Mace
ECC NEC Project Manager
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Mace: Redefining Ambition
At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.
Within our business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery to unlock the potential in every project.
The Project
Our client is the utilities provider in the east geographic area. Their purpose is to deliver services in an environmentally sustainable, economically beneficial, and socially responsible manner and create sustainable long-term value for all.
Role: ECC NEC Project Manager
As the ECC NEC Project Manager, you will work within capital delivery. You will be responsible for the simultaneous delivery of several water and water recycling projects and/or programmes within their AMP8 programme. The role will ensure our client's project governance procedures are followed, including risk, cost, and change control, and will work collaboratively with other teams across the business to deliver projects.
Our Values
Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. They are:
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Safety First - Going Home Safe and Well
- Promote Mace's value of safety first, exhibiting visible safety behaviours, sharing lessons learned, and using safety moments and Mace's HSW framework to support the safety and wellbeing of all Mace staff.
- Possess technical expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to the project portfolio.
- Promote a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people in your team.
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Client Focus - Deliver on Our Promise
- Ensure robust quality systems are in place and suitably managed in line with service excellence.
- Manage delivery from project inception/brief, through design development and planning, contractor procurement, and construction phase in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed project milestones.
- Manage tasks and associated deliverables in support of the Associate Director and other senior leaders, alongside the wider project and client teams, to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of the project.
- Own projects throughout the project life cycle from concept to handover and closeout.
- Prepare, update, and implement the project management plan whilst proactively monitoring overall progress, the interdependencies, and resolving issues/mitigating risks and initiating corrective action as appropriate.
- Drive the design development, initiate surveys and site visits as necessary to write the works information in line with the project business case.
- Undertake the contract administration responsibilities and have a thorough understanding of the NEC3/4 suite of contracts.
- Ensure projects are delivered to the right quality, in the time allocated, and at, or below the approved budget.
- Write specifications, tender, and contract documents to include project risk registers, schedules, and others with the assistance of procurement and production colleagues formally assess tenders in readiness for contract award.
- Ensure compliance with the requirements of project environmental, CDM 2015, health and safety, water quality, and environmental standards, WIMES, CESWI7, and statutory legislation.
- Undertake regular reviews, inspections, and audits.
- Manage contractors to ensure that the execution of projects is undertaken. Contract administration of numerous projects dealing with payments, EWN, NCE’s, etc.
- Undertake timely third-party liaisons, e.g., planning applications, land/access, power supply negotiations, etc., in line with the project programme.
- Understand client requirements and have strong stakeholder engagement to deal with complex third-party relations.
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- Integrity - Always Do the Right Thing
- Manage project budgets and highlight any risks, challenges, and mitigations.
- Support the long-term development of your function or business unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
- Commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values.
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- Create Opportunity - For Our People to Excel
- Manage design and wider consultant teams in a collaborative manner to ensure effective completion of responsibilities.
- Direct and manage the project team and relevant stakeholders to achieve strategic project key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilizing the full depth of knowledge of Mace group, the centers of excellence, Mace way control center, and knowledge hub.
Requirements
You’ll need to have:
- Water sector experience preferred or within a regulated industry with at least 8+ years of project management experience managing large complex or multiple infrastructure/capital schemes.
- Digitally savvy and have familiarity in using a project, programme, and financial management tools such as Oracle and Primavera P6.
- Ability to build lasting client relationships and lead strong, motivated teams.
- To work seconded in the South-East and travel to multiple sites.
You’ll also have:
- Experience discharging specific ECC PM delegations under the contract (disallowed costs assessments, issuance of completion and defect certificates, undertaking ECC PM actions regarding EWN’s, managing change, dealing with defects, etc.)
- Directing early warning and risk reduction meetings.
- Quorate member at portfolio boards, managing governance, and change requests.
- Undertaking Client assurance activities - final account reviews, defined cost assessments, Tier 2 contract reviews, etc.
- Drafting and reviewing ECC works orders.
- Good understanding of NEC3 ECC clause provisions and how they operate, understand main options and secondary options, have a basic understanding of contract law.
Mace: An Inclusive Employer
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.
We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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