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The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UK’s Building Services providers. We design, develop, and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Ireland.
Alternative Heat specialises in the design, supply and installation of a wide range of pre-Fabricated energy solutions, typically built in NI and shipped throughout the UK & Ireland and into the EU. We also offer turnkey design, build & operate solutions for commercial energy centers and large-scale district heating solutions and have experience with successfully procuring and delivering many similar packages to a wide range of public bodies throughout the UK, Ireland & EU.
We are currently looking to fill the role of Project Manager to support our growing Contracts Team in our fabulous new Head Quarters based in Banbridge. This post is a permanent contract and offers an amazing opportunity for a candidate who wants to gain experience with a progressive and dynamic company. The role is to manage the delivery of a project from early design phase to handover PC. Your team would generally consist of a project coordinator, Mechanical Construction Managers, Site Supervisors, and the wider installation, sub-network team.
| Job Title | Project Manager
| Location | Head Quarters – Banbridge, Co Down
| Hours | 7:30am – 5pm Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 3pm Friday
| Salary | Competitive depending on experience
| Responsible to | Operations Manager
Job summary:
| Job Title | Project Manager
| Location | Head Quarters – Banbridge, Co Down
| Hours | 7:30am – 5pm Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 3pm Friday
| Salary | Competitive depending on experience
| Responsible to | Operations Manager
Job summary:
The successful candidate would be working in conjunction with an established commercial project management team and alongside our in-house M&E design team, who operate with the latest Revit, AutoCAD & MEP 3D design packages, hence previous experience working on commercial M&E projects at a management level is essential.
Most of our projects are currently based in Germany with others in the UK, Ireland and other Cities throughout the EU, which are predominantly commercial M&E laid installations, it would be deemed essential that you worked within the Management team to deliver a previous M&E contract, either as a Project Manager/Mechanical Construction Manager or equivalent.
Key Responsibilities
- To manage and develop your site management team to ensure the delivery of a project in a timely manner.
- Liaise regularly with the client via online meetings and regular on-site discussions to ensure they are satisfied with current progress and the forecast of up-and-coming works.
- Ensure your managers & site teams are working as efficiently as possible and all high-level objects have been set out for your management team to be accomplish in target dates.
- Ensure all drawings that the site teams are working to are the correct revision.
- Liaise with the project co-ordinator to ensure all high-level templates are populated and Setout for the Construction team to follow. (i.e., Material trackers/programmes/lessons learnt)
- Ensure all plant and equipment are procured correctly, in line with the specification and client requirements.
- Throughout the project track costs (material & labour) to ensure the project will be delivered as per original target spends.
- Assess requirement for labour and sub-contractors to undertake various elements of installation work and the development/expansion of your team
- Vet all sub-contractors to ensure they fulfil company requirements and are engaged appropriately via fixed price order or JCT contract. This will be assisted by the commercial team.
- Prepare a weekly project meeting with the wider internal Alt Heat team to ensure critical path elements are being actioned and addressed by the relevant departments.
- Provide accurate information on contract variation and monthly claims back through to the commercial team for their monthly valuations.
- Attend monthly meetings with the Operations Manager to discuss team performance and areas to develop the team as well as looking at job performance.
- Attend Monthly Meetings with the wider Project Management team to review company performance and any changes to company procedures, some of which you will filter through you team.
- Ensure and assist with the preparation of O&M manuals upon completion of the project. Ensure the team has marked up all As-built drawings and compiled all associated certs.
- Ability to work in conjunction with the client to ensure Alt Heat and their site teams work is carried out safely and to a high standard.
- Ensure the tracking of project performance is tracked on a weekly basis via progress reporting back to the Client.
Travel requirements:
This role is aimed to be predominantly office based. There will be a requirement to attend frequent site meetings for example, to meet representatives of the client’s team and ensure they are happy with current progress, looking at new up and coming projects and meeting with your onsite team to assess site progress. It would be reasonable to assume you would need to be out onsite at least 2 days per week or 3 days a fortnight in one continuous visit either of the two options can be negotiated to accommodate personal commitments.
Criteria
- Good Microsoft Office skills – to include Excel, Word, Projects, and Outlook
- Relevant experience delivering medium to large scale projects within the commercial MEP industry.
- Ability to take ownership of their duties and a willingness to grow and learn within their team and the company.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Good communication skills both internally and externally with our clients.
- Punctual, Reliable and Trustworthy.
- Have Managed multiple teams in your previous role for more than 3 years.
- Delivered Projects to the value 2M+
- Full clean driving license
Employee Benefits
- Full in-house training and career development opportunities
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Health cash plan
- Free annual health check during working hours
- 30 days annual leave increasing in line with length of service.
- Social events organised for all employees throughout the year via our Health and Wellbeing committee.
- Secure, free onsite parking
- Free Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Tea, and Fruit provided daily.
- Friendly and supportive working environment in state-of-the-art facilities
Alternative Heat is an Equal Opportunities Employer
About Alternative Heat
With over 17 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector.
Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and feabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m² of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.
We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK and Ireland.
