Project Leader

POSITION: Project Leader

Job type: Contract (5 Months Initially)

Skills:

Location: Cumbria easily commutable from Lancaster, Barrow in Furness, Morecombe and with
excellent access from The Lake District

Salary: Negotiable hourly rate

OUTSOURCE UK LTD ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING TO RECRUIT A PROJECT LEADER FOR A CONTRACT ROLE ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.

THE CLIENT:
A leading Engineering and Defence organisation

THE JOB:
The purpose of the Project Leader role is to report to the relevant Senior Project Manager and be responsible for managing all aspects of the day- to- day management of one of more projects. The successful candidate may act as the control account manager responsible for defining, planning, managing and delivering assigned projects to meet customer and business requirements. There may also be people management responsibilities on either a permanent or temporary basis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
The successful Project Leader candidate will be responsible for the following:
Support bid and tendering processes to ensure bids meet customer needs, in line with business & commercial criteria that all risks are assessed effectively, and that bids are realistic and winnable
Ensure that all aspects of the projects are fully defined to ensure customer requirements are achieved in accordance with all business and commercial criteria
Develop and maintain coherent, fully integrated and workable project plans and budgets. Develop resource plans and liaise with all stakeholder functions
Lead, control and monitor projects so that they are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality requirements, regularly reviewing and reporting on progress against plan and where necessary, intervening to resolve issues which threaten delivery to plan
Develop, maintain and manage key relationships with sub-contractors, customers and other stakeholders to ensure all deliverables are achieved and that issues are effectively addressed, and to facilitate effective and profitable business development
Ensure that activities on assigned projects are co-ordinated with related projects and functional activities so that delays are avoided

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE
Foundation Degree/HNC/HND/Certificate in Project Management or equivalent level of qualification

LCM Assessor

Specialist Professional Qualification/APMQ/Risk Certificate Level 1

To apply email Rich Smillie or call

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