Project Manager, Operations Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Salary: Highly competitive, dependent on experience

Job type: Permanent (subject to a six-month probation period)

Holiday: 31 days including Bank Holidays (three days over Christmas mandatory)

Pension: 6% company contributions

Location: Thetford (office days). Site days (nationwide). Regular working from home arrangement possible for the right candidate.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, organised, diligent and professional candidate with a strong background in Project Management or roles with similar levels of organisational skill and responsibility.

Working closely alongside Guardtech’s UK-based Projects Director and his team, you will help to successfully deliver turnkey construction projects and a variety of other exciting, high-quality controlled environment builds to our renown Guardtech Group benchmark.

Guardtech are a medium enterprise with massive aspirations. We achieve them by operating as a close-knit, supportive, flexible team. Any candidate must be able to show a willingness to pitch in and support the wider team generally whenever required. We expect all of our staff to relish consistently delivering the same outstanding results for our clients and to meet those same standards in all aspects of their working life.

• Obtain quotes from supply chain and improve on quotations where possible through competitive tender.
• Organise and order all materials required for the project.
• Liaise with suppliers regularly to ensure delivery dates are achieved.
• Schedule all Guardtech labour for projects – covering all structural, electrical, cleaning and commissioning tasks.
• Organise and manage all sub-contracted labour.
• Update BOQ to reflect additional purchases made onsite and actual labour spent on project.

• Manage design process communication – obtain drawings from client.
• Refer to supply chain and work with Design department to sign off any supplier drawings.
• Organise ‘as-built'’ drawings for end of project and issue to client with O&M.

• Compile project schedule to share with stakeholders.
• Issue updated project schedule each week alongside weekly project report.
• Ensure Guardtech Operations team are aware of schedule and resource required.

• Manage and supervise Guardtech resources to meet agreed timelines
• Manage and supervise sub-contracted resource to meet agreed timelines and ensure any variations, if required, are passed directly on to client.
• Manage suppliers to ensure goods are delivered on time and to agreed quality standard. Manage complaints if necessary.
• Responsibility for site Health & Safety – including compilation of the site H&S Construction Phase Plan.
• Management of site to include waste management, hire equipment, materials storage, tool storage and charging, site welfare, parking and signing-in process.
• Organise RAMS from sub-contracted labour and suppliers and compile RAMS for all Guardtech activities.
• Ensure project is in full compliance with CDM regulations.
• Request regular updates, conduct progress reports and obtain photographic evidence from sub-contractors and Guardtech Install team to provide confidence against the project timeline, updating weekly report to reflect.
• Facilitate all deliveries and collections and organise all additional supplies required.

• Conduct monthly site walk around and agree invoice schedule with client.
• Attend all relevant onsite and offsite (Teams/Zoom) client/main contractor meetings and take detailed minutes.
• Raise official RFIs and issue to client to cover and clarify any client or main contractor requests, pointing out variations if required.
• Conduct snagging process using site audit pro and get signed off by client before committing to remedy.
• Create and issue Weekly Project Report to client.
• Facilitate onsite communication and record where appropriate, act when possible as the bridge between client and our delivery team.

• Organise and manage creation, execution and delivery of O&M Manual.
• Organise and manage all updates to drawing pack, updated drawing register and weekly client issue of drawings.
• Organise and manage full commissioning…