Project Manager

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Peterborough

Project Manager

Your New Role

Project Manager is responsible for providing strong leadership, contract management, project delivery, and strategic planning. Customer driven within the Power Division, ensuring safety, financial and operational targets are met or exceeded, maintaining exceptional customer service levels across all the projects they are responsible for. You will be responsible for looking after Low Voltage LCT projects.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Day to day management of site staff, sub-contractors, vehicles, equipment, and issues arising from sites
• Day to day customer facing discussions and arrangements
• Actively monitor performance of all site staff including subcontractors with respect to Health and Safety, Quality and Environment
• Ensure all incidents are reported and investigated, with remedies implemented.
• Monitor performance and safety requirements regularly and implement improvements.
• Survey and quote individual projects based on a contract schedule of rates
• Ensure resources are adequate for the workload and that projects are delivered in an economic and timely manner.
• Ensure Ipsum Power policies and improvement action plans are effectively implemented, monitored, and audited.
• Operate in full compliance with Ipsum Power policies, procedures, and instructions.

About You

Essential Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• Knowledge of assessing and certifying sub-contractor applications for payments
• Proven experience of working in customer service or a customer focused environment with performance management responsibility
• Understanding of distribution network
• Professional, customer focused with a good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning.
• Ability to communicate both up and down within Ipsum and the Client Organisation
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent time management skills, with ability to deliver tasks to deadline

Desirable Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• Proven experience in a Project Management position in engineering preferably power distribution/transmission.
• C&G electrical qualification

Our Benefits

We value our people and offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits, including:

• Career Development: Professional qualifications and accreditation
• Health & Wellbeing Benefits:
• Employee Assistance Programme with mental health support and access to counselling
• Access to 24/7 virtual GP
• Occupational Health support
• Tax-Efficient Benefits via Salary Exchange (Salary Sacrifice):
• Cycle to Work
• Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Employee Discount Scheme: Discounts on hundreds of retailers, including supermarkets, mobile phone/broadband providers, gym memberships, and more
• Social Committees: Established local social committees with a calendar of regular social events
• Life Assurance Cover
• Flexible Working
• Long Service Awards
• Volunteer Opportunities: Opportunities to volunteer and make a difference through local community projects and initiatives

Your New Company

The UK's utility sector is ever evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer requirements. At Ipsum, our vision is to be the leading customer service-focused provider of specialist utility and infrastructure solutions, operating on both public and private networks. We are looking for someone passionate about the industry and supporting our teams in delivering essential services 24/7/365, making a real difference to local people and communities.

At Ipsum, we are committed to supporting and developing our people to achieve their full potential. As a fast-growing and ambitious business, we offer opportunities to acquire a wide range of skills and gain broad and varied experience to help you progress in your career. Our investment in our people enhances our expertise and flexibility, enabling us to deliver the highest standard of service to our customers.

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