Facilities Project Manager

Job Responsibilities

My Financial Services client is looking for a seasoned Project Manager with can-do attitude and delivery focus to assist with this project and to engage appropriately with other internal stakeholders / teams.

Project Brief:

My client has commenced a Smart Working project to enable Agile and Hybrid work practices to plan ahead and enable staff’s to return back to work following easing of Covid-19 restrictions. These primarily includes revised staff to desk ratio to be achieved, extra collaboration spaces to be created, appropriate IT kit rollout and to align all other facilities / services / practices and policies to be aligned with the new working model. The latter half of the project will also focus on rollout of IoT sensors to enable Smart Working with the desk, meeting room, car park and collaboration space sensors.

With this in mind they require an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of Strategic Projects 2021 – 2022 – Smart Working To drive the successful development of the project’s procedures of initiation, planning, execution, regulation and closure as well as the guidance of the project team’s operations towards achieving all the agreed upon goals within the set scope, time, quality and budget standards.

Essential and Desirable Skills

• Considerable project management experience required, and a proven track record of successful project management in large commercial projects across Ireland in both ROI and NI. Project experience must include office environments, premises and facilities management, general fitouts across the full project life cycle (€1m- €10)
• Full project delivery and management is required, from strategic advice and inception, through design & procurement to construction and handover with soft landings mindset.
• Experience of managing project consultant teams, third-party vendor / contractors and effectively managing their appointment, work schedules and ensure alignment and delivery within projects SOW.
• Preferred to have a detailed knowledge of modern and best practice construction methodologies and Smart Office setup such as desk sensors, Agile work practices, data analytics to drive space design etc.
• Strong IT skills across the Microsoft suite, Desk IT setup, AV / VC setup and ideally with some knowledge of AutoCAD and ability to read M&E drawings.
• Engaging with client on weekly reports and status updates, attention to detail and strong presentation skills as the role requires reporting/ presenting monthly at various Steer Co.
• Contractually have a strong understanding of current construction legislative requirements both in ROI and NI.
• Strong stakeholder management of both internal areas including IT, Security, H&S and external vendors with ability to work professionally and deliver on client satisfaction.
• Ability to successfully manage and prioritise workloads of more than one project at a time.
• Project Management duties will include managing staff, lead projects, and positively contribute to client expectations in delivering on time, on budget work.