Project Manager

Stockport, Cheshire
ATS Recruitment

Project Manager (Joinery)

£50 55k + Car Allowance

(Negotiable for the right person)

Permanent

Location Negotiable

Role will involve some site visits, some visits to the companies head office and home working.

The Client

Our Client supplies bespoke joinery to the commercial, leisure, healthcare, education and fit-out sectors. They design, manufacture and install internal bespoke joinery and acoustic panelling as well as a range of fire-rated and specialists doorsets.

The Role

Exiting opportunity for a Project Manager to join a growing company.

Leading and managing a range of projects. The management of subcontractors and materials relating to communication, quality, HASAW and cost. Liaising with clients before and throughout the project period, including recognising variations, managing programmes and combining commercial, operational delivery with people management and business development through customer service.

Responsibilities

Project Management

• Attend pre-start with the client to understand client expectations. Be involved in the Estimating Handover with the delivery team to determine methodology, discuss sub-contractors and suppliers, draft programme.
• Attend and lead contracts meetings with project team to identify and resolve blockers, using Tasks, Issues and Scope of Works within Fonn to drive the meeting.
• Assist with the identification of new sub contractors
• Lead Sub-Contractor pre-start meetings, set out expectations, review foreman duties – are we ready to start? Who do you want in the meeting?
• Ensure timely management of the design element of the projects to meet the requirements of each project. This may involve input with CAD design team to chase RFI’s.
• Intervene and resolve problems, delays, and valuation concerns, engaging as required with the sub contractor, your commercial and project team.
• Guard against delay and in conjunction with the QS issue Early Warning Notices in accordance with the contract when necessary. EWN become due when the proportion of works done against programme is triggered at an agreed ratio.

Quality

• Accept responsibility to provide progress reports, recording of variations, handling deliveries, providing survey information, complete quality documentation including fire door installation – ALL CARRIED OUT ON FONN. Don’t JUST rely on your foremen.
• Ensure the sub contract foreman carries out duties described within their s/c order and using Fonn. Including Progress Reports, Recording of variations, handling deliveries, providing survey information, properly recording fire door installations and generally ensuring they represent the interests not just their own.
• Produce Quality Inspection Plan including embedded 3rd party approved Installation Instructions. This should be done using the standard format available in Fonn but must be tailored to every project to suit the doorsets being installed.
• Where required accept responsibility for site measures and surveys. Wherever possible these will be carried out by the workshop but not always.
• Ensure 3rd party accredited installations of all fire doors by responsibly maintaining accredited status through proactive liaison with accreditor including audits.
• Every part of an installation should be accompanied by a Quality Sign Off form (available in Fonn)

Client Satisfaction

• You are the face of the business. The majority of our work is repeat. You have a significant bearing on this. Sometimes it will be difficult to defend the company’s position and maintain a good working relationship. Liaise with management team when deploying commercial decision making.

Commercial Management

• Contribute proactively to the commercial management of your projects. If you are asked for information respond quickly and effectively. You are responsible for identifying variations, whether its delay or change and the SIGNING of any daywork sheets. The QS is only responsible for valuing it.
• Understand you project’s budgets and effect change to improve them. ALWAYS be aware of project performance by discussing with the commercial team. Proactively assist QS at month end to determine foreman performance & sub contract payment.
• Make yourself available to attend site with the QS as requested. This is likely to be toward the end of the month.
• Attend Final Account meetings and come prepared

Health & Safety

• By example, set the highest possible standards of leadership in promotion of HS&E procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with Company procedures and legal obligations.
• Review and ensure RAMS are in place prior to starting on site using standard template available on Fonn. Delivery of health and safety on site through tool box talks, monitoring accidents and sickness and periodic audits of the effectiveness of management structures and risk controls for health and safety are carried out on site.