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Job Description
Due to being awarded the Major Programme Partner (MPP) and the Asset Renewal Partner, Costain have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager in order to support the successful delivery of the baggage handling facility within Terminal 2 under the Heathrow H7 framework, working within a constrained, highly sequenced programme.
Costain is the Major Programme Partner (MPP) and the Asset Renewal Partner (ARP) for Terminals 1 and 2, two of six major programmes of work that Heathrow has committed to deliver within the H7 quinquennium.
Within the MPP framework, Costain is the Principal Contractor and Principal Designer for the T2 Baggage Programme (T2BP), which is a £700m+ complex baggage and infrastructure programme.
This consists of principally two elements: extending the life of, protecting and providing alternative facilities for the existing Terminal 2 baggage operation currently run from Terminal 1; and designing, constructing, testing and bringing into use a new Terminal 2A baggage system.
You will be working as the Tranche 5 Operational Project Manager responsible for all construction delivery operations undertaken both at day and at night on T2BP programme.
Your role will be to lead, plan, liaise, organise and oversee all logistics associated with our supply chain and Alliance Partners (Beumer, Fujitsu, AviBC) and acting as the principal contact for them and the Heathrow Client team which includes HAL Operations, Engineering, HAL 3rd parties, plus other Tier 1 suppliers.
The Works is to be undertaken on numerous levels within Terminal 2, and externally at Starlight Light Point (SLP) compound, and at various Delivery Marshalled Zones (DMZ) airside, and at HAL’s offsite Colnbrook Logistics Centre (CLC).
Responsibilities
- Developing, maintaining and owning the T2BP Logistics strategy in line with the Employers Requirements and Costain policy and procedures.
- Representing the T2 Baggage Programme at Logistics meetings with the other Heathrow strategic programmes and partners.
- Coordinating with HAL CLC and suppliers/partners to ensure all Fulcrum booking and site deliveries are achieved as per the project requirements.
- Coordinating logistics planning across the suppliers, partners and others at Heathrow.
- Collaborating with Heathrow Central Logistics Team.
- Developing, implementing and running logistics for deliveries, moving materials to the agreed work face zones both (horizontally and vertically), and site waste management which includes waste collection points near the works faces and removal of waste from site.
- Working with the construction teams to plan, agree and coordinate all logistics compounds, DMZ’s, laydown areas and localised waste collections points.
- Ensuring consistent approach and processes are in place for Waste Management on site and Temporary Traffic Management.
- Coordinating all Temporary Traffic Management required for the project.
- Providing support and guidance to subcontractors/partners on the HAL Fulcrum and logistic requirements in line with the Employers Logistic Requirements, Process and Procedures.
- Logistics performance reporting – all workforce forecasting, Logistics Dashboard and to update presentations at progress meetings.
- All the planning, coordination and implementation of all the logistics needs on the project.
- Will be the primary point of contact for all logistics and waste management operations.
- Developing and managing a material movement process that controls and tracks bookings/requests/interfaces for horizontal and vertical movements and operations across the various work sites.
- Managing on site Logistics personnel and associated plant, and all site access and egress control.
- Liaising with HAL for all aspects of site Welfare facilities, site Workforce numbers/forecasts.
- Promoting, championing, and implementing all best practices, safety management, and safety initiatives across all site delivery aspects, ensuring a safe and healthy working environment.
- Setting clearly defined objectives for self and others to deliver plans.
- Identifying and organising resources to accomplish tasks.
- Liaising closely with Permit and Temporary Works teams to ensure all operations meet the project timelines.
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Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Recent and relevant experience in a similar role within a large-scale complex infrastructure project delivery environment.
- Leading, organising and running a team.
- Hands on with a positive can-do attitude, calm under pressure.
- Experience in handling and management of Tier 1, 2 and 3 subcontractors and suppliers.
- Ability to work and learn quickly in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy workload, balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
- Provide guidance and leadership with regards to best H&S practices.
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Desirable
- Previous experience working at Heathrow/Airport environment.
- Experience of delivering projects within a LIVE operational environment.
About Us
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.
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