Senior / Associate Project Manager

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

11/19/2024

Company Description

Thomas & Adamson International Limited (part of the Egis Group)

Over the last 90 years, across the UK, USA and the Middle East, Thomas & Adamson have been supporting leading organisations through the challenges of procuring, delivering and operating their built assets. The personalised nature of our advice gives our clients what they really want; greater confidence, more time and increased return on investment.

We are a UK-based consultancy firm that offers project management, cost management, building surveying, and construction safety services.

Our parent company, Egis, is a leading global architectural, consulting, construction engineering and mobility services firm. With a worldwide reputation for excellence and sustainability, Egis and Thomas and Adamson together provide comprehensive, creative, and trusted advisory services to our clients.

Egis is a global consulting and engineering firm working in construction, transport and mobility services. Joining our Group and its over 19,500 employees means, above all, sharing our values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and innovation. As one of the world’s leading consultancy, construction engineering and operating firms, we hold ourselves responsible for today’s biggest challenges; fighting climate change, the digital transition and meeting the needs of growing populations. We do this by designing smart, green infrastructure, transport and buildings, creating a sustainable future for communities everywhere.

We are now looking for a Senior / Associate Project Manager to join our team in Edinburgh or Glasgow.

Job Description

As an active Senior / Associate Project Manager within our PM team, you will undertake multiple and complex work assignments, delivering within timeframes and managing resources to provide exemplary professional services to our clients. You will be comfortable working autonomously and within a team, and will deliver best in class services across multiple projects and sectors, for a broad range of clients.

Your approach will represent T&A’s company values and will provide a personal, quality focused service that delivers upon the clients business objectives. You will establish strong, supportive, professional relationships with colleagues, clients and the wider project teams built on mutual respect, trust and integrity all whilst contributing to Thomas and Adamson’s strategic business growth.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Planning

• Strategic project structuring.
• Development of Project Management Plans.
• Establishing master programmes, identifying project milestones and project team member responsibilities.
• Interrogation of construction programmes, agreeing changes or enhancements.
  
  
  

Engaging

• Defining, liaising with and managing key stakeholders.
• Establishing, implementing and leading project meetings with all project team members and stakeholder groups.
• Producing project correspondence ensuring actions are clearly defined and delivered upon by all project team members within agreed timescales.
  
  
  

Procuring

• Producing and issuing scopes of services and request for proposals (RFPs) and other appointment documents.
• Actively participating in the preparation of tender documents in conjunction with the internal / external Cost Management department ensuring a full and comprehensive understanding of the project requirements is conveyed and reflected.
• Reviewing and commenting on tender returns from a technical compliance standpoint.
• Leading negotiations with contractors to ensure tender costs represent best value.
  
  
  

Managing Risk, Delivering Value

• Reviewing and comment on design packages to ensure compliance with the project brief.
• Leading value engineering and risk review workshops.
• Compiling and tracking risk mitigation activities and value engineering opportunities.
• Assessing Contractor’s claims for delay events; working with commercial team members to establish entitlement.
  
  
  

Project Administration

• Assessing and reporting on contractor progress and commercial matters during delivery.
• Assessing quality on-site, raising instructions for defect rectification when necessary.
• Managing the design team to ensure all contract requirements are being fulfilled.
• Managing and co-ordinating responses to technical queries or requests for information.
• Processing Contract Instructions and other contractually mandated procedures.
• Ensuring document management and communications protocols are adhered to.
  
  
  

General Duties

• Overseeing / reviewing / approving the work of sub-consultants or directly appointed project team members.
• Providing other professional services as directed by the Partner/Director and/or as required by project appointments.
• Participate in and deliver professional development and training activities working continually to further develop your knowledge and experience.
• Build upon and maintain culture.
• Mentor more junior staff.
• Network and support business development objectives.
  
  
  

Key attributes

• Hands-on, results orientated and client centric.
• Energised with a strong work ethic.
• Excellent interpersonal / communication skills.
• Excellent written / reporting skills.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and a consummate and organized multi-tasker.
• Ability to manage multiple, various, concurrent and conflicting projects.
• An ability to build relationships with and manage multiple types of internal and external stakeholders.
• Outstanding communications, listening, and presentation skills.
• Decisive and calm under pressure.
• Transparent and accountability orientated.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Education to degree level.
• 5 years of project management experience.
• Preferably a Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) or equivalent
• Demonstrable consultancy project management experience.
  
  
  

Additional Information

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

At EGIS, we are an Equal Opportunities employer and we recognise the value of a diverse organisation. EGIS appreciates all job applications. If you decide to apply for an opportunity at EGIS, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and everyone’s contribution as this builds our culture and means, if you work for EGIS, you will be included, listened to, and respected.