Senior Structural Engineer

Akton are currently recruiting on behalf of a client who are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join their team in Oxford.

Responsibilities

• Work on diverse range of projects: Delivery of project management services to clients across various sectors and project stages
• Take a leadership role in the Health and Safety arrangements for projects
• Leadership and management of multidisciplinary teams of internal and external design consultants
• Stakeholder engagement: Effective communicate project expectations to the team members and stakeholders
• Manage existing client relationships and assist in the development of further opportunities
• Establish detailed client's brief and responsibilities of consultants and specialists
• Establish lines of communication and reporting procedures with the client and within the design team
• Arrange studies and surveys: Arrange feasibility studies, including site surveys, site investigation, site evaluation etc
• Build teams: Advise on/implement the selection and appointment of all necessary consultants and specialists
• Assist clients to obtain statutory consents: Co-ordinate and obtain planning consents and all necessary statutory approvals
• Prepare and maintain the master programme for all pre and post contract activities and monitor progress
• Manage finances from inception to completion, including cash flow forecasts, monitoring project expenditure, and recommendations of payments by client, as well as internal budget and resourcing
• Lead and manage the Design team, including leading on risk and value management
• Interview and select contractors for tendering or negotiation, evaluate tenders received and appoint contractor
• Visit sites and monitor the construction works with regard to quality and conformity to agreed specifications and drawings
• Administer building contracts, including the preparation of all necessary instructions and certificates (JCT / NEC experience)
• Chair progress, co-ordination and project meetings throughout the contract period
• Prepare regular reports to clients on all aspects of the project inspection, scheduling and acceptance of works required under the defects liability and maintenance provisions of the contract
• Day-to-day responsibility for projects
• Provide single point of contact taking responsibility for all aspects of the project and liaise with the client

Requirements

• Extensive consultancy design development and construction project management experience
• The ability to lead successful delivery of often more than one project and manage client relationships, including business development
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office and MS Project (or alternative scheduling software) is essential
• Ideally - experience in the higher education sector / heritage / life science sectors (but not essential)
• A degree or equivalent and working towards accreditation under a professional body.