Senior Project Manager - Construction

• Location: Bridgwater, TA5 1DL (hybrid working)
• Contract: 3 months (visibility to extend)
• Rate: £589 per day through umbrella
• Hours: 40 hours, Monday to Friday

Job Overview

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading a multidisciplinary, multivendor, and multi-location team in the development and implementation of the MPower L5 time-sheeting and planning tool. This role includes managing subcontractor relationships, developing an integrated schedule, and ensuring the successful delivery of the tool, including integration with Oracle P6 and an Azure Data Lake.

Key Competencies

• Project Management: Demonstrated leadership in managing complex projects across various teams and locations.
• Vendor Management: Experience in managing third-party vendor relationships and subcontractors, ensuring dependencies and critical paths are closely monitored.
• Schedule Development: Ability to develop an integrated schedule for the delivery of the MPower L5 tool, including necessary integrations.
• Dependency Management: Manage key dependencies across the client organisation, vendor ecosystem, and client supplier for Azure Data Lake and related components.
• Proof of Concept: Define scope and deployment audience for the proof of concept, with a target stand-up date by July 2024.
• Financial Management: Oversee investment case financials, tracking baseline, actuals, and forecast.
• Governance: Ownership of daily standups, vendor status, client status, and steering committee meetings, including Programme Change Board, Architecture Review Board, and Change Approval Board.
• Operating Model: Coordinate the definition of the target operating model and the deployment and release strategy.
• Readiness Assessment: Define go/no-go criteria and readiness scorecards for both the proof of concept and the final product.
• Training Coordination: Coordinate the adoption plan, including training content creation and rollout.
• RAID Management: Manage Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies effectively.

Experience Needed

• Previous working knowledge of Oracle, preferably Primavera P6
• MPower (formerly Monitor) experience is desired
• Must be a self-starter with a strong drive and a 'can-do' attitude.
• Resourceful and capable of demonstrating initiative to solve complex problems.
• Strong Project Management background in technical space
• Previous working history of Project Management within Construction (monitoring site productivity, planning tools, lean construction)

Start DateASAP

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