Assistant Project Manager (Facilities Management)

Job description

·  Location
Leicester, Leicestershire
·  Category
Construction & Property - Property Management, Facilities Management
·  Job type
Permanent
·  Industry
Construction and Property
·  External Reference
JN-012020-113426

We are currently looking for a Progressive and Technologically Minded Assistant Project Manager with Facilities Management Experience.

Location : Leicester City centre but will require national travel as required

Job Outline:

Reporting to the Business Change Manager the Project Manager will take responsibility as project manager for designated mobilisation and transition projects: both self-delivering work streams and actively co-coordinating shared resource to ensure appropriate systems are set in place to facilitate contractual service delivery to the point of handover to the operations team. You will need to have a technological mind set as you will be working alongside the I.T. and Software development teams to promote the self service system and applications to new clients that are on boarded.

Key Responsibilities:

Risk Management

·  To maintain project specific risk and opportunities registers within a suite of Project Management Reports

·  To provide period progress reports and highlight/escalate project slippage

·  To manage a change and variations process to keep the project deliverables well defined

Compliance

·  To mobilise designated projects on time, in budget

·  Assist in the development of Project Management Processes and check sheets to allow controlled project executions and completions

·  In conjunction with others, ensure plans and schedules are identified to resource the service delivery requirements, including contingencies, so that project deliverables can be met

·  Complete project completion and lessons learned reviews

Mobilisation and Concerto development projects

·  To develop an Ambassadorial relationship with all new customers to promote the company brand and wider capability

·  To ensure that all service delivery functions are in place and aligned to project delivery

·  To identify where the contractual/project processes fall outside of the companies support system and define and deliver approved developments

·  To develop and maintain effective working relationships with all internal staff and managers to ensure customer needs are properly understood and met

·  Partake in and deliver appropriate professional and operational training both formal and ad-hoc

·  Produce procedures, process' and workflows to support how users will work within the companies support system and/or Mobilised contract

·  To facilitate the smooth transfer of responsibility as projects transition into business as usual

Project Management

·  To provide timely reporting and trend analysis across the designated projects

·  Assist in the development of monitoring/audit systems for effective and timely resource delivery; including but not limited to the development, monitoring, maintenance and operation of an appropriate project induction process and record of attendance and absence for, and of, the Project workstream owners

·  Managing and responding to issues from project meetings and emails

·  Attend and sometimes chair project update meetings

General Requirements

·  To positively promote the company as a facilities management business provider of preference and identify potential organic growth, within the parameters defined by the designated Manager

·  To maintain positive relationships with all business

·  Operate and contribute as a member of the Bellrock project management office and undertake any other duties reasonably required by the designated Manager

·  To complete any reasonable request from the management team

The Ideal Candidate:

Essential Skills

·  Educated to Degree standard of education or equivalent

·  Formal or informal exposure to Project management processes

·  More than 1 years FM experience

·  An awareness of the soft and security FM environment

·  Strong management skills particularly in influencing several project workpackage owners to keep their activities on plan

·  Working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Excel and Word

·  3 years' experience of working in a customer service focused environment

·  Working knowledge of CAFM system

·  Effective report writing

·  Analytical and pragmatic approach to systems development.

·  Detail conscious

·  Confident inter-personal skills

·  Strong planning and co-ordination skills

Desirable Skills:

·  Formal FM qualifications

·  Understanding of Software development life cycle

·  IOSHH Managing Safety

Competencies

·  Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

·  Proven record as a resilient team player with drive, enthusiasm and passion

·  An effective and efficient project manager

·  Supporting and Working with others

·  Understand the organisation's goals and objectives

·  Deliver great customer service

·  Ability to work to deadlines and balance priorities

·  Ability to deal with customers and colleagues effectively on a daily basis

·  Confidentiality to be maintained at all times

Please contact Mathew Maddison at Adecco on 0116 2530516

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