About BakerHicks
Ireland’s largest hospital. Europe’s most complex station development. World-class biomedical research laboratories. At BakerHicks, we provide an incredible range of design and engineering consultancy services to clients who demand exceptional results.
Specialising in complex infrastructure, process and built environments across the full project life cycle, our disciplines range from initial architecture to civil and structural, building services, specialist high voltage and process engineering services, programme management and CDM consultancy, using the latest innovations in Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the most efficient and cost-effective design.
About the role
As part of a successful and growing department, you’ll provide direct support to the Head of Project Management whilst joining a team that’s been delivering industry leading design solutions for decades. Your organisational and communication skills will help you interact with internal and external contacts to deliver projects within time, quality and budget constraints. You’ll play an integral role in the driving of quality standards and the development of the team as a whole.
Principal Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- To manage performance of enquiries or projects within budget (prime cost, fee, programme)
- To act as key interface with clients
- To achieve required quality standard in terms of E,P & CM as appropriate
- To ensure highest possible HSE standards are achieved
- Advise the project team on project planning activities and initiatives and present recommendations and project delivery status updates to key customers and stakeholders
- Prepare financial spreadsheets, summarise information and communicate results to key customers and stakeholders
- Lead, review and challenge project budgets and forecast to ensure a consistent, challenging but deliverable approach is adopted
- Deliver all projects demonstrating a thorough understanding of associated processes and technology
- Develop and manage key customer relationships, through regular reviews of contract performance with customers, understanding and managing needs and gaps
- Proactively deliver quality to the satisfaction of our customers
- Implement the appropriate BakerHicks management, monitoring and control mechanisms, policies and procedures to ensure compliance and adherence to statutory and legal requirements and manage the projects risks and opportunities in line with company procedures
- Be accountable for, and deliver, high levels of performance in key areas of health and safety, design and engineering environment, sustainability and quality and champion continuous improvement and best value, ensuring compliance with the quality systems which constantly support our Perfect Delivery philosophy
- Actively seek out, drive and promote service excellence, best practice and continuous improvement initiatives
- Manage the appropriate costs within the projects, ensuring maximum utilisation of resources
- Ensure appropriate allocation of other (non-staffing) resources
- Coach and motivate the project team and lead by example
- Ensure inadequate team performance is recognised and handled appropriate
- Continually review sub consultants performance
- Ensure all services and installations are designed, built and certified to the required standards and that all functions are carried out in appropriate manner
- Ensure that project costs are rigorously managed and expenditure is recorded accurately at all times
- Review and approve project management plans, and where appropriate health and safety plans, Support bid development as required including planning bid strategy, resourcing optimal skills sets, overseeing solution development and planning, leading negotiations and tenders
- Ensure efficient management of the Company's resources; employees, suppliers and sub-consultants
- Preference for a member of the Association for Project Management and/or PRINCE 2 qualification. Detailed knowledge of at least one discipline (Arch, C&S, M&E, Cost Planning & Planning) and an ability to co-ordinate multi-disciplinary teams of designers.
Benefits
Working at BakerHicks means a chance to make your mark on some of the most exciting design and engineering projects in their sectors. Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry.
Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry. What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to:
- Company car or cash allowance
- Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
- Life assurance scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
- Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
- Family friendly policies
- Employee assistance
- Professional development
Our Location
We are conveniently located in Salford Quays, at Anchorage 2 Manchester, M50 3YW just off the A5063 Trafford Road about 0.7 miles of M602 and 0.6 miles from A57