Job Description

The role of Electrical Project Manager at Group Metropolitan Ltd holds significant importance as it comes with a well-defined set of duties aimed at ensuring the delivery of projects are completed safely, on time, within budget and to a high standard of quality.
 
The role will require close collaboration with numerous stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, including but not limited to the following: designers both internal and external, architects, GML estimating department, key account leads, project commercial teams both in house and client side, sub-contractors, manufacturers and specialist suppliers, client agents, commissioning teams and high-profile customers. The candidate will be a key contributor from conception, through the design stages, managing the delivery and ensuring that each project is successfully handed over and closed out in a professional manner to the highest of standards.

Requirements

• A Project Management qualification such as Prince2 (Desirable)
• Level 3 Electrotechnical Qualification.
• 18th Edition Certificate.
• AM2S Certificate.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when required. 
• A UK Driving Licence. 
• Eligibility to work in the UK. 
• A valid ECS black card. 
• Testing and Inspection 2391 Certificate. 
• Experience of Microsoft packages.
• Thorough knowledge of safety procedures and regulations/guidelines. 
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 
• Timely completion of internal training.
• Positive attitude towards work. 
• Proven ability to manage teams and operatives. 
• Excellent communication skills. 
• Maintain a high level of professionalism including punctuality and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Proven track record of estimating and delivering multiple fast track small works within live environments.
• Delivering electrical projects to an extremely high standard.
• Possessing a professional demeanor, client facing and with a keen focus on customer care in all instances.
• Confident and effective communication, ability to chair meetings, driving outcomes, ensuring the production of accurate records of discussions, actions and deadlines.
• Liaison with designers, estimating and commercial teams.
• Ability to fully understand the client requirement, technical specifications, drawings and project requirement holistically.
• Experience in the RIBA design, delivery, and project commissioning stages (desirable)
• Good understanding of design and project risks. Identify, manage and escalate risks where necessary.
• Be able to contribute and manage against the sequence of works for the project programme.
• Ability to drive the project programme, ensuring key milestones are maintained. Ability to foresee potential points of failure and react accordingly.
• Prepare and present regular progress reports including programme drop lines to project stakeholders.
• Familiarity with producing onsite dilapidations and completion of validations.
• Understanding the importance of the development and submission of RFIs, TQs, VOs and driving close out of items raised.
• Familiar with Technical Submission procedures and sign off.
• Ability to make sound business decisions under pressure.
• Excellent time management, ability to delegate, prioritise key tasks and workload when working to strict deadlines.
• Good understanding of project governance and the requirement for procedural conformity.
• Commercially astute, sound awareness of the contract terms ensuring adherence, ability to highlight risks, manage variations, delays and EOT requirements, liaising with internal QS’s to ensure that the business is commercially protected.
• Build and maintain good relationships with the customer, framework suppliers and design consultants. Possess the ability to be assertive where required. Able to read the situation and make sound decisions, managing multiple entities both up and downstream, being the conduit to success.
• Highly adept at the co-ordination of work packages, understanding the interaction of trades and the ability to foresee potential issues.
• Lead by example, promote the highest of standards with regards to HSEQ best practice, ensuring compliance with company standards, policies, ISO accreditations and legislative requirements in all instances.
• Sound knowledge of CDM Regulations, Principal Designer & Principal Contractor responsibilities under appointment.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new ways of working.
• Drive the company’s vision, values and work ethic, contributing to the growth of the business.
• Generate new opportunities, upsell GML as a business, secure additional works where possible, act on opportunities to reduce cost, add value and maximise profit.

Benefits

• 24 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday. 
• Private healthcare. 
• Private dental care.
• Life Insurance. 
• Training & development opportunities.
• Company pension scheme
• Eligibility for the EOT scheme after 1 year of continuous employment.