Total 21 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Colchester, CO7 6RJ

Are you a skilled Project Engineer with a passion for delivering high-quality engineering projects? Join our team at UK Power Networks and take your career to the next level!

As a Project Engineer/SAP, you will be an integral part of our Capital Programme - Investment Delivery team, working within the EPN (Eastern) region. You will play a crucial role in delivering engineering activities and construction projects related to UK Power Networks' assets and infrastructure. This permanent position offers a competitive salary of £76,229 plus a car and a bonus of 3%

Within the role you will be responsible for delivering engineering activities within your allocated project team, including construction requirements related to UK Power Networks' assets and infrastructure. You will work closely with Programme Managers, Project Managers, Commissioning Engineers, Alliance Partners, Contractors, and other members of the Investment Delivery Management team to ensure the successful delivery of capital works construction projects, APP, and Connections. Your role will involve managing budgets, ensuring compliance with CDM and UK Power Networks Health and Safety policies, testing and commissioning HV Distribution Systems, performing fault investigations and repairs, and overseeing all contractors and staff working on site. Additionally, you will collaborate with team members to maintain safety management throughout all activities and operate and update the Asset Database in respect of project activities.

Don't miss this opportunity to advance your career with UK Power Networks. Apply now and become a part of our dedicated team committed to delivering excellence in engineering and customer satisfaction. The closing date for applications is 10/11/2024. Please click apply to be directed to our careers page for the full job description.

Are you an experienced Transport Planner looking for your next permanent role? Then read on as we may just have the role for you.

Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.

We are currently looking for a Transport Planner to join our friendly team based at our Office’s in based at our Tarmac Colchester Office. This role is commutable from Colchester, Tiptree, West Mersea, Clacton-on-Sea, Great Bentley, Braintree, Witham, Ipswich, Sudbury, Halstead, Chelmsford and the surrounding areas.

We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities

The Transport Planner will report directly to the Distribution Supervisor, the suitable candidate for this role will be responsible for (not exhaustive):

• Optimising all programs of works maximising both volume and best economic source principals for transport and supplying units
• Provide timely communication to all stakeholders updates on planned solutions to program changes - overseeing daily and weekly programmes including Out of Hours works
• Support fleet, transport planners and weighbridge staff to ensure high levels of vehicle utilisation and low levels of haulier queries
• Ensure that that our internal and external customers receive the high levels of service and communication expected from the office and area based distribution staff
• Cost effective distribution of Tarmac’s product to external and internal customers
• Manage material service levels to external and internal customers through detailed pre planning of programmed works through regular communication with strategic customers

The role of Transport Planner is a Monday - Friday role with a rostered Saturday AM in rotation (Saturday is worked from home). We have core hours but start and finish times can be earlier or later around these to operate a team balance

The Ideal Candidate

To succeed in the role of Transport Planner the ideal candidate for the role will have experience of working in a similar role and environment as well as:

• Experience of health and safety procedures
• Ability to build working relationships with customers
• The ability to deal with stakeholders and customers of varying levels
• Experience in planning programmes of work
• Strong IT knowledge and Experience
• Ability to constantly reprioritise and manage your own workload, along with supporting the wider team
• Exceptional communication skills both verbally and in electronic format

Why Us

Along with the role of Transport Planner we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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Care Home Deputy Manager
Earls Colne, Essex
£30,000 per year
Permanent

Winners of the 2024 Health Investors Residential Elderly Care Provider of the Year, we are ranked – for the eighth year running! - among the top 20 large UK care home groups (carehome.co.uk) for our exceptional care, and proudly support over 1,500 residents to live in a safe, welcoming and nurturing environment.
We are proud to be ranked No.1 in the UK for our commitment to wellbeing at work (Indeed's Better Work Awards 2023) and our sector-leading 4.7 Glassdoor rating, we are also a Real Living Wage employer, ensuring that we reward and value dedication.

As our Deputy Manager, you will assist in managing operations within the home in order to reach or exceed goals while assuring the provision of high-quality care. You will be in charge of overseeing the care staff and will be expected to assume full management in the event that the Home Manager is not present.
Through direct instruction and by setting a good example, you will assist in training and supervising care staff in all facets of their work. You will help the Home Manager with pre-admission assessments of residents, ensure that each resident's care plan and daily records are kept up to date, and foster effective communication with the residents' families and other organisations.

