Project Manager - Piling

About the Client: Out client delivers an innovative array of piling techniques, offering expertise and experience reaching back over 30 years. The group is able to meet or exceed client requirements and expectations using their own fleet of modern piling rigs and associated plant across commercial, residential, leisure, rail, infrastructure and industrial sectors- delivering practical and efficient engineered solutions. Capabilities: * Pile and geotechnical design * CFA piling from 300mm to 1200mm * Rotary bored piling from 450mm to 2500mm * Mini piling including SFA, bored and driven piles * Embedded retaining walls contiguous, diaphragm, secant and kingpost solutions * Soil-nailing and ground anchors * Geothermal pile installation You will be looking after projects ranging from £50k to £2m in and around London and the South East. Responsible for the following attributes and specific tasks: Attributes - * Will be presentable * A good communicator and pleasant to interact with. * Be essentially pro active in nature rather than reactive and contribute to betterment and change for improvement. * Ideally a Civil / Structural Engineer with ground engineering experience from a design and build background who has held a similar position successfully for at least 3 years is required. A ground works / sub contracting background would be advantageous with strong Contracts Management experience. Training on products will be provided. * Demonstrate good people management skills, be well organised and conform with company processes / procedures. Must be a team player at all levels. * Be commercially aware and astute and have a strong desire to perform. You will have full P&L responsibility for the region. * Demonstrate a desire for quality. * Have a high regard for Health and Safety. Specific tasks ensuring that the performance of the regional office satisfies monthly objectives and forecasts agreed between the Regional Manager and the Board of Directors, which will generally include the following items * Managing, motivating and maintaining an operational team, with the assistance of the HR Manager on staff matters, appraisals etc. * For ensuring that the sales process is correctly followed, to generate profitable and successful work and that checking procedures are implemented to minimise error. * For ensuring that the pre-contract process including meetings and handovers from the sales department are correctly undertaken * For ensuring all sites are correctly established in accordance with H&S legislation with the guidance of the H&S Manager. * For ensuring that all site operatives are correctly trained in the use of equipment on particular sites with the guidance of the Training Manager. * For ensuring that contracts are administered correctly including file, set up, start up, external progress reports, valuations, guarantees and file completion. * For ensuring that contracts are supervised correctly by an appropriate number of site visits, and that adequate and accurate setting out is provided. * For ensuring that any customer complaints at either pre-contract, during contract and post contract are proactively dealt with. * For liaising with the Commercial Manager on matters of contract finance and for ensuring that contract cost controls are implemented weekly. * For resourcing contracts with adequately trained subcontractors or employees, sourcing and vetting new crews where necessary. * For ensuring that the regional office delivers profitability as defined in the annual budget (or as periodically amended), but without compromising our values of service, reliability, quality and health and safety. * For ensuring that open and effective channels of communication exist and are maintained within the regional office and between all other company departments. * Weekly / monthly reporting. * All Operational members of staff have a duty to take photographs and provide information to facilitate marketing in respect of case studies etc