[ref. t0231617] Sr. Project Manager (Infrastructure Package Manager) - Dubai

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

About AtkinsRéalis

The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as engineering services, nuclear, operations and maintenance, and capital.

Role overview

The project manager will be required to provide the senior management input into all project delivery related matters and be fully responsible for the successful delivery of services for the engagement(s) assigned to you. You will be required to act as the single focal point of contact between the project/construction director and the internal and external delivery team members, possibly across multiple projects, to ensure that the desired project objectives are delivered.

You are willing and able to perform duties diligently to the quality standards set by the company and conform to the company's policies and business systems and be committed to their implementation and continuous improvement at all times.

Your experience, guidance and knowledge should place you as a project management subject matter expert in providing significant benefit to the project delivery team and client.

Responsibilities

• Implement a high-level effective project management framework and project execution statement. Provide guidance and advice to other staff members in relation to the production of the project execution plan, review content and take ultimate responsibility for content prior to issue on the project.
• Define and implement criteria for control and management of the project.
• Monitor, review and ultimately take responsibility for the content of the project master programme. Ensure the structure of the master programme is in line with the envisaged or agreed project WBS and provide strategic guidance to the schedule formulation.
• Monitor and oversee progress status updates of the master programme and where necessary liaise with project stakeholders to lead delay mitigation strategies and improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and ensure the contract programme under the construction contracts is in place, fully reviewed and approved by the necessary project stakeholders and that all revisions and/or progress updates are thoroughly reviewed and accepted.
• Take an active and leading role in the control of 'time' on the project, ensuring a protocol and full review of early warnings is in place, and generally ensure a project structure, and personal ownership of changes, is implemented.

• Ensure that a formal risk management process is in place on the project, utilizing agreed BMS risk register and management process.
• Hold, chair and lead risk meetings and actively participate in formulation of mitigation and control measures. Regularly discuss risk management.
• You are likely to be responsible for the technical and commercial performance of the engagement on behalf of the company. Upon commencement undertake a full handover from the bid manager/responsible director and ensure the engagement risks are fully identified and control measures in place. Lead the formulation of an internal project management plan (as dictated within the BMS) that sets out the internal arrangements around delivery, resource management, financial management and PSR establishment/ownership.

• Manage the relationships between all project stakeholders to facilitate effective communications and outcomes.
• Manage the design team and site delivery team performance of delegated responsibilities.
• Establish an effective and universal strategy to address major issues that may arise with the site delivery team.
• Ensure the supervision team and site delivery team receives the necessary stakeholder decisions in a timely fashion.
• Establish a mechanism to ensure collaborative problem solving with the site delivery team, which will involve regular dialogue with contractors, team working and risk-sharing.
• Chair and lead progress meetings with the contractor and supervision consultant to proactively manage the project and mitigate any delivery issues prior to it impacting delivery.
• Monitor the delivery of contract administration services by others, and ensure such is protecting the client as far as possible. Proactively monitor this service to ensure active claims protection and management is in place through the issue of contractual correspondence and record maintenance.

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