Skills and attributes

- Previous Deputy Home Manager experience.
- The ability to engage with the service users to understand their needs in order to provide excellent services of care.
- Good working knowledge of CQC standards.
- The ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with external care professionals, families, visitors and staffing team.
- Ability to promote ownership of care programs by fully involving service users and their families in developing, agreeing and evaluating care programs within the home.

You will have the satisfaction of working with and being supported by an enthusiastic and caring team that puts people at the heart of the business. We know the happiness of our staff improves the service we give our residents. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills, and we have the procedures and processes in place to help you at every step.

Benefits

- Comprehensive induction and training programme.
- Opportunities for career development and progression.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Blue Light Card Scheme. We’ll reimburse the enrolment fee of this fantastic scheme that offers discounts on holidays, days out and over 15,000 national brands.
- We’ll pay for your full DBS disclosure

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Main responsibilities of the role are detailed within the attached Job Description. Attached Person Specification outlines the essential and desirable criteria required for the role.

Executive Business Assistant

(5 and-a-half month fixed-term-contact 18th Nov 2024 to end of Arpil 2025)

Colchester

(3 days per week in the office/2 at home)

Arc Legal Group, an AmTrust International business, is a specialist provider of legal expenses insurance and related services. We work with insurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and affinity groups, focusing upon delivering bespoke solutions providing 'best in market' legal advice and case handling.

We are looking for an accomplished Executive Business Assistant to provide assistance and support to the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive based in Colchester on an 5 and-a-half month-fixed-term contract basis.

The successful candidate will have ideally worked in a similar Insurance or financial services organisation, be pro-active, highly flexible, and possess outstanding organisational skills.

Day to day activities:

• Provide sophisticated calendar management for CEO & Dep CEO. Prioritize inquiries and requests while troubleshooting conflicts; make judgements and recommendations to ensure smooth day-to-day engagements.

• Manage all diary, travel and hotel booking on behalf of the directors and coordinate all Executive Team meetings.

• Preparation of all Board Meeting packs and minute taking.

• Complete a broad variety of administrative tasks that facilitate the CEO/COO/Dep CEO’s ability to effectively lead the organisation.

• Provide "gatekeeper" and "gateway" role, providing a bridge for smooth communication between the CEO/COO/Dep CEO and staff.

• Ownership of internal communications and assistance in HR duties as required.

Detailed job description attached. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will attendweekly in person team meetings at Provide HQ in Colchester. There is flexibility as to where the hours are worked, i.e. at home or at a Provide office location. This would be a discussed at the interview stage. Hours of work will be 09:30 - 16:00 with a 30 minute break, Monday to Friday.

Detailed job description attached. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will attendweekly in person team meetings at Provide HQ in Colchester. There is flexibility as to where the hours are worked, i.e. at home or at a Provide office location. This would be a discussed at the interview stage. Hours of work will be 09:30 - 16:00 with a 30 minute break, Monday to Friday.

Arc Legal Group, an AmTrust International business, is a specialist provider of ancillary insurance products and services with deep knowledge and experience in each of our chosen markets. With over two decades of industry experience, we are experts in our field with superb products and market knowledge with digital innovation at the heart of our business. We are reliable, ethical, and obsessed with delivering high quality ‘bespoke’ products and excellent customer service.

This role is an exciting opportunity for up-and-coming Sales Professionals with Business to Business (B2B) sales experience. If you are a dynamic, target driven individual with a passion for forging meaningful partnerships and are ready to take your sales skills to the next level in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, we want to speak to you.

Arc Legal is on the lookout for a proactive individual to join their Commercial team as a Business Development Executive, based in our Colchester office. We are in a period of growth, and this newly created role will play an important part in meeting our ambitions in 2024 and beyond.

