Lead Project Professional - Delivery
Posted 1 week ago by JAM Recruitment Ltd
Negotiable
Inside
Onsite
Barrow-in-furness, Cumbria, UK
Summary: The Lead Project Professional - Delivery role is focused on Test and Commissioning, managing a project team of seven to ensure material availability across various projects. The position requires strong problem-solving skills and stakeholder engagement to facilitate successful project delivery. The role involves assessing project scope, managing risks, and providing technical support while adhering to project management practices. This is an onsite position based in Barrow-in-Furness for a duration of six months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake scope assessment and work allocation with the ability to apply advanced problem solving.
- Identify, assess and manage risks to the success of the project, applying appropriate PM methods and tools.
- Perform advanced project reporting & scheduling.
- Manage the full project lifecycle to meet customer needs and achieve financial benefits.
- Lead on varying complexity projects and apply lifecycle management where applicable.
- Utilize administration and general office skills including spreadsheets/Microsoft packages.
- Deputise for the Project Manager as appropriate.
- Lead a team of up to 7 members.
- Collaborate with engineering to ensure project delivery aligns with programme timings.
- Support development and implementation of tailored PM practices as part of the Project Management team.
- Provide technical support to team members.
- Ensure PM practices in the project are suitable for purpose.
- Review and allocate project scope.
Key Skills:
- Advanced problem-solving skills.
- Project management methodologies (predictive and adaptive).
- Project reporting and scheduling expertise.
- Full project lifecycle management experience.
- Leadership capabilities for managing teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and general office administration.
- Technical support skills.
- Risk management skills.
Salary (Rate): £63.40 Hourly
City: Barrow-in-Furness
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Project Management
Location: Barrow - onsite full time
Duration: 6 Month Contract
Rate: 63.40 per hour umbrella (Inside IR35)
Note: working on UK eyes only projects and will need to be eligable for SC
Overview:
A role within Test and Commissioning supporting various projects to enable material availability. Responsible for a project management team of 7. This role will also require the ability to assess and problem solve varying scope and support the effective allocation of work. You will liaise with several stakeholders across multiple contracts. Expected to attend and present within meetings to report project progression, escalate issues and risks. You will also work collaboratively with engineering and engage with stakeholders across departments to ensure successful project delivery.
The role holder:
- Undertake scope assessment and work allocation with the ability to apply advanced problem solving.
- Identify, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project. Applies appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches. Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
- Able to perform advanced project reporting & scheduling.
- Able to manage the full project lifecycle to ensure that, over time, the needs of the customers continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved.
- Ability to lead on varying complexity projects and where applicable apply lifecycle management.
- Administration and general office skills including spreadsheets/Microsoft packages.
- Deputises for the Project Manager as appropriate.
- Responsible and lead a time of up to 7.
- Collaborate and support with engineering to ensure project delivery in line with programme timings.
- Accountable as a member of the Project Management team for supporting development and implementation of appropriately tailored PM practices.
- Expected to provide technical support to team members.
- Accountable for ensuring one or more aspects of PM practices in the project are suitable for purpose.
- Responsible for the review and allocation of project scope.