Senior Change ManagerUK Defence SectorLondon, W1WCompetitive Salary & Benefits About this Opportunity Gleeds is an award winning, global construction consultancy with over a century of success in the Built Environment. Our impartial advice helps clients maximise return on investment, from site acquisition to project completion. With over 135 years of construction intelligence we offer unparalleled insight across all sectors, helping clients deliver real value from their assets.
Our specialist defence team is set up to respond quickly to change. With an aptitude for delivering against tight schedules, in an environment where security is paramount, our experts use their experience and insight to add value our clients programmes.
We have an opportunity for Change/Project Controls Manager to join our UK Defence team supporting the delivery of a landmark programme, which is moving at pace, on behalf of a major UK client.
As Baseline Change Lead, you will be embedded as part of a small team, working alongside the client in a partnership role at programme level across several major projects, responsible for developing and mobilising an organisation wide change programme with optimal Portfolio, Programme & Project Management (P3M).
This will be a full-time role, with 2-3 days each week spent on client site (Paddington area, West London), UK National, holding or eligible for UKSV Security Check(SC).
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Baseline Change Lead for programme, cost and performance cost baseline.
- Understand client change processes, facilitating and recording change - reporting upwards
- Applying project controls techniques and assessing/quantifying programme change, including impact of design change on programme and cost
- Applying an organisation standard for business change across all projects and operations within the programme
- Overseeing integration of change projects across the programme, ensuring alignment with higher corporate transformation directives
- Optimise project and change delivery processes through review of timing, scale & method of release
- Identifying Transformation benefits, reporting to stakeholders and implementing these across the wider programme where applicable
- Applying an organisation standard for business change across all projects and operations within the programme
- Lead the development and coaching of project teams to increase quality and efficiency of project & change delivery
- Overseeing integration of change project teams across the programme, ensuring alignment with higher corporate transformation directives.
- Supporting Business Unit Directors in delivering business objectives
As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to: - Opportunities to develop and grow your career
- A contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Our Global Travel Scholarship Programme
- Flexible working arrangements
Who we’re looking for: Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills - 5-10 years sound project, commercial management and/or programme management experience post qualification
- Sound knowledge and practiced experience of project management techniques
- Familiarity with interpreting programme software artefacts including schedule - Primavera advantageous
- Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily.
- Ability to administer construction contracts as Contract Administrator, Employer’s Agent and/or Project Manage, particular the NEC suite of contracts
- Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts.
- Effective team work with client and stakeholder engagement skills
- Excellent communication skills - both oral and written.
- Methodical way of thinking and approach to work.
- Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily.
- Excellent problem solving, negotiating, financial and numeracy skills
- Sound ICT skills, with a high proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Qualifications - Knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts, preferably with accreditation.
Additionally, either of the below qualifications, are preferred. Other relevant project, programme or portfolio management qualifications will be considered:
- MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) Practitioner
- MAPM (Member of the Association of Project Managers)
- MRICS (Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) - Quality Surveying or Project Management
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One of the qualities we value in people, is the ability to think creatively about the solutions we offer to clients. With 71 offices spanning the Americas, Europe, MENA and Asia Pacific our ability to innovate and improve is a product of the varied backgrounds and experience of our people. We welcome new perspectives and ideas.
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- We’re committed to our clients and our people
- We’re creative and realistic
- We combine professionalism with personality
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.We recognise the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.