Project Manager
We are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to oversee the management of a large-scale project in Cork. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing support and assistance to the Programme Commercial Manager & Lead Project Manager to optimize margin on the project while protecting it from commercial risk and maintaining a high standard in all areas in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Main Responsibilities
1. Client and Supplier Account Management:
o Manage client payment cycles up to and including final accounts to maximize income, improve margin, and achieve the best possible cash flow position.
o Ensure detailed and well-structured sub-contracts are in place for subcontractors from project start-up through to final account.
o Manage accurate reporting of liabilities.
o Assess subcontractor applications and issue notices strictly in accordance with contractual and legal requirements.
2. Commercial and Contract Guidance:
o Contribute to and implement Project Commercial Management Plans.
o Identify and provide guidance on commercial best practices.
o Provide clear interpretation of contract conditions, accurately assessing contractual opportunities and risks arising from all project documentation.
o Identify project-level risks and provide avoidance and mitigation proposals recorded in registers.
3. Record Keeping:
o Manage actions in compliance with project systems for recording progress and delays, change management, collection of measurement information, and relevant contemporaneous records.
o Prepare event registers, carry out timely actions, and develop entitlement documentation.
4. Internal Reporting:
o Contribute fully to the production of monthly project reviews and work package management reviews while advising on forecasts and possible outcomes within acceptable best/worst-case scenarios.
5. Contract Documentation:
o Provide contract review support to the tender and estimating process, which aligns with the commercial management strategy.
6. Financial Targets and Budgets:
o Contribute to the achievement of corporate targets and budgets within the project commercial team.
o Implement required actions that align with the commercial management strategy.
7. Support, Relationships, and Procedures:
o Provide support and advice to programme commercial managers, project directors, and project teams for all commercial activity.
o Develop beneficial relationships with clients, within project teams, with subcontractors, and suppliers.
o Review commercial processes and procedures to ensure they enhance the company's commitment to continuous improvement.
8. Commercial Representation and Dispute Avoidance:
o Represent the commercial team at project, business, and client meetings, deputizing for programme commercial managers or project directors when required.
o Manage negotiation and settlement of client and subcontract claims, in line with agreed commercial strategy, to achieve early resolution (within three months of identification) and avoid escalation to formal dispute resolution procedures.
9. Management of Staff:
o Manage a robust commercial team, identifying the need for permanent staff in preference to using agency and contract staff.
10. Training and Development of Staff:
o Provide commercial staff with inductions and training so they are commercially well-informed, professional, and play a proactive part in the management of their respective projects/business units.
o Carry out staff reviews in line with company policies to identify their training and development needs and support improved performance.
11. EHS:
o Comply with, undertake, and promote all relevant environment, health, and safety measures, responsibilities, and activities.
o Attend regular safety briefings and contribute to company initiatives, logging close calls and safety conversations.
Requirements
Mandatory:
* Graduate entry degree level requirements or equivalent.
* Up-to-date continuing professional development records.
Desirable:
* Professional qualification with a quantity surveying-related organization (ideally chartered status).
Experience:
* Contractor background with strong multi-discipline D&B experience.
* Construction industry standard forms of contract and commercial terms.
* Quantification, costing of construction works, and task elemental cost analysis.
* Conflict avoidance, management, and dispute resolution procedures.
* Planning and the use of programmes in the management of construction works.
* Accounting concepts and the format and preparation of management and company accounts.
* Health, safety, and sustainability matters relative to the industry.
Competencies and Skills:
* Collaborative but challenging style.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Strong communication abilities with an ability to influence.
* Poltically astute and customer-focused.
* Driven and ambitious for success.
* Proactive leadership behaviors.