Background:

Veolia is Ireland’s leading environmental services company. We provide a comprehensive range of energy, waste and water solutions and are dedicated to carbon reduction, protecting the environment and building the circular economy. We offer all employees a benefits package as standard which includes full VHI cover, pension and education assistance.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

Project Manager

Location: Castlebar, Co. Mayo (Travel to sites in the West/Midlands plus our head office in Kilkenny on occasion)

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Shift: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm

Overview of the role:

We have a talented diverse team of approx. 200 people and are rapidly expanding our workforce to meet our ambitious growth plans.

Due to continued success and growth across the Water division, we are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to join the ECI (Early Contractor Involvement) Team as a Project Manager(Design Coordination). The successful candidate will work on a wide scope of Water and Wastewater Treatment projects across the Island of Ireland.

The Early Contractor Involvement is a new form of delivery for Water Infrastructure made up of two stages - Project Commencement Instruction (PCI) and Project Delivery Instruction (PDI). PCI is the early design from environmental, planning and detailed design with the aim being to agree a project scope and target cost. PDI stage is the delivery of the agreed scope to the target cost with a pain/gain share mechanism. All with focus on safely delivering first-class projects on time, & within budget whilst maintaining a strong working relationship with the wider ECI team.

Duties of the Role include;

Ensure thorough knowledge and understanding of the contract for all assigned projects
Coordination of Design activities/outputs on a variety of projects across Water or Wastewater PCI and PDI
Act as the main point of contact for dealing with any issues relating to your project portfolio
Work collaboratively within the ECI structure with the client, technical assurance, employers representative and operations to deliver project scope
Linking with senior management to provide timely updates on the progress of design outputs/deliverables relating to each project to assess the effect to workshop dates procurement, cost, forecast and variations
Commitment to be obtained from the scope performers and tracked against baseline to allow delays to be managed and opportunities to be maximised
Ensuring all necessary documentation is administered via the approved systems (eg BIM 360, process workflows).

Monitor and control of the project and adherence to the project programme
Management of the procurement sheet.
Identify risks to Design activities/outputs and provide notification to the client, to allow preparation of early warnings, claims, variations and final cost cap agreement
Identify and manage opportunities and influence positive change and improvements in the design process and wider team.
Liaise with the project team, including Programme Manager, Designers, Drafting team and H&S Manager, to ensure that all H&S requirements are satisfied.
Collaborate with the Project Team to ensure that they are motivated and fully understand the extent and timeline for their outputs.

Required skills for this role;

5 + years relevant post qualification experience in the execution of M&E or Civil engineering projects
Diploma/Degree/Masters level in a relevant Engineering discipline or appropriate experience (Mechanical, Civil, Process, Chemical etc)
Strong IT skills including MS Project
Good organisational and time management skills
Self motivated
Strong communication skills

Please note:

If you are an EU/EEA national, you will be asked to show proof of right to work in Ireland.

If you are a non-EU/EEA national , you will require current and valid permission to work and reside in the Republic of Ireland.

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Project Manager

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