Project Manager

Watford, Hertfordshire
VGC

Project Manager

Location: South East

Key Responsibilities

• Project Managers with a background in Construction Project Management are required to work on the Ministry of Defence Works programme
• The Billable Works development team operates mostly in the RIBA Stages 0-4 space handling all pre-construction activity, providing services directly on the MoD estate.
• The role involves managing all aspects of the project lifecycle up to Contract negotiation stage. The role involves:
• Investigate tasks at requirements stage
• Procure and organise on site surveys, feasibility studies and early design work
• Obtain design approval and prepare document packs and issue to the contractor market for tender
• Manage the tender process to completion including, RFI s, evaluation, commercial settlement
• Once complete, projects are normally handed over to the delivery PM team who manage all construction activities
• This is a fast-paced environment with high project turnover, typical project values between £100k and £1m but you may be asked to develop projects in their early stages up to £5m.
• Frequent travel across the MOD estate will be required therefore it is essential you have a full UK Driving Licence and access to your own vehicle

Key Skills

• The roles would be suited to PM s ideally with some experience of Ministry of Defence/DIO contracts or projects, who are used to working through the RIBA stage plan in a highly governed environment with a civil service partner. Similar industry experience may be transferrable from Nuclear/Highways/MoJ/NHS etc or other central government/regulated environment. The key skills you will need to succeed are:-
• High levels of attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to manage and retain a high volume of information and produce technical documents of high quality and accuracy
• Understanding of the various stages of pre construction activity and experience of design and tendering would be beneficial
• Experience of with evaluation of technical tender and commercial documents and familiarity with NRM pricing
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a challenging environment and provide regular reports to management

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