Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager/Leader at Telent, you will be trusted and empowered to deliver critical and complex work. You’ll be free to innovate, to take ownership and make smart, agile decisions. We need the best people to help us achieve our ambitions. Come, work in an environment where you can stretch your abilities and deliver on your potential. Help build and keep the nation’s critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.

We currently have several Telecoms Infrastructure projects ongoing for our Rail customers across Scotland & England. You’ll be responsible for managing our customer relationships as well as the overall management and coordination of upcoming projects. This is a hybrid role with a flexible working location, however travel to customer sites / depots in Scotland and England will be required.

What You’ll Do:

• Developing the overall project delivery and reporting processes to ensure delivery of assigned projects meet relevant standards and timeframes.
• Acting as the customer interface for Telent on any allocated project.
• The financial performance and reporting of all projects to both Telent and Customer stakeholders
• Providing detailed and regular project reviews, reports and KPI’s for both Telent and client review.
• The contractual Quality and Health & Safety for all projects
• Providing leadership and direction for the Project team
• Planning and ensuring the correct resource is booked and available to deliver the project (internal and external).
• Subcontract selection and management.
• Ensuring material orders are placed on time and within the agreed budget
• Undertaking regular Site Safety Inspections on project portfolio to promote a positive Health and Safety culture.
• Supporting the bid team as required for tenders and responses.

Who you are:

You will have previous experience in a similar role ideally within the rail or other relevant industries (Telecoms / Civil Engineering) You will have experience managing a portfolio of projects, upwards of 4M.

Key requirements:

• Formal PM Qualification (APM, PMP, Prince 2) or equivalent experience.
• Excellent knowledge of Profit & Loss accounts and cash flow forecasting
• Excellent financial and commercial experience of managing multi-million-pound business critical projects
• Ability to direct teams in large complex environments
• Sound Knowledge of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment regulations
• Experience of managing complex customer and end user relationships.

What we offer:

A career at Telent can span sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.

We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role:

• Car Allowance
• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell five days each year
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

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