Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Salary: Competitive

Location: North East, SR7 9DR

Job Type: Permanent, Full time

The Role:

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to work within our expanding Major Projects Portfolio. The successful candidate will join our North East based Project Management team and provide leadership for all construction phase activities, planning, managing, and evaluating projects throughout their life cycle.

Initially the successful candidate will be working on two major projects including a 33kv re-route in Hawthorn Pit, and a 66kv New Lay Hebburn.

On completion of the above projects, you will be allocated to new projects within the North East area but we will require some flexibility to work across other sites nationally when required.

About Excalon:

Excalon is a leading infrastructure contractor specialising in the provision of services to the utilities industry. With recent new business wins with multiple major clients adding to our existing portfolio of framework agreements and ongoing Major Projects, this is an exciting time to join our business.

The Person:

We are looking for an individual who can manage projects from conception through to completion who ideally has previous experience delivering similar Major Construction Infrastructure Projects. We need someone who can lead and manage major projects, ensuring they are fully resourced and delivered safely, on time and within budget to high quality client specifications. You will be a proactive, creative, and logical individual with a solution focused outlook. You must be competent working in a busy, pressured environment and be able to meet tight deadlines.

High Level Responsibilities:

• Produce accurate and attainable programs of work to be issued to the client for approval.
• Plan, manage and evaluate projects throughout their lifecycle.
• Act as the principal site contact point for Excalon clients
• Ensure that all activities on site are in accordance with statutory requirements
• Assemble your key team resources to deliver the project(s) and manage and motivate this group to achieve the required results.
• Identify the dependencies between project activities, and define the stages to ensure seamless delivery
• Regularly monitor progress at a frequency which enables action to be taken to troubleshoot issues and push the project back on track: Measure revenue, productivity, and quality.
• Ensure the safe systems of work and all necessary documentation is in place.
• Ensure that all project personnel have the appropriate training and competencies.

Ideal Skills and Qualifications:

• Existing Experience as a Project Manager for Infrastructure Projects
• CSCS - Academically Qualified or Gold Card
• SMSTS
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Temporary Works Supervisor
• NRSWA: Streetworks Supervisor
• Confined Spaces
• Deep Excavation / Temporary Works Supervisor
• Emergency First Aid
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office suite

Should any of your mandatory training elements be expired or approaching expiry, we would still encourage you to apply. We invest heavily in training and development and your qualification renewals and further progression will always be supported.

You will also require a full UK driving licence.

Hours of Work

You will be working 42.5 hours per week within the operational hours of 7am to 5.30pm with some flexibility required to meet the needs of the business.

Working for us:

We appreciate our people are our greatest asset and reward them accordingly with a competitive salary, range of additional benefits, and the opportunity to grow and develop with us.

Benefits:

• Royal London Group Personal Pension Plan
• Group Life Insurance 1 x Salary
• Occupational Health Service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Funded qualifications & Training

All applicants must reside and have the right to live and work in the UK.

Please note we are not offering sponsorships at this time.

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

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