Project Manager - Hounslow

Job Description

Project Manager - Hounslow

The Asset Renewals Partnership is made up of programmes and projects varying in value, size and complexity, putting the client and the passenger at the heart of everything it delivers. The Asset Management and Compliance Programme, the largest programme at Heathrow, involves the replacement or renewal of engineering, technology, and commercial assets across the Heathrow estate; it also ensures that assets are compliant with regulatory or statutory requirements throughout the service offering at the airport.

Based at Heathrow, the UK’s biggest airport - Come and join a vibrant, dynamic team in a truly unique environment with endless opportunities to diversify your experience and develop your career. Our partnership at Heathrow continues to grow, and as such the Costain Heathrow team are looking for a Project Manager to manage the Q6 Cladding installation works in the Main CTA Tunnel at Heathrow Airport within the ARP portfolio.

The CTA tunnel is one of Heathrow’s most important assets and links the Central Terminal Area to the M25 and M4 spur to the north. The project is currently in a position where the programme has maturity and the cladding installation date is approaching. This role requires a strong Project Manager to come in, lead the team through a collaborative approach with our Client and Supply Chain to deliver this important project on time, safely, and within budget.

This position offers the opportunity to demonstrate Costain’s capability and values to grow the Costain account at Heathrow to ensure a future pipeline of work for our organisation and growing talent within the team.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead a project/s from the stage in which it is allocated to us to its endpoint working with the various disciplines, the supply chain, and with Heathrow (our partner).
2. Ensure the project and contractual requirements are met while maintaining a strong relationship with our partner.
3. Proactively manage the Programme, risks, opportunities, and budget.
4. Deliver Internal and external reporting with overall responsibility for meeting the performance requirements of the project(s).
5. Lead by example in respect of Health, safety, and wellbeing.
6. Drive efficiency and continual productivity improvements, creating best practice for the team and adding value for our customer.
7. Understand and Champion the Heathrow one team ethos.
8. Champion Sustainability for all those involved.
9. Establish clear lines of communication throughout the integrated team, defining roles and responsibilities to ensure the efficient use of resources and the delivery of cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

Essential:

1. Logical and concise approach to work.
2. Ability to pay close attention to small details that could impact results.
3. Effective communication and strong stakeholder management skills.
4. Problem solver who is comfortable working with others.
5. Passionate about improving performance in the sector through best practice, process improvements, and continuous improvement practices.
6. A good understanding of change processes.
7. Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy workload, balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
8. Able to work and learn quickly in a fast-paced, fun, and dynamic environment.
9. Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do.
10. Previous experience of people management on complex/sensitive programmes and have successfully impacted peers/others in order to gain buy-in to enable change to happen.

Desirable:

1. A background in infrastructure projects.
2. Management of Civils projects.
3. Worked in rail.
4. Worked in Aviation.

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading-edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation, and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising, and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company.

We will achieve this by focusing on blue-chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic needs, regulatory commitments, legislation, or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading-edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation; and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.