The Vacancy

The Project Manager (multi-disciplinary) will play a key role in London City Airport's future, working within the projects team, leading the planning and execution of a range of projects, within a live airport operational environment.

The Project Manager (multi-disciplinary) will be responsible for the technical, commercial and financial management of projects, and will ensure all interfaces between the projects are managed effectively to deliver to the overall business objectives.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities of the Job:

• Lead and manage the projects through the design, procurement, construction, delivery, and handover stages to achieve desired business outcomes.
• Drive our project teams and associated contractors to deliver the highest levels of health, safety and environmental performance achievable. Coordinate and delivery regular safety engagement across all projects.
• Review contractor Construction, Design & Management (CDM) and Health, Safety & Environmental submittals (including construction phase plans, risk assessments, method statements and work permits) and monitor compliance against accepted plans.
• Identify and mitigate risks that may adversely impact project delivery or present the potential for airport operational disruption.
• Deliver the assigned projects to agreed cost, schedule, and quality requirements, leading the successful handover of assigned projects to the Airport Operations Departments including ensuring all requisite AOR and Handover planning and activities are in place.
• Set standards, manage, motivate, coach and mentor staff within the project teams and wider stakeholder teams.
• Ensure compliance with all legal and statutory obligations applicable, including all standards and code compliance, and required planning permissions.
• Inspect work within relevant discipline to ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, airport standards and statutory regulations.
• Support the technical evaluation of potential contractors and consultants as required.
• Support the Contractor to mobilise, including support to logistics planning and making necessary arrangements to support future delivery plans.
• Manage and positively influence key stakeholders (both internal & external) associated with the project(s).
• Coordinate with wider Airport departments to ensure all works are installed according to accepted design, with all planned works carried out by qualified and approved persons as per airport standards and operating procedures.
• Manage the governance of the projects and implement the airport's processes and best practice, including regular project performance governance presentations to project boards and other reporting forums.
• Lead the Lessons Identified process across all project activities and embed a culture of continuous improvement.

Key Competencies:

• Demonstrable experience as a Project Manager or strong Assistant Project Manager on multidisciplinary projects with a value typically over £3m in a relevant industry, including team leadership and external supplier management.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary projects in a live operational environment.
• Experience in project mobilisation and delivery phases.
• Experience in managing multiple, interfacing, concurrent projects is desirable.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders through project planning and delivery phases.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Strong practical problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder requirements.
• Sound commercial and financial awareness.
• Knowledge of the JCT suite of contracts is desirable.
• Understanding of contract administration and negotiations.
• Familiarity with busy transport environments is desirable.

Qualifications:

• Practitioner level in Project Management (e.g. APM or equivalent).
• Ability to obtain a full airside security pass.

This role will require the individual to have CTC Clearance

Working Hours:

Full time

This role takes an office first hybrid approach, with a minimum of three days a week in the office, two days remote, managed around the needs of the business.

Individual projects may require working outside of normal operating hours

Benefits:

• Free onsite parking
• Access to discounted Private Medical Insurance for you and immediate family
• Medicash Cash plan
• On site Physiotherapist
• Discounted Gym Membership at many local facilities
• Staff discounts at most of retailers on site & some local restaurants & hotels
• Enrolment into company AE pension scheme
• Access to Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Bereavement Counselling
• Cycle 2 Work salary sacrifice scheme
• Hastee Pay Advances
• 25 Days Annual leave
• LCY Central discount website
• Annual Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Buy scheme (Ability to purchase up to 1 weeks A/L per year)

The Company

London City Airport is one of the largest private sector employment sites in the London Borough of Newham. We offer a wide range of interesting and challenging career opportunities for the local community.

With over 2,000 employees here, working either directly for London City Airport Limited or for one of our concession partners, airlines, or other business partners on site, the scope for career satisfaction and progression is huge.

London City Airport is an Inclusive Employer.
At London City Airport we respect and celebrate each other's individual differences. We embrace all backgrounds and abilities of all team members and we work closely with our Inclusion Group A Voice for all to ensure we are an inclusive workplace.

Please note that we only ask candidates to go through the necessary security checks (Criminal Record Checks or CRC) once a position has been offered. If you are approached by a third-party site offering to manage the process for you, please ignore it.
London City Airport Ltd is not currently delivering a Graduate Training Programme but we do run a Work Experience Programme. Please click here to find out more.

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Location

As the only airport actually in London, London City Airport is less than a mile from the world-class events venue ExCeL London; three miles from Canary Wharf and six miles from the City of London.

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