**Job Title:** Project Manager
Reporting To: General Manager
Contract Type: Full Time Permanent
Location: O&M Facility Edgewater Rd, Belfast
The successful candidate will oversee the overall management of DBFO1 Highway Operations and Maintenance contract, asset life cycle management, major maintenance and rehabilitation projects, and minor additional works for other clients.
Key Responsibilities:
* Ensure all aspects of company activities are staffed by trained and experienced personnel to adequately perform their tasks;
* Manage the interface between O&M, inspection, cyclical, routine, and major maintenance works to maximise asset value;
* Input into Life cycle planning and major maintenance management for highway assets and structures;
* Management, planning, and procurement of Major and Minor Maintenance Works;
* Proactive cost control to ensure budgets are not exceeded, innovation in delivery to reduce overheads and operational costs;
* Responsible for ensuring core commercial, contractual, quality, and operational management plans and procedures are implemented effectively, regularly reviewed and updated;
* Maintain accreditations including ISO and 18001, along with other Quality Management certifications and procedures as required;
* Provide the interface to the DBFO Company with regard to the DBFO1 project;
* Senior liaison with public and private sector clients and relevant stakeholders;
* Ensure all reporting prescribed by the principles is carried out within the prescribed times and competently;
* Recruit competent staff to assist with and perform the maintenance obligations;
* Active mentoring of staff including graduate and apprenticeship development where appropriate.
Core Competencies and Attributes:
* Analytical approach to problem-solving;
* Able to control and manage a relatively large and diverse business which operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and 365 days per year;
* Experience in managing similar contracts/projects;
* Planning skills;
* Demonstrate a sound knowledge of commercial and contractual issues;
* Evidence of teamwork and relationship building;
* Driving license.