Skills Needed for Success as a Business Development Executive:

Innate Ambition: and a hunger to contribute towards income growth, including meeting and exceeding targets and developing your sales experience.
Collaborative Work Ethic: ability to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment and embrace teamwork as the cornerstone of your success.
Details driven: Ability to work with both numbers and words in affective manner.
Exceptional Organisation: Master the art of meticulous planning and coordination of multiple tasks and projects.
Outstanding Communication: Cultivate persuasive and precise verbal and written skills.
Sector Knowledge: Prior insight into the insurance or financial markets or regulatory domain in any capacity will be a valuable asset.
The Role of Business Development Executive:

At the heart of this role is the promotion of legal expenses products, alongside assistance schemes such as home emergency. This role offers you the chance to be part of and contribute towards our development strategy. The role will include:

Identifying opportunities through market research and prospecting activity
Production of sales literature, including sales presentations, quotation documents and tender responses
Engaging with internal stakeholders across the business
Attending and participating in sales meetings and presentations
Initially, you will be supporting our Partnership Development Manager on their sales opportunities, however as part of the development trajectory you will be supported to lead your own opportunities once ready. Introductory and ongoing training will be provided to support your growth into the role.

Discover the benefits of being a Business Development Executive at Arc Legal:

A salary that reflects the skills and experience that you bring to the role.
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays + "AmTrust Days" (up to 12 extra days per year): Enjoy a well-deserved break.
Company pension: Secure your financial future with us.
Private Medical and Dental insurance.
Hybrid working 3 days in office, 2 from home.
Comprehensive training & on-going development for those wanting to progress.
A great culture & environment to work.

79191 - Project Engineer/SAP

This Project Engineer/SAP will report to the Lead Project Engineer and will work within Capital Programme - Investment Delivery based in in any of our offices in the EPN region. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £76,229 plus car and a bonus of 3%

Should you not have the full range of essential skills, qualifications and competencies listed below, there may be an opportunity for further training to equip you. If you do not have all relevant competencies for the core grade, it will be appropriate to appoint at a lower grade until you have developed the required competencies.

Close Date:.25/06/2024.

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

The Project Engineer's role is to deliver the engineering activities within their allocated project team. To undertake the delivery of Construction requirements relating to the UK Power Networks owned assets and associated infrastructure under the direction of the Lead Project Engineer or Construction Manager as part of the Investment Delivery team.

The Capital Programme Operations team work across the EPN footprint and you will work anywhere within the EPN area.

You will work with and support the Programme Managers, Project Managers, Commissioning Engineer's, Alliance Partner, Contractors and other members of the Investment Delivery Management team in the delivery of our goals.

Work with Commissioning Engineer's, Project Supervisors, Electrical Fitters, Alliance Partners and Contractors to undertake and complete the construction and delivery of a portfolio of projects in a safe and efficient manner.

You will ensure delivery of capital works construction projects, APP and Connections as directed by the Lead Project Engineer or Construction Manager, oversee the management of substation and associated works.

You will work with team members to ensure safety management is maintained throughout all activities during the delivery of the engineering tasks following the UK Power Networks Stay Safe initiative.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Delivery of the Construction programmes for the UK Power Networks owned assets operating at voltages through the range LV to 132kV
• Work with the Programme & Project Managers to ensure that all programmes of work are delivered to time, budget, and quality drivers.
• Work with Project Supervisors and EHV fitters to ensure the delivery of all electrical engineering activities.
• Help manage budgets relating to the construction delivery and meet ongoing goals.
• As a team member work to ensure that UK Power Networks goals are achieved especially in Staff engagement and Client satisfaction
• Test and Commission HV Distribution System
• Ensure compliance with CDM and UK Power Networks Health and Safety policies
• Operate and update the Asset Database in respect of project activities.
• Responsible for both reactive and planned construction activities
• Perform fault investigation and repairs.
• Modify equipment and drawings to ensure the efficient operation of the substations.
• Oversee all contractors/staff working on site

Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate daily construction and maintenance activities with Client / Principal Contractor's ensuring programmes are met.
• Collaborate with Outage Planning and Control centre regarding planning and coordination of circuit outages.
• Manage site work as an AP / SAP.
• Obtain quotations from suppliers and raise Purchase Order request with Finance & Governance team.
• Change Management - ensure early warning notices are brought to the attention of the Project Manager / Commercial Manager and Partners using Unifier.
• Identify potential project risks/opportunities (raise awareness within team/company)
• Work outside of core hours to respond to faults on system.
• Represent UKPN at meetings with clients and contractors.
• When undertaking engineering activities manage the team of employees, contractors, compliance with all H&S procedures and the DSR's for the delivery.

