Project Manager

Long term contract role*
*Inside IR35*
*Hybrid working with base in either Glasgow or Edinburgh*
*Office refurb experience ideal*
*Client side experience ideal*
To manage the delivery of workplace projects within the constraints of agreed budget, programme and quality criteria, ensuring successful outcomes are achieved.
To be responsible for the day-to-day delivery and provide leadership of relocation project teams to ensure that our service delivery meet customer expectations.
Capabilities:
• Programme and Project Management.
• Contract Administration
• Communicates Effectively
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Experience with workplace relocations, refurbishment and/or fit-out projects
• Focuses on Efficiency, Innovation & Quality
Role Purpose:
• To work as a delivery lead on large sized workplace relocation projects, reporting into the Programme Director.
• Will act as contract administrator and project manager on a workplace relocation projects with a wide group of stakeholders in corporate environments.
• Monitor progress of work, identify and coordinate collation of risks and present in reports. Provide flash report on progress on a weekly basis.
• Work with digital project management toolkits (support and onboarding is provided) as well as engagement with GEC PM support where applicable.
• Prepare mobilisation plans for projects including project execution plan and process definition.
• Establish and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand and influence their activities and promote and enhance the client goals and reputation.
• Provide effective leadership to health & safety matters by actively promoting health & safety awareness and ensuring the provision of safe working practices.
• Experience will be required/desirable in the following areas: scheduling, (MS Project or Asta), managing licence to alterations, pre-contract design team management and report writing. The PM will require sufficient understanding to be able to: prepare accurate project briefs, review contractor responses (designs, cost, methodology, programme), prepare contract award documentation and recommendation reports.
• Managing and coordinating Stage 0 Transaction, Occupancy Planning and Workspace deliverables, i.e. Strategic Brief, Workspace Brief, Heads of Terms, Scope Development Sprints, Design Sprints.
• Landlord co-ordination from Stage 0 to 7.
• Coordination of Stage 6 delivery activities by Protective Security, CTO, FM, H & S, Landlord sign off and MAC. (Last Mile Checks)
• Coordination of Building Operational Procedures (Landlord Internal FM, FM and H&S) to support transition of project delivery to operations phase.
• Coordination of BCIM and HR updates as part of handover process to business.
• Leading fortnightly project anchor days with project team.
• Wayleaves - managing IT, BT and Open Reach.
Requirements
• Degree qualified in a construction or engineering discipline
• APM or equivalent
• RICS/CIOB/MAPM desirable but not a requirement