Senior Project Manager (Contract)

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER x 3, Contract, Nuclear , Berkshire

Morson International are working with a confidential client who has an urgent requirement for a Senior Project Manager to be based at their nuclear site operation in Berkshire. Applications are invited from candidates with a solid track record of success in this field within a nuclear licenced site environment. This contract role offers an excellent hourly rate to a suitably experienced and qualified professional.

Purpose and Scope:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the overall operation of a project/contract to include the safety and well-being of its employees, safeguarding company funds and property, and generally represents the company with respect to the customer.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Working under the supervision of a senior PM or above demonstrates and provides project leadership in their area of responsibility.
• Identify potential project problems or opportunities, analyse the issues using all appropriate resources, develop alternatives, and arrive at the most optimum approach to mitigate problems or exploit opportunities.
• Ensure development and adherence to the project Work Breakdown Structure, Asset Management, and Workflow Management elements.
• Expand the Project Execution Plan for subsequent phases (Project Initiation, Project Execution, Construction, etc.) and communicates and coordinates the implementation of the enhancements with the project team.
• Establish track and report status against key performance indicators or contractual metrics on a routine basis.
• Participate in the establishment of project organizational structure in support of proposal efforts.
• Demonstrate command of the schedule goals, key milestones, and approach to the work embodied in the schedule.
• Ensure that a firm scope-based schedule baseline is established and properly resourced.
• Manage performance and progress against the plan and ensures accurate forecasts with commensurate action plans.
• Review, report and manage key performance measures defined within the contract. Implements corrective measures when measures are outside service levels or bandwidths.
• Consistently meet or improve upon the established schedule goals in their area of responsibility.

Candidate Criteria:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction, Project, Facility Management or other relevant discipline or demonstrated equivalent
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is recommended.
• Must have experience of managing the full project cycle, covering initial design through to commissioning
• Due to the nature of this role the successful applicant will be required to pass and maintain a Security Clearance.
• Strong preference for previous experience delivering projects in a nuclear licenced site environment.
• PM should be from a mainly contracting background.
• PM should have experience of managing the full project cycle, covering initial design through to commissioning
• Due to the nature of this role the successful applicant will be ideally SC Cleared