Job Description

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Project manager - digital infrastrcutre

farnborough

What you will be doing:

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join our Silo team at Galliford Try Digital infrastructure Business based at Farnborough.

Ideally you will live within commuter distance of Farnborough as expected to work from this office Monday to Friday unless required to travel to various site locations in the UK including internal and client meetings.

Galliford Try's Digital Infrastructure business works predominately within the UK's Critical National Infrastructure market, focusing on Defence for this position. We deliver multi-site programs, and our expertise, together with our specialist construction knowledge and experience, enables us to efficiently deliver fully integrated programmes and portfolios of work on critical operational assets.

In this role as Project Manager you will be providing professional project management support to develop plans and manage delivery of a number of sites that the Silo will work on and can be located in various parts of the UK. You will support and manage the Silo team, consisting of Commercial Manager, Security Coordinator, and document administrator including developing site specific information with the site managers who will manage each site. Objectives are to ensure compliance to all Health, safety and environmental requirements, maintain the security posture, deliver each site to budget and time, ensuring risks and issues are effectively managed.

• Maintain and enforce compliance with current HSEQ legislation and Galliford Try' policies, standards and requirements.
• Ensure resources are employed and appointed with the appropriate levels of HSEQ competency & training for the required roles.
• Monitor the overall HSEQ performance on each of the site projects and ensure that appropriate action is taken whenever operations fail to meet the required standards.
• Understand and agreeing project objectives and plans with the Programme Manager and Core Team.
• Day to day management of the Silo Team.
• Representing Galliford Try's interests when engaging with the Client and Suppliers aligning interests wherever possible.
• Making sure that the aims of the project and the deliverables of the site works are met and raising exception reports to the Core Team.
• Setting out a programme of works for the Silo site deliverables and agreeing with the Core Team.
• Managing the delivery of each site to agreed time, cost and quality schedules and contracts.
• Maintaining the Risk, Assumption, Issues and Dependencies (RAID) log along with the Commercial support.
• Organising the silo team and site management resource, to ensure respective inputs and outputs.
• Making sure the site is working to the quality standards agreed to by the Client.
• Ensure weekly site reports and reports by exception are provided to the core team in a timely manner.
• Ensure each site has a programme of works in alignment with the Contract Activity schedule.
• Carry out the Contract Administration duties in conjunction with the silo team and site management.
• Monitor progress of sub contractors, and Tasking works.
• Reporting to the Programme Manager

About You:

• Proven ability to plan, organise and deliver projects of work to deadlines and budgets.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts
• Understanding of security compliance and controls.
• Good knowledge of civils work design and technical matters.
• Communications skill, both oral and written updates and reports
• Good motivator for managing the Silo team
• Have excellent communication skills
• Experience within the Defence and construction industries and knowledge of the relevant standards.
• Security: be able to achieve security clearance to DV (mandatory).
• Previous experience on large scale civils defence/MoD projects would be preferable

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Digital Infrastructure business please contact Skye Bree on Skyemarie.bree@gallifrdtry.co.uk

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

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About the Team

Galliford Try's Digital Infrastructure business works predominantly within the UK's Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) market, focusing on the Telecommunications, Defence, Energy, Water and Transport sectors. We deliver national projects and multi-site frameworks through our specialist knowledge and vast experience in the acquisition, planning, design and delivery processes.

Through a recent a transformation, leveraging its 30 plus years of experience, a new strategy has been developed by the business as part of our updated Sustainable Growth Strategy, targeting growth in adjacent and emerging markets such as core networks, private networks, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and renewable energy, while maintaining and strengthening our existing operations and capabilities around wireless telecoms networks and defence/sensitive projects. Galliford Try's Digital Infrastructure business provides property access and installation of telecoms infrastructure for the Radio Access Network market, expanding into sectors such as defence and private 5G networks, which are becoming a growing market as IT security becomes increasingly important.