This role will lead a portfolio of projects and tasks across the full project lifecycle, accountable for scope, cost and schedule management. A key aspect will be developing requests for quotations into scopes for procuring supplier tenders for competed work and evaluating tenders.

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Responsibilities

Ensuring the project is delivered safely, within Budget, on programme and to the required Quality
Managing a dedicated professional team integrated with the Clients team
Ownership of the packages and disciplines
Delivering to budget and production targets, programme, and specification
Owning the relationship and maintain a liaison with the client and the supply chain
Supporting the manager and the staff under your control
Maintaining a good working relationship with the Client and associated personnel
Being conversant with all drawings, specifications, and relevant information for works package

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

Awareness of NEC Form of Contract and Subcontract
Understanding of Engineering Principles
Technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices
Significant work experience within a similar role with a main contractor in a highly regulated environment e.g delivery of infrastructure or utiliites
Chartered Project Professional or demonstrating working towards achievement
Commercially astute with practical experience of budgets, forecasts, contract management, procurement and supply chain performance

Desirable:

A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.
Experience of a nuclear licensed site
Proficient with integrating multi discipline teams
A recognised project management qualification

Essential

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

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