Minor Works Project Manager

KBS Maritime delivers Asset Management, Facilities Management and Energy Solutions across the maritime and defence environments. With parent companies KBR and BAE Systems, the JV has the pedigree of two global organisations, but we have the ethos of a small business where our people are valued and empowered to succeed. It’s a great place to work and we bring opportunity to all our team.

Role

As a member of the Operations & Maintenance Team, the Minor Works Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of multiple minor works projects of short duration and varying complexity/value.

Purpose

To ensure the safe delivery of minor works projects; including agreement of project scope, defining solutions and managing delivery to completion and handover, ensuring that works are completed to programme, budget and in accordance with all relevant technical standards.

Key responsibilities / tasks will include:

• Overall responsibility for the satisfactory delivery and completion of minor works projects on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Act as the principal point of contact for projects under your control; interacting with the Clients’s Representative, End Users and wider members of the KBS Team.
• Work with the Customer’s Representative to develop from the initial outline requirements a defined project scope and estimate of costs.
• Prepare outline/detailed scope of works/specifications as appropriate, in consultion with / supported by the KBS Design Team where necessary.
• Be a contributor to the Cost Plan team to analyse and agree methods of project delivery, routes to market and participate in tender evaluations to determine best value for money and constructability of proposals.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with third parties / vendors.
• Consult and agree project delivery workplans and programme with the Client’s Representative and PNB Stakeholders impacted by the works.
• Support the drafting of procurement requisitions and management of contractors’ accounts.
• Ensure all the relevant preconstruction information (e.g. RAMs, Permits to Work etc.) are in place and reviewed for suitability, accuracy and completeness to enable the effective commencement of the works.
• Conduct regular inspections of the works in progress, ensuring that these are being progressed in accordance with the technical specification to the required standard. Where applicable, ensure the bounds of the site of maintained for the duration of the works in accordance with statutory requirements.
• Monitor contractors’ operations to ensure that work is carried out safely and is line with agreed RAMS.
• Monitor/report on contractors progress against agreed programme, ensuring that all potential and or actual risks are quickly identified and resolved or brought to the attention of Key Stakeholders.
• Collate all requisite asset and handover information (e.g. as-installed drawings, O&M manuals etc.) in a timely manner to enable project handover and support the smooth transition of the project from the delivery phase into operation.
• Complete project closure documentation.
• Maintain communication and good working relationships with all disciplines which supports KBS Purpose Vision and Values.

Reporting duties including:

• Monitor and report progress at regular intervals.
• Report on milestones on a weekly and monthly basis to meet the contract PIs and KPIs.
• Hold and record contractors progress meetings.
• Provide project completion forecasts and recommend recovery plans as needed.
• Prepare and issue updates/reports.
• Manage personally controlled project documentation in an orderly manner.
• Assimilate information and summarizing it in a manner that can be used to communicate the work scope to others.
• Advise and liaise with project client, users and other stakeholders as necessary.

Your key competencies will be:

• Good decision making skills.
• Communication and influencing – establishes communication routes, actively listens, clarifies, gives/seeks feedback, clear and concise, persuasive/negotiation.
• Organizational skills – plans well in advance, sets clear objectives, reviews progress against plan, ensures enough resources, encourages improvements.
• Presentation skills – able to convey concepts and lengthy work streams in clear, concise and visually appealing formats, taking into account the target audience.
• Values – lives and endorses the company values.
• Flexible working.

Qualifications:

• HNC/HND/BTec Level 4/5 in Engineering (M&E) or Construction (B&CE)
• Time served trade apprenticeship.
• H&S Trained – NEBOSH (National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety)
• SMSTS (desirable)
• APM Project Management Qualification (desirable)

Experience and Skills:

• Experience in mulit discipline engineering and construction projects.
• Working knowledge of Building Regulations and British Standards.
• Ability to work directly with the customer.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Good oral and written English proficiency.
• Good communication skills.
• Logical thinking and working in an ordered fashion.
• Working knowledge of contracts and NEC 4 (desirable).

You’ll need to show the following behaviors:

• Problem solving.
• Well developed communication skills.
• Detail orientated.
• Questioning the Status Quo.
• Risk management.
• Seeking progression.

The job description aims to describe the role and the kind of person we are looking for, but we understand not everyone is a perfect match to a job description, so if you think you can do the job, please apply. We welcome applications from disadvantaged communities, service veterans and military spouses.