Qualifications:

Essential

• Senior Authorised Person as defined by the Distribution Safety Rules - Preferable 132kV*
• Educated to a minimum HNC level qualification in Electrical Engineering or equivalent*.
• Working knowledge of distribution HV Systems
• Read schematic drawings and understand content.
• Identify problems, understand issues and investigate alternatives.
• Hold full driving licence.
• Lone worker or as a member of a team.
• Use Microsoft Office suite, Outlook, MS Project and other custom software packages.

Desirable

• Travel around the Capital Programme's EPN portfolio of projects
• To have persuasive, negotiating and influencing skills
• To be skilful in decision-making
• Relevant Safety Qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH
• Knowledge of Construction Design and Management Regulations*

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used.

If in doubt ask!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

78322

This Senior Project Manager will report to the Program Delivery Managerand will work within Network Operations based in our Norfolk/ Suffolk/Essex regions. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £84,704 (Depending on Skills & Experience) + car and a bonus of 3%.

Close Date: 18th May 2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

The role of the Senior Project Manager within the Distribution Capital Delivery team is for managing a geographical team to ensure the delivery of distribution programmes as set out in the annual investment plan produced by Asset Management. All projects are required to be delivered safely, to quality, on budget, on time and to customer service standards.

You will be to lead a team of Project Managers, SAPs, Work Planners, and Project Support in delivering a portfolio of projects and programmes from inception to completion.

Also, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for a team of direct resources and the daily management of contractors.

The Senior Project Manager will support the Program Delivery Manager with regards to budgeting and cost provision for their team and will be empowered to manage their budgets and expenditures following current Financial Authorisation Limits (FAL).

You will have the variety of being both technically and commercially challenging. It carries the responsibility for managing functions such as safety and customer service for the Distribution Capital Delivery activity. You will also support: Procurement and Contract Management for delivering professional services and engineering contracts, Asset Management in developing the delivery plans/strategies and budgets for future years, and Network Operations in responding to system emergencies and daily assistance.

The Senior Project Manager agrees and implements the project delivery strategy, allocating works to the project managers, and monitoring the performance of both the direct teams and contractors.

You will forecast resource and material requirements, monitor overall portfolio/project costs and delivery, manage contractor performance, and provide regular reporting.

Dimensions:

• The Distribution Capital Delivery team delivers the regulated settlement (ED1 & ED2) via the Asset Portfolio Plan for the three licence areas, with a team based in each region. As part of this team the Senior Project Manager will deliver a portfolio of projects spread across several areas within the Asset Portfolio Plan.
• The value of the portfolio will vary depending on the content but will be in the order of £15m - £20m per annum with a significant volume being low to medium value projects with a few larger value schemes circa £300k to £1M.
• The number of direct reports (Project Manages, Work Planners, SAPs, and Project Support will be in the order of 10-20.
• Several direct teams will report to individual project managers bringing the total number of staff under the Senior Project Manager to between 50-75 people.
• Part of the portfolio will be delivered by our contract partners and the Senior Project Manager will also have overall responsible for 100-150 contract teams working on the network on a day-by-day basis.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Ensure that a high standard of safety management prevails throughout all responsibilities and that safety performance is maintained within parameters defined by UK Power Networks. Promote the Incident and Injury free philosophy.
• Lead a team to deliver projects from inception to completion to time, quality, cost, whilst maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management.
• Manage the coordination and performance of several Project Managers. Close liaison with the Network Operations Area Managers & Lead Engineers to ensure the maximum utilisation of staff will be an important aspect of this role.
• Provide technical and management leadership to the team of Project Managers across all project management disciplines.
• Ensuring construction assurance through site safety audits on quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, compliance with testing and commissioning procedures and safety and environmental procedures. Ensure that the required project completion data is compliant with policy and submitted within specified timescales for processing.
• Produce an overall delivery strategy and ensure provision of project managers, direct/contract resources, materials and services to ensure that project programmes are maintained.
• Manage the commercial arrangements with contractors to ensure that contractual arrangements are met and that cost controls are in place.
• Work with the appointed contractor management team to ensure utilisation of contractor resource. Ensure escalation of related issues and contractor performance to the Programme Delivery Manager.
• Responsible for the continuous improvement in productivity of our direct resources and contractor partners.
• Must strive to remove any barriers preventing the efficient delivery of work in Distribution Capital Delivery and across all Directorates.
• Produce forecasts for overall cost, commitment, milestone progress, resources, materials and contracts to ensure expenditure plans are met and delivery of critical items and personnel can be sourced promptly, ensuring agreement on UK Power Networks procedures.
• Work with partners such as Asset Management, Distribution Planning, Supply Chain, Network Operations, Procurement and Contract management to ensure that materials and delivery contracts are in place to deliver the programme.
• Lead the team in ensuring high levels of safety and customer focus.

