Project Manager – Technical (front-end design, scope and definition)
The Project Manager will act as the Contracting Entity’s representative, supporting the Technical Delivery Manager. Supporting projects and programmes from their early-stage scope and design definition establishment through to successful completion assisting and guiding their development and progression.
This is a front-end focused role, with a strong emphasis on project initiation, interpreting functional briefs, and technical scope technical definition, ensuring projects are set up effectively from the outset and aligned with programme and organisational and contractual objectives.
The Role supports others who are responsible for delivering projects to time, budget, and specification, ensuring all project goals are achieved in line with the Contracting Entity’s requirements and overall strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Front-end project leadership (key focus)
Lead and / or support the early stages of projects, including:
- Development of Functional Briefs into Technical Scopes
- Supporting scope writing aligned to RIAI / RIBA workflows and H&S regulations and aviation directives
- Defining project structure, supporting delivery approach, and supporting governance
- Understand how projects evolve across the lifecycle and embed best practice processes from the outset
- Ensure clarity and alignment across internal stakeholders before project mobilisation
- Provide induction training to Infrastructure new starts
Programme requirements, standards & performance
- Develop and manage the key documents e.g. Project Execution Plan, Stakeholder Management Plan and others
- Ensure alignment with internal standards, delivery frameworks, and governance
- Build strong working relationships with the key stakeholders and wider external teams
- Oversee Technical Delivery Sharepoint editing and updates
Project management
- Coordinate and support all project lifecycle stages
- Manage interfaces across internal and external stakeholders
- Maintain RACI chart and ensure accountability across teams
- Coordinate and engage design consultant's frameworks and other providers
- Lead design review processes and communicate approvals
- Maintain and support functional and controls teams including project risk registers
- Participating in change control processes
- Ensure effective communication and information flow across all stakeholders
- Identify and implement organisational process and workflow improvements
- Participating in Lessons Learnt activities
Contract administration
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of NEC PSC contracts and Project Design Assurance activities
- Manage and facilitate Technical Scope Reviews process on behalf of the Technical Delivery Manager
- Support organisational NEC contract processes, including programme reviews and acceptance
- Act in the spirit of mutual trust and collaboration
- Ensure contract compliance
Stakeholder Management
- Engage with a wide range of stakeholders including:
- Internal teams (Asset Management, Operations, etc.)
- Design Consultants, and external partners
- Build strong relationships and ensure effective cross-functional collaboration