Senior PMO Manager (5091)

Dartford, England, United Kingdom

12/3/2024

Are you an experienced strategic PMO Planner, ready to be involved in the Technology and innovation Team based out our Head office in Dartford?

Become the key member of this team, the senior PMO will be required to give strategic advice on the programme implications of works being undertaken within the Technology and Innovation environment.

As a PMO will be responsible for developing, managing and monitoring controls and programmes within the Technology and Innovation team a completer finisher, taking pride in delivering a challenging and ever changing scheme for the client.

Key Deliverables And Accountabilities

• Maintaining and developing programmes and reporting tools for the various workstreams.
• Co-ordinate for stakeholders, partners and supply chain all time related information.
• Analyse performance and advise the project team of likely impact and recommend improvements.
• Ensure that the strategy and any recommended improvements are communicated.
• Highlight issues for trending and resolution.
• Record and report on efficiency.
• Internal and external reporting.
• Liaise with the T&I team to check on progress, issues and review planned progress to ensure programme maintained.
• To implement and maintain the requirements of the Business Plan.
• Ensure that all programmes are compliant with the requirements.
• Develop and agree by collaboration a logical sequence of events ensuring that the most economical / advantageous strategy is adopted.
• Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required by the business.
• Develop and feedback process improvement.
• Provide strategic and short term programmes.
• Report on progress and issues with advice on mitigation.
• Co –ordinate with internal customers – commercial, design, customer care and construction
• Responsible for the delivery of planning and coordination processes.
• Develop and agree by collaboration a logical sequence of events ensuring that the most economical / advantageous construction strategy is adopted.
• Commercial advice / implications on production / programme issues.
• Able to give advice on production issues with understanding of the commercial issues and implications.
• Liaise with site team to check on progress, issues and review planned progress to ensure programme maintained.
  
  

Key Skills

Desired

• Able to develop a Programme Strategy for clients.
• Applies the required knowledge of processes and techniques that need to be considered in strategic planning and the purpose of it in the success of a project.
• Able to apply different programme options, solutions, methods and sequences in the production of strategic programmes.
• Able to contribute to the risks, opportunities and commercial implications of a tender bid.
• Able to present time related material using a variety of techniques and methods; providing effective communication, high quality submission and presentation material.
• Able to contribute to the risks, opportunities and commercial implications of a Tender Bid
• Contributes to the Procurement Strategy of the project.
• Able to independently produce processes and systems to manage contracts for more complex projects.
• Carries out forensic analysis of programme data and interfaces with client teams to build effective relationships.
• Applies a comprehensive knowledge of the different types of contract to ensure control measures are aligned with the contract risk and commercial opportunities are optimised.
• Applies the knowledge of advanced construction techniques, methodologies and processes to develop systems and processes for projects.
  
  

Qualification

Desired

• Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or similar sector related.
• CIOB Membership
  
  

Experience

• Developing and maintaining relationships with client representatives.
• Resource management, staff development and coaching
• Able to ascertain which tasks are urgent or important and level of accuracy required.
• Lateral thinker to spot trends / issues in production data.
• Maintenance of programme and other time related material.
• Implementing robust project controls, accurate reporting and forecasting.
• Developing strategic planning techniques.
  
  

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About Us

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com