Programme Manager

Role Responsibility:

PROGRAMME MANAGER

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum

Working Hours: Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week (Mon - Fri)

Location: Hybrid – Home/Tower Hamlets, London, E14 0JW

Excellent Company benefits including Contributory Pension and Company Car/Allowance.

About us

As a leading Facilities Management company, G4S FM improves the lives of millions of people across the UK and Ireland. Creating a clean, safe, healthy and secure environment for people to work in is vital. Our Facilities Management teams work with some of the most important Government contracts, hospitals and schools. You will be making a difference, enabling and supporting these core businesses.

Within your role at G4S, you will be valued and supported, and provided with first class training and competitive benefits.

The Tower Hamlets Schools (THS) PFI Contract covers 24 schools in East London and is part of a wider PFI contract, covering Facilities Management contracts in London and the Midlands. G4S FM provides full Lifecycle replacement and mechanical and electrical system (M&E) services across these 24 schools as part of the Tower Hamlets PFI Contract.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager to join our friendly team working on the Tower Hamlets School (THS) PFI contract based at Trinity Buoy Wharf. This is a full time role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

As a Programme Manager your role is to lead the overall delivery Programme for THS lifecycle works & major variations. Support and guide the project managers in role and take an active role in delivering the works in order to meet the business objective. Have an engaging and positive attitude to cross-functional working as well as proven technical skills to problem solve within a TFM Project environment. This role is the primary liaison with the client for reporting programme, progress and financial status.

Responsibilities

• Lead in the proactive management and development of effective working relationships, ensuring Senior Client’s needs are understood, and conversely delivery expectations are understood across the internal stakeholder.
• Ensure that Programme and progress is communicate effectively, ensuring the true status is clearly understood by all parties.
• Responsible for Programme and budget reporting ensuring that billing is accurate and timely.
• Track the forecast and priority of works and the team capacity in order to meet business critical requirements.
• Awareness of the key business objectives for both project works and the wider contract.
• Identify opportunities for project work growth to drive further profit for the company.
• Planning and organising of effective resources of the projects team and contractors.
• Act as role model for project management best practice; both technically and behaviourally.
• Ensure standards, regulation are followed, such as CDM.
• Ensure H&S is a priority across all the works being deployed and governance is in place.
• Prepare and distribute all necessary reports and documentation in a timely and professional manner to relevant stakeholders to enable monitoring, control and communication.
• Advise and influence the team using knowledge and experience with regards to major project works where applicable.
• Solve problems and make decisions based upon skills and extensive knowledge with regards to Programme of project work.
• Establish and maintain mutually trusting relationships with key client stakeholders.
• Ensure that cost approval governance is followed when items exceed cost forecast.
• Attend Client meetings as directed in relation to Programme reporting.

The Ideal Candidate:

Essential

• Management experience.
• Senior PM or Head of Projects with relevant role experience.
• CDM experience.
• Budget management experience and commercial awareness.
• Experience of managing Client facing multiple Project Works services, across a diverse multi-site TFM portfolio.
• Well-developed communication, influencing and motivational skills.
• Cost management and control, and quality monitoring.
• Strong commercial awareness

Desirable

• NEBOSH Certification.
• Experience of Schools and PFI portfolio.
• Membership of MAPM or similar professional body.
• Understanding of model contract forms: JCT, NEC, GC Works etc.
• Ability to combine project, business and relationship management skills in order to facilitate stakeholder groups.
• Experience of developing proposals, contracts, works variation and final accounts.

Benefits

While working for G4S, you are entitled to a number of benefits and offers from G4S partners and other organisations, from employee assistance provided through WeCare, to RAC cover and so much more, including the below;

• Company Car/Allowance
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).
• Progression, training and development catered to you.
• Refer A Friend incentives.
• Company pension scheme with employer contributions.
• G4S Life Assurance Scheme.
• Subsidised healthcare plan.
• Charity work- Match-IT and Payroll Giving.
• Confidential Counselling Services.
• 24/7 support specialising in health and medical.
• Discounts on high street shops and brands including several leading high street brands, retailers and travel suppliers.

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