Facilities Management - Senior Project Manager

Job Description

An exciting role for an experienced facilities/infrastructure Project Manager has arisen within the MBDA Facilities department to manage a major Facilities investment project to join us on a three year fixed term contract.

Salary: Circa £75,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: Typically 2-3 days per week on-site

Security Clearance: British Citizen. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 27% of base salary

• Car allowance: £300 per monthly allowance

• Private Medical Insurance: Company funded for individual cover

• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements

• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments

• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

The opportunity:

This role will focus on delivering the design, construction and occupation of a major new manufacturing facility within the North West. This will include leading a mixture of internal stakeholders and external teams of project managers, consultants and designers in a dynamic and fast paced environment, with an overall project value in excess of £150m. The role will call on your project management and problem solving skills and you will be expected to successfully interface directly with operational, executive and director level stakeholders.

What we're looking for from you:

• A project leader with excellent people management skills, able to manage and drive the delivery of challenging projects.

• Someone with proven Project Management experience and with a recognised Project Management Qualification, with a strong desire to embed these working principles within the team.

• Ideally HNC Qualification or higher in relevant Construction or FM discipline.

• Experience and good knowledge of construction contract management

• Excellent experience and knowledge in a Facilities Management / Construction environment – especially statutory compliance such as Building Regulations, CDM and Electrical Safety.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including an ability to set expectations and balance conflicting demands.

• Someone that can lead multi-functional project teams on new projects through all RIBA stages, inclusive of management of external consultants and main contractors, in order to meet programme, cost and quality requirements.

• Strong problem solving capabilities.

• Ability to present sometimes complex project proposals in a simple and effective way to senior internal stakeholders in order to gain their approvals.

• You will need the ability to interrogate and interpret requirements, based on business understanding, challenging wants against needs when appropriate.

• You must have strong organisational skills and a keen eye for detail.

• Demonstrate a positive, proactive and professional approach, even when under pressure.

What’s in it for you:

• The opportunity to project manage in excess of £150m of development through design and construction stages and bring it into full operation, delivering new critical manufacturing capability to the MBDA Business.

• Working in a progressive organisation providing inspiring and efficient working environments to support all company staff.

• Opportunity to work across a range of environments from high tech manufacturing environments to office configurations and associated supporting site infrastructure.

• You will work across the full spectrum of internal stakeholders in the business on high profile Facilities activities; influencing major business investment decisions.

• You will have the opportunity to build positive relationships directly with internal teams across the whole organisation as well as a network of external expertise.

• You will be able to influence the workplace design and manufacturing capability and see it come to life within the company

• You will be well supported with continuous professional development opportunities.

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