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Project Manager

Peterborough
Posted 6 months ago
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Project Manager

Due to continued growth we require a Project Manager to join our Cadent CMO in Peterborough. Leading a group of engineering teams to develop and deliver the Mains Replacement Programme, ensuring all works are delivered to the highest standards of safety, compliance, customer excellence and commercial control. Maximise the customer experience service ensuring Cadent’s customer commitments are met and customer initiatives are always a high priority. Collaborate and coordinate with stakeholders ensuring the client and parent organisations’ reputation is maintained

At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need. #LI-AW1

Responsibilities

  • Consistently demonstrate, promote and develop high standards of safety behaviour, leading by example.
  • Develop a programme of work ensuring that projects are issued, monitored, delivered (to cost and time) in accordance with legislative, regulatory, Cadent technical standards, policies and procedures
  • Act as competent person for Flow Stopping and Commissioning Operations in line with Cadent Safe Control of Operations, Main Laying and Service Laying Procedures
  • Manage the performance of the supply chain to ensure key contract objectives are delivered
  • Act as a key advocate for the contract with senior representatives from local authority organisations to promote Cadent activities
  • Manage engineering teams to optimise operational activities thus ensuring key business objectives are delivered
  • Manage the engineering teams ensuring the highest standard of customer service and safety standards are delivered, providing assurance though audit and inspection, taking appropriate action to address areas of improvement
  • Support the Area Manager in identifying areas for improvement, leading on initiatives as appropriate
  • Maximise engagement through actively contributing at team talks, address staff issues, identifying development needs, deliver as appropriate toolbox talks, safety briefings and team briefs
  • Investigate and resolve customer queries, claims and complaints in an expedient and professional manner
  • Undertake or assist with incident reporting, investigations, submission of final reports as well as close out of remedial actions
  • Undertake or be working towards Temporary Works Supervisor (TWS) duties for temporary works operations
  • Continually monitor operative’s performance and foster a culture of team working and safety, creating a culture of zero tolerance of safety and compliance breaches and working towards Injury Free Environment
  • Carry out standby and call out duties as required
  • Carry out any other reasonable duties appropriate for the role

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Qualifications

General Experience:

  • Previous gas supervisory experience is beneficial but not essential
  • Ability to lead a team, influence and drive performance
  • Site management experience
  • High standards of safety and customer behaviour, leading by example, promoting safety and customer culture
  • Working knowledge of relevant codes of practice, safety and statutory regulations
  • Experience in delivering works in a safe and compliant manner
  • Good communications skills required (written and verbal)
  • Experience in operations relevant to SCO procedures (beneficial but not essential)
  • Current UK driving licence
  • Analytical and problem solving skills

Qualifications required for role (development will be provided to attain these):

  • Competent Person for routine operations (SCO5)
  • Authorising Engineer for permit to work for excavations (SCO2)
  • Temporary Works Appointed Person (Temporary Work Supervisor – BS5975)
  • NRSWA Supervisor
  • SHEA Gas
  • Deep Excavation qualification
  • Working at Height appreciation
  • UMSTS / SMSTS

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About Costain

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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Skills

Team Leadership
Influence
Performance Driving
Site Management
Safety Standards
Customer Excellence
Commercial Control
Stakeholder Coordination
Problem Solving
Analytical Skills
SCO5 Competent Person
SCO2 Authorising Engineer
TWAP
NRSWA Supervisor
SHEA Gas
Deep Excavation

Location

Peterborough, UK

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