Project Manager (2 Posts)

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Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.

 DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to flourish, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

The Challenge

 The DIO led Clyde Infrastructure Programme is tasked with delivering a £1.6billion capital investment in support of one of the MOD's key defence tasks, the maintenance of the Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD).

The programme is entering into a period of significant transformational change to address affordability and delivery challenges. We are moving to a new, more efficient, way of working and we will be bringing new people and new processes, with pace, into DIO Clyde. It will be a challenging time and it is therefore an opportunity to come in and fast-track your learning and test yourself on delivering critical projects in a high-pressure operational environment.

We are currently transitioning between technical service framework providers, whilst operating a new collaborative commercial framework which enables our approved suppliers to bid and deliver construction services. The post holder will be in direct contact with the technical support providers aswell as our construction suppliers to measure and enable delivery of critical infrastructure.

Currently our programme includes projects in design, implementation and handover phases. With many of the projects preparing to transition into implementation, the post holder will have exposure to projects mobilising and actively delivering construction on an operational military site. Infrastructure delivery is a challenging environment in which to work, with interdependencies between the required programmes and projects and the need to maintain military outputs. The candidate will be required to deliver at pace and demonstrate effective application of programme and project management skills, tools and techniques.

HMNB Clyde is the duty station for this role, however we consider flexible working for our team members where the role allows. Team members based or visiting the site can benefit from onsite parking, civilian canteen, as well as coffee and food shop. Memberships to the gym and leisure facilities are available to those based at the site.

Due to local security and clearance restrictions there is a requirement for a UK national only in this post.

Main Responsibilities

 Provide overall management to the project and establishes and delivers project specific objectives.

Uses and promotes the appropriate leadership styles to gain and maintain the trust, confidence, commitment and collaboration of team members and stakeholders throughout the project ensuring continued momentum.

Manage the contract to maintain a productive working relationship with industry partners and suppliers, monitoring their performance in terms of quality, time, cost and reliability

Identify and manage emerging issues to avoid programme delays or cost escalation.

Manage financial performance of projects to control expenditure against approved project budgets and provide accurate financial reporting and forecasting.

Participate in, and generate evidence for, project assurance and gateway reviews at key stages to evaluate progress, compliance and probability of delivery to provide confidence to senior management, customers and key stakeholders.

Manage the project team in line with a High Performing Team ethos.

Accountable for complying with all agreed DIO processes and operating procedures and particularly those which are detailed under key infrastructure process.

Closes the contract, once the goods and/or services have been delivered and accepted, ensuring that all financial arrangements have been honoured, all contract changes have been accounted for, and any necessary maintenance contracts have been agreed.

Monitors the performance of technical support providers and supply chain in terms of the quality, timeliness and reliability of goods and/or services against agreed contractual obligations.

Reviews and critiques the schedule of major phases or tranches, milestones and review points for the project, sufficient to inform the direction of work and the monitoring of progress.

Establishes and agrees an overall budget for project, based on the business case. Develops a cash flow forecast and sets up arrangements for the drawdown of funds. Refines as appropriate budget allocations and cost management processes, implementing the change control process where relevant.

Makes recommendations based on impact assessments about whether to approve, reject or defer changes, or to request further information. Updates relevant plans, schedules and communications to reflect approved changes, and manages approved changes within the configuration management system.

Desirable Experience & Skills

Qualification: Hold a relevant project management qualification.

Membership: Hold a relevant project management membership or accreditation.

Closing date: 13^th April 2021 at 11:55pm