solid understanding of financial metrics and contractual terms.
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle.
• Proficiency in project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices. Proven experience in project scheduling using Primavera P6 or similar software would be desirable.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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