TerraQuest
Role: Project Manager
Location: Birmingham or Belfast in line with our Agile Working Policy. You will need to be able to work from either the Birmingham or Belfast office 2 days per week/office to be attended as often as business needs require.
Salary: Competitive
Who we are...
TerraQuest Solutions Ltd is an award-winning and market-leading specialist provider of planning, land, property, and business solutions. We are an established and trusted organisation that is renowned for its expertise in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions to both public and private sectors. Our team delivers bespoke, flexible, and efficient services through a process-orientated delivery structure. We pride ourselves on strong customer relationships evidenced by the high proportion of referrals and repeat business.
Why work with us…
We are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer, committed to supporting the well-being and development of all our people. With competitive salaries, enhanced Family Friendly policies; a fabulous suite of benefits (including: Pension; Life Assurance; Employee Assistance Programme; option to buy additional annual leave in addition to 25 days plus Bank Holidays); true flexibility with our Agile Working approach, and superb training and development opportunities, we really care about our team!
What we need...
Due to a period of sustained growth, we are looking to recruit a Project Manager to join our Professional Services team delivering specialist land and property services and land referencing projects to high profile clients undertaking major business process, infrastructure and regeneration development projects.
The Project Manager will have direct responsibility for delivery of projects utilising best practice project management procedures, monitoring and controlling project progress and performance, and reporting timely, accurate management information to the Operational Management Team and other stakeholders.
The Project Manager must direct and motivate project teams to ensure all projects tasks are completed to the highest standards and compliance.
What you will be doing…
- To ensure that all projects are operated to the highest levels of quality & compliance in line with defined standards, procedures and TerraQuest’s Business Management System, and meet customer quality expectations.
- To manage, monitor, report on and accurately forecast the financial success of the project with responsibility taken for its contribution to the company’s business goals.
- To take primary responsibility for developing and agreeing detailed project execution plans with the Programme Manager, producing all project documentation at project inception, Project Plan, Project Specification/Project Initiation Document as required.
- To liaise with and regularly report to the Project Board to assure the overall direction and integrity of the project.
- To direct and motivate Team Leaders/Managers and the project team ensuring all members are suitably equipped and trained to perform allocated tasks.
- To manage allocation of resources to projects ensuring members of the project team(s) are suitably skilled and equipped to perform required tasks, and to monitor progress, performance and quality.
- To manage technical quality of service deliverables and progress against plan, reporting/escalating any potential future deviations to the Project Board and/or Programme Manager in line with agreed project governance.
- Managing client relationships through the project life cycle ensuring expectations are managed whilst protecting and enhancing the company’s reputation.
What we are looking for…
Qualities and Skills Required
Essential
The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant to the business and have a minimum of 2 years of experience in project management or customer engagement within a similar environment. They must be adept at influencing and empowering project team members to meet objectives collaboratively and have strong skills in monitoring and controlling project budgets. The candidate should be capable of handling a large and diverse project workload, demonstrate proven leadership and motivational abilities, and exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills. They should be confident in managing difficult customers to achieve positive outcomes, detail-oriented, and able to work under strict deadlines within a team.
A focus on accuracy, productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness is essential.
Desirable
It is highly desirable for you to have a formal project management qualification and experience of land referencing, land ownership, or property subject area.
Please apply for more information and please do not be put off if you do not have all of the experience and skills required. If you have the majority of skills and relevant experience, we would still like to hear from you!
Please apply following the link below
https://terraquest.kallidusrecruit.com/vacancyinformation.aspx?vguid=43308e4e-13f6-423e-a085-981cb27b4464