Support the Programme Delivery Manager in the ongoing development of the team to ensure delivery of the asset portfolio plan.

• Ensure continuous development of the Project delivery team's knowledge and skill base training & staff development.
• Ensure design and construction compliance with CDM.
• Carry out daily management of contractors and conduct regular reviews with contractors of safety, forecasts, delivery, and costs.
• Ensure staff comply with Company procedures and complete work to the required standard.
• Management and resolution of customer complaints for both internal and contractor resources.
• Deputise for the Programme Delivery Manager.

Qualifications:

• A HNC or equivalent qualification is required
• A safety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely will be required as will experience working with the CDM regulations and ISO9001 quality processes
• A formal Project Management qualification such as APMP or Prince 2 (Foundation & Practitioner) will be required
• Knowledge of Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, word and access) and project management techniques
• A working knowledge of SAP including (Project Management, Works management, Finance and Asset Management modules) or experience with a similar Enterprise Management IT system would also be advantageous
• Full UK driving licence

(Candidates not meeting the above requirements, but willing to undertake a development plan will also be considered for the position.)

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

If in doubt ask!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

The Post holder will interpret complex routine information requests from across the wider Foundation Trust, in particular for Clinical Teams, Finance and Performance and Access, in line with national and locally contractual requirements The Post holder will use advanced data analysis techniques, corporate reporting systems and Business Intelligence reporting tools, with other members of the team to design, test and produce appropriate and fit for purpose new or updated report outputs, automating and delegating the routine delivery of these report outputs to other colleagues when appropriate.

New exciting externally funded post in Planning!

Working hours: 37 hours per week

Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract

The City Council has secured DLUHC funding for an additional HBAO post to help us to develop further guidance for our walled City Centre Conservation Area; including developing a Character Appraisal Statement and Management proposals. This will build on our recently adopted City Centre Masterplan, recently adopted as SPD. This post will lead on delivering this important project for the heart of our historic city centre.

Are you a qualified built heritage professional with the sound experience we are looking for? Does the prospect of characterising Britain’s oldest recorded urban centre with an extraordinary wealth of heritage assets appeal – then we’d like you to join us and share the challenge of ensuring that we truly understand our heritage and can manage it effectively to reinforce its unique character and special qualities.

Given our corporate commitment to the City’s heritage set out in our Strategic Plan and City Centre Masterplan, you will sit firmly at the heart of our regeneration strategy. In your collection of skills you will be technically knowledgeable, have a firm grasp of architectural history and good written skills. It is also desirable for you to have experience of and have an ability to build a rapport and excellent working relationship with local heritage groups, statutory consultees, colleagues, stakeholders and local communities.

As a built heritage conservation officer in a rapidly evolving city centre with a diverse mix of uses and built heritage we’ll also expect you to have an ability to see the conservation opportunities that arise from our ambitious urban renaissance programme funded by Town Deal and Levelling up Fund and from the development of the Council’s own extensive land / property portfolio.

Just as importantly, we are also looking for the successful candidate with a positive attitude to work and energy to deliver all activities and interactions with the public in line with our corporate behaviours.

If you would like to discuss this role further then please contact Simon Cairns, Joint Head of Planning on 01206 508650 or Eirini Dimerouki, Historic Buildings and Areas Officer on 01206 505346.

Colchester City Council has a wide range of services and facilities that can involve dealing with children or vulnerable adults. We treat our obligations for the safety of children and vulnerable adults seriously and expect our staff to be committed to the principles of our published policies and to adhere to the procedures contained within them.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Competitive Salary plus benefits
Sodexo's Government and Agencies Segment have a fantastic opportunity to join the Colchester PFI as a Project Manager.
Colchester PFI is one of the most ambitious PFI projects undertaken, Merville Barracks is the home of the 16 Air Assault Brigade with 3500 military personnel on site. We are the showcase and benchmark for Sodexo global defence, helping to lead on strategy and vision for the future An exciting showcase TFM contract which offers soft and hard services.
We are a key partner to the Ministry of Defence, running services at major UK and overseas military bases which improve quality of life for our military personnel. We are dedicated to delivering the best quality as well as cost-efficiency in the delivery of infrastructure, facilities management, catering, retail and leisure services to the Armed Forces community.
Our wealth of experience partnering Government Agencies means we are able to transfer best practices from the corporate sector to create better working environments in the public sector. We bring services that increase employee engagement, well being and productivity to the public sector to help support government to deliver on its promised outcomes while reducing costs. Our goal is to improve service outcomes and reduce overall costs to the taxpayer.
As the Project manager, you will:

• To undertake duties as directed / requested by the manager to deliver and implement project works.
• To undertake planning, procuring and project managing any project works that may arise (inclusive of Lifecycle works), maintaining the delivery of project related records, updating asset registers and maintenance systems accordingly, project/contract administration from inception to completion, including management of budgets and project finance.
• Carrying out building/asset surveys, including related historic data.
• Management of contractors.
• Communication with clients/stakeholders on project related matters.
• Managing and co-ordinating new works/projects and lifecycle works to ensure that it is performed in such a manner as so to limit disruption to the Site, negate any possible penalties / liability to Sodexo, & provide seamless service provision.
• Ensuring all necessary information is provided, collated, and registered.
• To ensure a robust Health & Safety culture is implemented and maintained in all aspects of job role.
• Undertake all reasonable requests as instructed by Manager.

Ideal Candidate

• Experience in project management ideally in a facilities management environment.
• Experience in construction / maintenance environment.
• Supply chain management.
• IT literate – experience of using MS Office; Word, Excel.
• HNC, Degree or equivalent/relevant qualifications or experience in building services/surveying, project management discipline.
• Experienced in managing budgets and project finance; earned value management, cost reporting.
• Health and safety knowledge NEBOSH / IOSH

In addition, we offer:

• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Access to ongoing training and development programs
• Countless opportunities to grow within the company
• Health and wellbeing incentives
• Training and development opportunities
• Reward and Recognition schemes
• Flexible working considered
• Volunteering days
• Life Assurance

We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.All offers are subject to full security clearance checksReady to be part of something greater? Apply today!

78322

This Senior Project Manager will report to the Program Delivery Managerand will work within Network Operations based in our Norfolk/ Suffolk/Essex regions. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £84,704 (Depending on Skills & Experience) + car and a bonus of 3%.

Close Date: 2nd February 2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

The role of the Senior Project Manager within the Distribution Capital Delivery team is for managing a geographical team to ensure the delivery of distribution programmes as set out in the annual investment plan produced by Asset Management. All projects are required to be delivered safely, to quality, on budget, on time and to customer service standards.

You will be to lead a team of Project Managers, SAPs, Work Planners, and Project Support in delivering a portfolio of projects and programmes from inception to completion.

Also, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for a team of direct resources and the daily management of contractors.

The Senior Project Manager will support the Program Delivery Manager with regards to budgeting and cost provision for their team and will be empowered to manage their budgets and expenditures following current Financial Authorisation Limits (FAL).

You will have the variety of being both technically and commercially challenging. It carries the responsibility for managing functions such as safety and customer service for the Distribution Capital Delivery activity. You will also support: Procurement and Contract Management for delivering professional services and engineering contracts, Asset Management in developing the delivery plans/strategies and budgets for future years, and Network Operations in responding to system emergencies and daily assistance.

The Senior Project Manager agrees and implements the project delivery strategy, allocating works to the project managers, and monitoring the performance of both the direct teams and contractors.

You will forecast resource and material requirements, monitor overall portfolio/project costs and delivery, manage contractor performance, and provide regular reporting.

Dimensions:

• The Distribution Capital Delivery team delivers the regulated settlement (ED1 & ED2) via the Asset Portfolio Plan for the three licence areas, with a team based in each region. As part of this team the Senior Project Manager will deliver a portfolio of projects spread across several areas within the Asset Portfolio Plan.
• The value of the portfolio will vary depending on the content but will be in the order of £15m - £20m per annum with a significant volume being low to medium value projects with a few larger value schemes circa £300k to £1M.
• The number of direct reports (Project Manages, Work Planners, SAPs, and Project Support will be in the order of 10-20.
• Several direct teams will report to individual project managers bringing the total number of staff under the Senior Project Manager to between 50-75 people.
• Part of the portfolio will be delivered by our contract partners and the Senior Project Manager will also have overall responsible for 100-150 contract teams working on the network on a day-by-day basis.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Ensure that a high standard of safety management prevails throughout all responsibilities and that safety performance is maintained within parameters defined by UK Power Networks. Promote the Incident and Injury free philosophy.
• Lead a team to deliver projects from inception to completion to time, quality, cost, whilst maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management.
• Manage the coordination and performance of several Project Managers. Close liaison with the Network Operations Area Managers & Lead Engineers to ensure the maximum utilisation of staff will be an important aspect of this role.
• Provide technical and management leadership to the team of Project Managers across all project management disciplines.
• Ensuring construction assurance through site safety audits on quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, compliance with testing and commissioning procedures and safety and environmental procedures. Ensure that the required project completion data is compliant with policy and submitted within specified timescales for processing.
• Produce an overall delivery strategy and ensure provision of project managers, direct/contract resources, materials and services to ensure that project programmes are maintained.
• Manage the commercial arrangements with contractors to ensure that contractual arrangements are met and that cost controls are in place.
• Work with the appointed contractor management team to ensure utilisation of contractor resource. Ensure escalation of related issues and contractor performance to the Programme Delivery Manager.
• Responsible for the continuous improvement in productivity of our direct resources and contractor partners.
• Must strive to remove any barriers preventing the efficient delivery of work in Distribution Capital Delivery and across all Directorates.
• Produce forecasts for overall cost, commitment, milestone progress, resources, materials and contracts to ensure expenditure plans are met and delivery of critical items and personnel can be sourced promptly, ensuring agreement on UK Power Networks procedures.
• Work with partners such as Asset Management, Distribution Planning, Supply Chain, Network Operations, Procurement and Contract management to ensure that materials and delivery contracts are in place to deliver the programme.
• Lead the team in ensuring high levels of safety and customer focus.

Support the Programme Delivery Manager in the ongoing development of the team to ensure delivery of the asset portfolio plan.

• Ensure continuous development of the Project delivery team's knowledge and skill base training & staff development.
• Ensure design and construction compliance with CDM.
• Carry out daily management of contractors and conduct regular reviews with contractors of safety, forecasts, delivery, and costs.
• Ensure staff comply with Company procedures and complete work to the required standard.
• Management and resolution of customer complaints for both internal and contractor resources.
• Deputise for the Programme Delivery Manager.

Qualifications:

• A HNC or equivalent qualification is required
• A safety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely will be required as will experience working with the CDM regulations and ISO9001 quality processes
• A formal Project Management qualification such as APMP or Prince 2 (Foundation & Practitioner) will be required
• Knowledge of Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, word and access) and project management techniques
• A working knowledge of SAP including (Project Management, Works management, Finance and Asset Management modules) or experience with a similar Enterprise Management IT system would also be advantageous
• Full UK driving licence

(Candidates not meeting the above requirements, but willing to undertake a development plan will also be considered for the position.)

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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Business Support Officer. This postholder will be responsible for providing administration support for Services provided by, and the Directors of, Provide Wellbeing Ltd.

Ability to organise and plan own workload effectively.

Ability resolve queries etc competently and to escalate to team leader when necessary.

Understanding of customer service and able to implement effectively.

Able to use initiative within the framework of standard processes/procedures.

Ability to work within a team environment

Reliable, accurate and excellent attention to detail

Advanced key boarding skills

Competent IT skills – Microsoft Office including Outlook

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• Liaison with Clinical Team and Premises to manage Clinic and Clinician Rotas incorporating cover for annual leave, Peer Review Sessions and Training Sessions and ensuring all staff and sub-contracts are aware of any changes in the usual Schedule i.e. nurses, cleaners, reception cover.
• Utilise key systems and reports to manage patient waiting times, back end processing of systems / tools, providing insight into patient demand to ensure adherence to KPI’s, escalating to management deficits or surplus in capacity versus demand.
• Support management in the sourcing and induction of new employees, contractors, agency and temporary staff.
• Responsible for ensuring the administration, reception and clinical environments are clean, organised and tidy and reflect the Company Brand and Values, reporting any building maintenance issues to management and liaising with supplies to agree suitable times for any work required.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Mar 2024

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