Ipsum
Project Manager
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Location: Midlands
Employment type: Full time / Permanent
Working Hours: (Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week)
What’s In It For You…
We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.
- 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
- Group Personal Pension Plan
- Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
- 24/7 access to a virtual GP and Mental health support & counselling services
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more!
- Life assurance cover
- Long service recognition
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Paid volunteering opportunities in your community
About The Role…
You will be responsible for providing strong leadership, contract management, project delivery, and strategic planning. Customer driven within the Power Division, ensuring safety, financial and operational targets are met or exceeded, maintaining exceptional customer service levels across all the projects they are responsible for.
As a Project Manager you will be...
- Plan, budget, oversee and document all aspects of the specific projects.
- Manage multiple projects safely, competently, and effectively to time and budget, with the management of all financial aspects of the projects - Produce PO’s and order plant and all other items relating to the projects and ensure all extra works/variations are costed and invoiced. Provide cost value reconciliation for projects/contracts and ensure all sub-contracts are approved in line with the company policies and ensure project meets all current legislation HASAWA, NRSWA C.O.S.H.H.
- Assist in costing schemes for quotations and identify and inform Directors / Senior Managers of commercial opportunities as appropriate. Work in accordance with project programs to ensure dates and milestones are achieved to ensure projects are completed on time, first time.
- Actively monitor performance of all site staff including subcontractors with respect to Health and Safety, Quality and Environment and ensure all incidents are reported and investigated, with remedies implemented and monitor performance and safety requirements regularly and implement improvements.
- Survey and quote individual projects based on a contract schedule of rates and resources are adequate for the workload and that projects are delivered in an economic and timely manner.
- Be proactive in promoting continuous improvement and innovation in our working methodology and work closely with the support team to ensure delivery programmes are in place and progress is monitored.
- Client reporting and liaison including arranging progress meetings and client audits with Subcontractor monitoring
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About You…
- Proven experience in a Project Management position within the ICP/DNO/IDNO sector - ICP 11kV is essential & 33kV (desirable)
- Knowledge of measuring work achievement and providing reliable information for applications for payment to commercial staff
- Proven experience of working in customer service or a customer focused environment with performance management responsibility.
- Professional, customer focused with a good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning.
- Experience in analysing and interpreting data.
- Evidence of implementing successful improvement measures.
- Passionate about Health and Safety and a belief that Zero Harm is achievable
- Knowledge of KPI measurements to a high level to ensure compliance with targets.
- Experience and ability to encourage and enable personal development of and recognise and reward team.
- Proven ability to lead by and set an example.
- Experience in building collaborative relationships with existing and new clients and suppliers.
- Ability to communicate both up and down within Ipsum and the Client Organisation
- Excellent communication skills
- Time management skills, with ability to deliver tasks to deadline.
- Professional and positive can-do approach
- Self-motivated and organised and a flexible attitude, with an approach.
- Full UK Driving License
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