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Job Description
About the Company:
We are a long-established HVAC company with a large customer base across the UK. Having experienced a good growth rate prior to COVID, we need to strengthen our team to build a positive forward strategy again. We are a customer focussed and cost-conscious company, working hard to deliver unmatched personal service to all of our clients. We aim to provide a progressive, rewarding, and cohesive atmosphere for employees which fosters respect of the trust customers, suppliers, and employees place in us.About the Job:
| Job Title | HVAC Project Manager |
| Report To | Greg Thomas – Project Team Leader |
| Salary Band | £40,000-£50,000 DOE + car allowance |
| Place of Work | Coventry office with the option to work remotely after probation |
| Hours of Work | Monday – Friday: 08:00 – 17:00 |
| Leave | 32 days paid entitlement |
Overall purpose:
We are currently looking for an experienced HVAC Projects Manager to work alongside our existing projects delivery team, covering all aspects of operational delivery and financial responsibility of projects from initial handover from sales to completion of O&M manuals and handover to After Sales Service team. You will be responsible for efficient and timely planning and execution of all stages of project delivery. The primary objective will always be to deliver to the brief agreed with the client, on time and within budget; including consistently reliable client liaison, programming and procurement of all labour, equipment, materials. Periodic on-site quality of work overview and management of all health & safety consideration and timely, accurate weekly management reporting of all projects are also key. You’ll be working within a fast-paced team and will be handling up to 15 projects at one time, with a value of up to £0.5M, so effective prioritization & communication skills are key. There’s also administrative support within the team to provide you with support.Top three goals
- Build strong relationships with repeat clients and valued subcontractors and suppliers that means they want to work with Aura again and again.
- Efficient, profitable management of all projects consistently within client timeframes and exceeding expectations.
- Elevate the Aura Projects Management team with increased best practices and constant improvement.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Surveying the job on site after order as required, and quantifying materials to be ordered.
- Liaise with sales team on the design for the job, take on design responsibility from sales team, including possibly attending a pre contract meeting.
- Raising purchase orders for the required materials.
- Ensure robust communications plans are in place for both the client and internally to ensure everyone is kept informed.
- Raising risk and method statements and any other health and safety documentation required by the client.
- Management of the installation including the use of any subcontractors.
- Deal with reactive client queries.
- Ensure O&Ms are assembled at end of job.
- Instructing / communications of invoicing and variations to the client and relevant parties.
- Attend site and office projects meeting and report on current status of projects.
- Provide & update reporting on project progression and key data to management.
- Hand-over of information to the after-sales team.
- Any other tasks required to ensure the project is completed on time and budget.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Project timeframes achieved.
- Projects delivered within budget.
- Engineers sufficiently supported.
- Work completed to the expected standard.
- Client queries deal with in agreed timeframes.
Qualifications:
- Project Management related qualifications, such as Prince2, preferred.
- H&S training such as SMSTS is preferred
- Full driving license, preferably clean.
- HVAC / Building Services technical ONC or HNC would be beneficial
- CAD experience is preferred
Experience:
- Successful proven experience within a similar role, managing for projects worth up to £0.5m.
- The proven ability to practically understand HVAC design fundamentals.
- Evidence of working on several projects simultaneously in and delivering them all on time and to the expected standard.
- Evidence of proficiency in AutoCAD.
- Experience working in a construction environment as a minimum, with a CSCS or SKILLcard ideal but not essential.
- Evidence of knowledge in either Engineering, Mechanical or Controls.
Skills:
- Accurate and organised with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to review specifications intelligently.
- Fantastic communication skills (verbal & written) when dealing with various parties.
- Shows initiative.
- A good team player
- Strong accountability skills
- Excellent time management and planning skills
- Ability to manage conflicting/multiple priorities.
- Positive attitude
- Basic Microsoft Office (incl. Excel) skills
- Exceptional commercial awareness
- Innate business acumen
- Ability to understand technical issues
- Analytical and logical problem-solving skills, with the ability to think outside the box.
- An ability to explain complex information in a clear straight forward manner
- Great numerical and analytical skills