Project Manager

Birchwood Park, Warrington

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000

To provide leadership, direction and strategy at a competent level on one or a number of multi-disciplinary teams delivering projects such that the customer’s requirements are delivered and Nuvia’s performance and profit margins are met. Manage project start up and delivery and to meet time cost, quality, safety requirements and manage risk.

Reports to

Head of PMO

Delivery accountability

Accountable for all aspects of project delivery including definition, design, procurement, manufacture, construction and commissioning.

Accountable for project financial performance.

• Accountable for the successful delivery of the project in accordance with the PMP.
• Management of project scope and any deviation from that agreed scope.

Launches the Project

• Arranges and holds Inaugural Contract Review meeting and receives tender file.
• Set up project team, obtain resources, mobilise, define roles and responsibilities.
• Holds project start-up meeting.
• Establishes effectively communicates with all project stakeholders, internal and external, especially client representative.
• Support customer in project dealings with external agencies and customer stakeholders.
• Establishes security requirements on the project and implements them.
• Develops, agrees with the Sponsor and communicates the Project Management Plan.
• Prepares a project delivery strategy. 
• Prepares Procurement Strategy.
• Prepares Safety Plan.
• Ensure where required, a robust basis of design is developed which meets project delivery strategy, schedule and budget requirements and will deliver the technical requirements of the project.
• Establish document and key deliverables schedule.
• Establish resource requirements and liaises with the business to secure the correct
• SQEP resource to meet the project requirements.
• Establish project management check sheets for the key stages of the project.

Launch the Construction Phase in conjunction with the Construction Function Manager.

• Organise the management of production of safety case, where applicable, and ensure all constraints are flowed down from design to implementation and commissioning.
• Establishes schedule, Budgets and sets up project cost control
• Establishes base line budget and schedule
• Sets up WBS, CBS and OBS and align all.
• Sets up accounting structure to suit WBS
• Establish cost control methodology.
• Procurement and Subcontract Management

Manage production of enquiry specifications in accordance with delivery and procurement strategies.

• Manage the procurement exercise and subsequent review for supplier selection. 
• Assess tenderer costs, performance indicators and let subcontract.
• Manage placement of purchase orders on behalf of the project and the customer.
• Manage subcontractors in accordance with company subcontract management process.
• Monitor, Control, report, Project Costs, Resources (internal and external), Schedule and scope
• Maintain record of project costs and commitments, compare with plan and take corrective action where required.
• Hold regular progress meetings with the customer.
• Hold regular internal reporting with Sponsor as defined in the PMP.
• Track progress and resource usage on schedule, mitigate any deviations present or foreseen

Occupational Skills and Knowledge

• A qualification within either a engineering or related field.
• Project Management related qualification

Duties and Requirements

• Demonstrates competent professional standards of behaviour and compliance with legal and technical requirements.
• Demonstrates competent commercial awareness and the ability to negotiate with Clients and improve Nuvia’s commercial position within contracts.
• 3 years’ experience in Project Management as a Project / Senior Project Engineer.
• Demonstrable experience in engineering project delivery, with demonstrable competence gained in a project management position.
• Can deliver project management expertise, leadership, problem solving and conflict management skills to a competent level.
• A full UK driver’s license

Why Nuvia

Nuvia - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally.

Nuvia is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence.