Total 5 business management project planning job vacancies in Glasgow, Scotland

Role: Project Planner
Sector: Offshore Wind
Project Phase: Development & Construction
Location: Hybrid - Glasgow
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Start Date: Likely November 2024
Duration: 12 Months + Possible Extension
Rates: £550 - £600 Daily Rate Inside IR35 via Umbrella
Clearance: BPSS

Carbon60 have engaged with a leading Renewable Energy Developer in the UK to appoint an experienced Planner within their growing project team.

The purpose of the role is to support a large scale offshore wind development and construction project, and as part of the Project Planning team, you will take an active role in the development and management of the schedule. Reporting to the Project Services Manager, you will work closely with the Senior Planner, Package Managers and Project Team to ensure delivery of a successful project.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the ongoing development and management of the detailed project programme, reviewing Contractor programmes and ensuring that these are correctly integrated into the overall project programme, taking into account interfaces with Project Management, Financing and Engineering activities, and Regulatory/Consenting requirements, while ensuring clear, timely and accurate information is provided to Project Management.
• Assess and communicate schedule impact of project change control notifications, and schedule impact of progress reported at package level. Undertake analysis of Delay Events notified within Contractors' Claims to determine the validity of these claims.
  Ensure that this information is visible to the Senior Planner and Project Services Manager as well as the Project Leadership team.
• Monthly updates to elements of Project programme including review of Contractor programme submissions. Work closely with Senior Planner and Project Services Manager to ensure that any knock-on impacts through delays to interface points are identified and raised to Project Management for mitigation.
• Identify critical path for both specific work packages and the overall project programme, criticality of work scopes, and ensure that potential delays to critical activities are identified and mitigations can be identified through quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis and What-if Scenario planning.
• Work closely with Senior Planner and Project Services Manager to develop project programme reporting outputs in line with project management requirements. Produce package level programme reports and dashboards as required.
• Other Planning related duties as required.

We are looking for someone who has extensive Project Planning experience within large complex projects. You should have proven experience working within a Planning or Project Controls team. A background in offshore wind would be highly advantageous.

Requirements:

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• 5 years of Project Planning experience, working within large, multi-contract Engineering and Construction projects, including building fully integrated complex activity networks.
• Highly skilled user of Primavera P6 planning software.
• Experience in carrying out delay analysis and analysis of schedule implications of contractor claims.
• Experience in running what-if scenarios and schedule risk analysis.
• Ability to work with package and project managers, interface manager and 3rd party contractors to identify schedule pinch points, interface issues and potential SIMOPS clashes and identify optimal schedule solutions.
• Ability to produce clear and concise information that will assist senior management decision making.
• Outstanding communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills will be essential for this role, allowing you to forge and maintain strong working relationships.
• Focus on continuous improvement, striving to improve the quality of planning output as an aid to project decision making.
• Experience of Offshore Wind projects (highly desirable)

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Role: Project Administrator
Sector: Offshore Wind
Location: Glasgow - Office-Based 3 days per week
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 12 Months + Possible Extension
Rates: £150 Daily Rate via Umbrella / £115 Daily Rate via PAYE
Clearance: BPSS

- Must have eligibility to work in the UK to be considered for this position

We are looking for a Administrator to join our growing team where you will provide high quality support to an Offshore Wind Farm Project, ensuring our project has the necessary administration support to work as efficiently as possible.

You will carry out all aspects of administration duties, including assisting team members in tasks relating to scheduling regular meetings and record minutes/actions for key project meetings where required. You will work effectively and efficiently to help the project team with preparing documentation, assist with any planning needed and necessary scheduling to ensure these tasks are carried out smoothly.

The successful candidate will have the below attributes.

• Experience with Accounts processing/Financial Admin experience (desirable)
• Good attention to detail
• A strong focus on customer service, you should be flexible and adapt well to working in a fast-paced office environment.
• You'll be a great team worker and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Having excellent organisational skills,
• Experienced and confident with Microsoft Excel.
• High set of Administrative Skills including all the Microsoft packages. A flair for picking up new IT systems and software would be advantageous.
• Able to effectively manage and prioritise own workload.
• Excellent time management skills; able to effectively plan own and others' time.
• Strong written and verbal skills

If this position could be of interest, please apply directly or contact Hallam Knight at Carbon60 to arrange a call

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Project Manager (IT)

Contract (Day rate Inside IR35 via umbrella)

Glasgow, Perth, Inverness or Aberdeen

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager (PM) to join my clients diverse team in Scotland. The Successful candidate will play a pivotal role working on a variety of different complex IT projects.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of delivering complex projects, demonstrating and meeting business value and outcomes as well as experience of managing project budgets.
• Ability to work in an environment undergoing change, working in an iterative and adaptive manner.
• Experience in applying various waterfall (e.g. Prince2, APM PMP) and Agile methodologies and supporting context, such as governance, process and culture across different levels of portfolio.
• Knowledge of Development Processes, including but no limited to DevOps, Scrum, Kanban and lean development.
• Experience of delivering complex operational technology (OT) projects, demonstrating and meeting business value and outcomes (Desirable)
• Knowledge of OT and cyber security risks. (Desirable)

What will you be doing?

