Monday, 15 July 2024
The role of Project Manager is pivotal to Dowds Group’s continued growth and success. Their broad areas of responsibility include management and administration of works, ensuring a satisfied client, professional growth, overseeing performance management within their team, procurement, scheduling, and delivery – ultimately completing contracts on programme deadline and in line with the company’s high-quality standards. Alongside strong technical ability and knowledge, clear communication is fundamental to the role, not only within their own team but also interdepartmental on different levels, with key supply chain partners and with clients/contractors.
Programme: Developing programmes, using the correct sequence of works in line with the build items, understanding the need, keeping them up to date, developing commissioning programmes.
Construction Information: Engages with design teams to ensure construction information is ready before works commence on site. Construction and co-ordination of working drawings, quality sign-off sheets as well as current drawing registers and equipment schedules.
Procurement: Developing procurement schedules in line with the programme. Realising the value of each package and meeting / exceeding the B/buy target.
Contract Control: Understanding the type of contract, complying, and using the contract to our benefit while using the contract flow charts. Measuring progress vs programme, issuing early warnings, delay notices and Extension of Time (EOT) on time.
Health & Safety: Challenge any unsafe actions on site and highlighting any subcontractor/specialist issues with the Operations Manager.
Labour Management: Planning of labour, either Dowds own or sub-contract. Forecasting the labour required to carry the job out on time and within budget.
Reporting: Preparing and issuing reports in a timely manner whether it is monthly reports, main contractor reports, programme vs progress or photographic reports.
Commercial Acumen: Preparing timely valuations and maximizing claims while investigating possible value engineering. Demonstrating ownership of project finances including managing sub-contractor’s invoices.
Leadership: Demonstrate ownership of the entire project by ensuring the deadlines are met, remembering that delegating tasks and deploy resources may be required.
People Management: Implementing HR policies, carry out performance reviews and identifying training needs. Encouraging communication/ employee engagement and maintaining positive working relationships.
Quality: Embrace and implement our quality system, working closely alongside our Quality Manager to drive quality right through from programming, procurement, Health and Safety, documentation, installations, and commissioning to handover documentation.
Innovation: Identify opportunities and threats to current and proposed systems while seeking solutions to the problems, recognising the need for change and embrace new technologies and business developments.
Business Development & Branding: Liaison with Comms team to provide updates on projects for external and internal publication, engagement in company events and assistance in building the Dowds Construction brand as required.
Desirable Criteria
We are committed to investing in talent and developing opportunities for our staff. As equal opportunities employers, we welcome applicants from all communities.
To apply please send a copy of your CV and covering letter to: hr@dowdsgroup.com
Closing Date: Friday, 16 August 2024
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