ISS Project Manager
Posted 1 day ago by Rubicon Consulting
Negotiable
Outside
Undetermined
Liverpool, Merseyside
Summary: The ISS Project Manager role at Rubicon Consulting involves overseeing the end-to-end delivery of Integrated Security Systems projects, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and managing project budgets. The position requires a hands-on professional with experience in high-value projects within regulated environments, particularly substations and gas sites. The role is based in Liverpool and is offered on a 9-month contract outside IR35. The successful candidate will be responsible for client management, design oversight, and site activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver turnkey Design & Build ISS projects with values of up to £5 million
- Manage the full project lifecycle from feasibility, design, and procurement through installation and commissioning
- Develop and manage project programmes, budgets, and resources
- Implement effective risk management, change control, and governance processes
- Lead and coordinate the ISS design process, ensuring solutions meet client, operational, and regulatory requirements
- Oversee designs for security solutions in substations and gas sites
- Ensure all designs comply with relevant standards, including UL requirements for gas sites
- Review and approve technical submissions, drawings, and specifications
- Maintain full commercial responsibility for assigned projects
- Manage cost forecasts, cash flow, variations, and final accounts
- Ensure projects are delivered within agreed financial parameters
- Support commercial negotiations with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors
- Oversee site activities and subcontractors across live operational environments
- Ensure strict compliance with Health & Safety legislation, site rules, and RAMS
- Conduct site inspections and chair progress meetings
- Actively support and guide site teams in a hands-on capacity
- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and key stakeholders
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with utility providers and site operators
- Provide clear progress reporting and manage client expectations
- Resolve issues promptly and professionally
- Manage system testing, commissioning, and integration
- Ensure completion of as-built documentation, O&M manuals, and client training
- Achieve successful handover and client sign-off
Key Skills:
- Experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering turnkey Design & Build ISS projects up to £5 million
- Demonstrable experience overseeing D&B solutions within substations and/or gas sites
- Strong understanding of working in regulated utility environments
- Proven experience delivering projects compliant with UL standards, specifically UL coverage for gas sites
- Commercially astute and hands-on, with the ability to manage budgets, variations, and programme while remaining actively involved in delivery
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working on critical national infrastructure or utility frameworks (desirable)
- Knowledge of British and European security standards (desirable)
- Familiarity with NEC or JCT contracts (desirable)
- Background in electronic security, electrical, or systems engineering (desirable)
- Project Management qualification (PRINCE2, APM, PMP, or equivalent) – desirable
- SMSTS / CSCS – desirable
- Relevant technical qualification in security or electrical disciplines – desirable
- Proactive and solution-focused
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Confident decision-maker
- Comfortable working in high-risk, live operational environments
- Strong ownership mindset from start to finish
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Liverpool
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for an ISS Project Manager on a 9 month contract, located in Liverpool
This role falls OUTSIDE IR35
Role Purpose
The Project Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Design & Build Integrated Security Systems (ISS) projects, managing turnkey solutions from initial concept and detailed design through procurement, installation, commissioning, and handover. The role requires a hands-on, commercially astute professional with experience delivering high-value ISS projects within regulated environments, including substations and gas sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Project Delivery
- Deliver turnkey Design & Build ISS projects with values of up to £5 million
- Manage the full project lifecycle from feasibility, design, and procurement through installation and commissioning
- Develop and manage project programmes, budgets, and resources
- Implement effective risk management, change control, and governance processes
- Design Management
- Lead and coordinate the ISS design process, ensuring solutions meet client, operational, and regulatory requirements
- Oversee designs for security solutions in substations and gas sites
- Ensure all designs comply with relevant standards, including UL requirements for gas sites
- Review and approve technical submissions, drawings, and specifications
- Commercial & Financial Control
- Maintain full commercial responsibility for assigned projects
- Manage cost forecasts, cash flow, variations, and final accounts
- Ensure projects are delivered within agreed financial parameters
- Support commercial negotiations with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors
- Site & Installation Management
- Oversee site activities and subcontractors across live operational environments
- Ensure strict compliance with Health & Safety legislation, site rules, and RAMS
- Conduct site inspections and chair progress meetings
- Actively support and guide site teams in a hands-on capacity
- Client & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and key stakeholders
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with utility providers and site operators
- Provide clear progress reporting and manage client expectations
- Resolve issues promptly and professionally
- Commissioning & Handover
- Manage system testing, commissioning, and integration
- Ensure completion of as-built documentation, O&M manuals, and client training
- Achieve successful handover and client sign-off
Typical Systems Delivered
· CCTV and Video Management Systems
· Access Control Systems
· Intruder and Perimeter Detection
· Intercoms and Integrated Security Platforms
· Interfaces with critical infrastructure and control systems
Skills & Experience
Essential
· Experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering turnkey Design & Build ISS projects up to £5 million
· Demonstrable experience overseeing D&B solutions within substations and/or gas sites
· Strong understanding of working in regulated utility environments
· Proven experience delivering projects compliant with UL standards, specifically UL coverage for gas sites
· Commercially astute and hands-on, with the ability to manage budgets, variations, and programme while remaining actively involved in delivery
· Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Desirable
· Experience working on critical national infrastructure or utility frameworks
· Knowledge of British and European security standards
· Familiarity with NEC or JCT contracts
· Background in electronic security, electrical, or systems engineering
Qualifications
· Project Management qualification (PRINCE2, APM, PMP, or equivalent) – desirable
· SMSTS / CSCS – desirable
· Relevant technical qualification in security or electrical disciplines – desirable
Personal Attributes
· Proactive and solution-focused
· Highly organised with strong attention to detail
· Confident decision-maker
· Comfortable working in high-risk, live operational environments
· Strong ownership mindset from start to finish
Our Company
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