• Managing product development projects from initial inception through to operational deployment in line with business strategy and requirements.
• Ensuring that projects are managed within scope and budget against realistic time targets that are defined and agreed.
• Managing multiple delivery teams and third parties across end-to-end product lifecycle to ensure that resultant systems/services deliver the specific outcomes and to ensure that interfaces work correctly.
• Ensuring successful transition to service, meaning that change lands well and meets business needs.
• Regularly report on the progress and challenges for each project being worked on and track the delivery into BAU.
• Understand and demonstrate financial management acumen and managing project spend and contribute to the compilation of budgets and forecasting.
• Ideally skilled in several project management/ change management approaches in particular Waterfall or Agile delivery, as well as Prince2, APM and PMP.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills with the ability to engage with stakeholders across all levels.

Sounds like the role for you? Then APPLY NOW! And one of our consultants will be in touch.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Role: Project Manager
Sector: Offshore Wind
Scope of Work: Subsea Cable Replacement / Repair
Location: Remote - Occasional travel to sites for meetings
Working Hours: Full-Time 37 hours per week
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 12 Months + Possible Extension
Rates: £550 - £600 Daily Rate Inside IR35 via Umbrella
Clearance: BPSS

Carbon60 are engaged with a Leading Energy Developer in the UK to appoint a Project Manager to support an Offshore Wind Farm with a focus on Subsea Cable Replacement / Repairs.

Requirements:

• Full UK Working Rights
• BSc or similar in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Project Reporting & Planning experience
• Subsea Cable Replacement / Repair experience
• Stakeholder Management Skills
• Knowledge of Supply Chain and Negotiations
• Strong written communication skills - be able to create simple technical proposals and comparisons for management review (this will include, schedule, risk, scope etc.) for a number of different approaches we might take on this repair.

If this position could be of interest, please apply directly or contact Hallam Knight at Carbon60 for further details

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Role: Management Accountant

Location: Glasgow or Perth

Type of role: Contract

Length of Role: 4 months

Rate: Up to £200 per day PAYE.

Hybrid model

Description:
The role will require you to work on your own initiative, understand complex issues, and convey this succinctly and clearly to inform decisions. This is a varied and challenging role with key responsibilities as follows:
- Ensuring financial information is prepared on an accurate & timely basis; including reporting & financial analysis for key performance & monthly management reporting (at Regional & Directorate level).
- Supporting and challenging the business alongside the Business Partnering team. Understanding key financial drivers and commercial processes. Coaching the business in effective financial management, providing insight, and understanding of risks and opportunities, and working with Operations and Asset Management to support the drive for productivity and efficiency. Acting as an "independent critical friend" to support good management decisions.
- Supporting and challenging the business alongside the Business Partnering team on monthly / forecast / budget review meetings and business team meetings; visiting sites within the Region and also internal stakeholders; and being an integral part of the Regional team driving the delivery of revenue and capital projects & other indirect costs within budget and on time.
- Maintain effective financial control across Distribution Finance with inputs into; control account reconciliations, balance sheet analysis, effective journal back-up, project ledger to general ledger reconciliations and working with the business to manage purchase ledger house-keeping (GRNI)
- Supporting the Business Partnering team with budgeting & forecasting (covering revenue / capital projects & other controllable costs e.g. employee related costs), including identifying opportunities to improve the forecasting process.
What do I need?
Have experience operating in a finance role within a large organisation with experience of financial operations; reporting on financial drivers & performance; collating and reviewing financial forecasts, delivering reports and insight on the forecast; have experience of representing finance at financial review meetings (or equivalent) and presenting financial information to Operational Directors.
To be considered for this role, we would love you to:
- Be proficient in MS Office Applications with an advanced knowledge of Excel and be highly numerate with strong analytical skills.
- Be able to make decisions and recommendations while maintaining independence and professionalism at all times; as well as being adaptable & flexible and willing to visit and work from key sites across the business.
- Be pro-active and diligent in approach, be willing to undertake challenging tasks sometimes beyond your 'comfort zone' and be able to work to tight timescales, under pressure and deliver to a high standard;
- Be confident and articulate with the willingness to challenge and support colleagues and the business in a constructive manner;
- Have an appropriate accounting qualification (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW or CIPFA) in an equivalent role

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.