Junior Project Manager

Job Title: Junior Project Manager

Reporting to: Business Unit General Manager

Role purpose

Working for the Ireland Business Unit, this role is a key part of our organisational success, ensuring commitments to our customers are delivered on time and to the highest standard.

The job holder will have a consistent track record of project delivery along with demonstratable experience in developing diverse teams whilst maintaining collaborative relationships both internally with colleagues and within the client base.

Responsibilities & Duties

Including but not limited to the following:

• Ownership of deliverables relating to time, cost, and quality, ensuring safe delivery of projects

• Promote a positive Health and Safety Culture at all times

• Lead, develop and support teams operating on a variety of projects

• Use excellent communication skills to run and engage with internal and external partners in a timely manner

• Professionally represent Omexom, both individually and as part of a team, in a wide range of situations with internal and external stakeholders

• Lead projects to the requirements set out within our governance framework for project delivery

• Work closely with and as part of the Sales team providing expertise for bid opportunities throughout the sales phase including creation of detailed project plans

• Provide and manage objectives to project team members (Procurement, Engineering, Construction, etc) to ensure all deliverables are monitored and achieved in accordance with the plan

• Project cost control always ensuring pre-determined levels of productivity are achieved

• Maintain effective communication both internally, within the business to ensure optimum project delivery and externally, with all customers, developing a relationship of trust on which future business can be secured

• Challenge own organisation, and that of sub-contractors, to provide the best possible value proposals that meet the Customer requirements

• Operate clear requirements management, claims, non-conformance cost and lessons learned processes on all projects within remit

• Build, develop and maintain, clear, robust and up to date project plans

• Any other duties deemed necessary for the effective functioning of the Business Unit

Key interfaces

Relationships with key stakeholders:

• Regional Director

• Business Unit General Manager

• Operation Managers

• Project Managers

• Bid Manager

• Project teams

• External stakeholders, e.g. client, authorities

Person Specification Qualifications and experience

The jobholder must be a motivated self-starter, possessing:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

• Educated to degree level (preferably in an engineering, business or project management discipline)

• Ability to meet targets in a commercial environment

• Experience of managing budgets

• Experienced in planning works in the most efficient manner

• People management skills and ability to motivate and engage staff

• The ability to deliver strong financial performance in a contracting environment

• A proven understanding of safety and quality management

• The ability to engage at a specific and detailed level with key tasks, evidenced by those tasks being executed in a highly efficient manner

• Personal integrity, resilience and the robustness needed to operate in a fast changing highly commercial contracting environment

• APM, PRINCE2 or PMI qualifications are desirable

Competencies

Required skills, knowledge, and abilities:

• Project Management skills

• Organisation skills

• Problem solving skills

• Good communication skills

• Critical thinking

• Working well in a team

• Self-motivation

• Good time management

• Excellent collaboration and people skills

• A relevant HSE qualification (IOSH Managing Safely) - Desirable

Values

In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must have the following qualities:

Team Spirit & Generosity – able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support and drive performance.

Trust and Empowerment – enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally.

Integrity and Responsibility – enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high quality results.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship – continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.