Purpose of Role
Providing support to Project Managers in regards to staffing, tooling, equipment, and project tracking.
Main responsibilities
- Effective planning, control and monitoring, both internally and direct with the client, of projects secured from the quotation stage, through negotiation to contract completion and final accounts
- Effective project cost tracking and financial control.
- Produce quotes and undertake estimating for small to medium sized engineering projects once training has been provided using the Company’s standard commercial approach.
- Provide general commercial and project support to the business unit to enable budgeted results to be achieved.
- Effective liaison throughout the sales and order securing process and during contract works with other personnel on a national and international level
- Reporting on contract performance regularly and to Company standard requirements, ensuring all potential opportunities, variations and risks are identified and reported to the Project Manager as soon as possible.
- Define scope and methods of work
- Ensure a pro-active approach is adopted to all existing and potential customers to build client relationships and boost market share.
- Ensure all projects comply with Safety, Quality and other Company systems and procedures
- Carry out effective national and international liaison as required.
Qualifications:
Experience managing mechanical and electrical engineering projects mainly installations of production equipment.
- Strong general experience of mechanical principles
- Strong commercial skills and project management skills, particularly: negotiating, planning, estimating, costing and quoting.
- Strong IT (MS Office) and numeracy skills.
- Familiar with current OSHA standards.
- Good financial skills including: o cost and budgetary controls o accounting controls and procedures through to final accounts
- Project Management qualification or specific training
- Ability to secure contractors license(s) for company
Personal characteristics required
• Excellent written and verbal skills at technical and professional levels
• Able to explain technical concepts simply and succinctly
• Solution oriented.
• Able to work at a consistent level under pressure and demanding deadlines
• Able to work with others in various team environments and to be confident and assertive with people at all levels;
• Able to persuade others
• Excellent time management skills, and able to prioritise multiple tasks
• Able to build strong business relationships with key clients
