Project Engineer, Operations Manager

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We’re the UK's largest ports operator with a network of 21 ports around Britain. We handle around one quarter of the UK's seaborne trade and contribute £7.5 billion to our economy every year.

It’s a story we’re proud of but it doesn’t end there. We’re transforming our business and embracing the future.

We offer a vast range of roles spanning the UK, all rooted in a culture that welcomes diversity, fosters talent, encourages internal movement and progression, and places safety as our number one priority.

Our Wales & Short Sea Ports division is comprised of 16 specialist ports across East Anglia, the North West and Scotland and Wales and the South West. Through these ports we handle a huge range of products and customers including cruise & ferries, timber, dry bulks, building materials and metals. Due to an internal promotion, we're currently looking to recruit an experienced Project Engineer to deliver projects across our 7 ports in the Wales and Short Sea region.

You'll have a background in either Civil or Electrical Project delivery with values up to £20m, you should be degree qualified and ideally chartered or on the journey to chartership.

We have a number of projects across the region currently with a wide range of scope and values, these projects include new docking berths in Newport, new Substations in conjunction with National Grid, Berth Power Supplies and a recently completed Shore Power supply in Plymouth.

• Have the chance to make a difference in a business critical to UK trade.
• Work within an exciting, innovative, growing business.
• You can thrive in an inclusive environment where every individual can be themselves and feel respected.
• Receive competitive salary and benefits package.
• Get support for training, personal development and further education.
• Benefit from support and engagement through dedicated management and leadership.

• Safe and compliant execution of projects to Time, Quality, Cost and Risk from Concept through to Closure.
• Regular and timely project reporting enabling portfolio visibility, robust cash flow forecasting and risk management.
• Audit projects for compliance and delivery to the plan.
• Develop procurement strategies and project execution synergies, hence providing optimum value for money.
• Hold a full awareness of the 5-year business plan ensuring project sub-teams are adequately resourced to successfully deliver inline with Group policy, process and procedure.
• Alongside the Asset Management team, take an active role in developing the 5-year asset investment plans related to the creation, refurbishment and/or upgrade of the assets.
• Ensure alignment with Centre of Excellence and other senior project management colleagues across ABP.
• Mentor, coach and develop project team members both those employed as Project Engineers and employees delivering Capital spend within their port(s) / regions, e.g. Resource Engineering Managers.

• Educated to graduate degree level in an engineering discipline, ideally Civil or Electrical with relevant professional qualifications/professional body membership.
• Ideally be a member of a project management association.
• Proven track record of managing the delivery of projects across all aspects of the project lifecycle.
• Strong commercial acumen and working knowledge of forms of contract.
• Strategic, innovative, highly commercial and analytical.
• The job holder needs excellent interpersonal, communication and relational abilities. Understands the link between engagement and performance.
• Strong drive for continuous improvement - never satisfied with the status quo.
• Knowledge and experience of project management governance systems and continuous improvement in a regulated and/or safety critical industry.
• Experience of working with project management modules in an Enterprise Resource Planning system, ideally SAP.

We offer a competitive salary, contributory pension from day one (Starting at 3% employee contribution with 5% company match up to 18% combined), private healthcare, access to our Employee Assistance Program, 27 days annual leave (plus bank…