Following our recent appointment to Affinity Water’s AMP8 framework our Southern Region is growing. We are hiring for a MEICA Project Manager to oversee the safe and successful delivery of projects across the Southeast of England.

The Role

Based in our St Albans office, the MEICA Project Manager will make the most of their proven technical and leadership skills. They will manage and report against operational and financial targets and closely manage programme and supply chain, including procurement and performance. As an experienced team player, they will be a leader across all aspects of work, from collaborating with other Barhale teams and communicating with clients to coordinating designs and resolving risks. It will also be vital that the MEICA Project Manager builds and sustains capacity and capability within the project team, making sure that the programme workstream is delivered effectively and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and executing all project-related activities.
• Overseeing operations daily to ensure work is done safely, on time and within the project's allocated budget.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with clients, supply chain and subcontractors.
• Developing cost forecasts throughout the project and bringing schemes in within budget.
• Meeting and exceeding Barhale MEICA and client expectations at every step.
• Ensuring client specifications and requirements are met by reviewing progress and liaising with the Barhale MEICA and project team.
• Contributing to the delivery of all work packages planned and scheduled by the project delivery team in line with programme constraints, quality standards and budgets.
• Reporting site progress and activities to line management and at monthly meetings.
• Chairing project-related and project-specific regular safety, production, and quality meetings.
• Managing all related health and safety standards, reporting and escalation.
• Contributing to future tender activities and work winning input.

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and they are our guiding principle regarding how we care and invest in people.  Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.

From the moment you join us, your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supported by;

• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Private medical
• 25 days annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours volunteering
• Employee assistance programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/van (dependent on position)
• Leadership and management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Flexible working arrangements
• Annual salary review
• Continuous service awards

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About Barhale

Barhale is a business founded on family values having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors including:

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel-fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products including PPE

Company Website:

https://www.barhale.co.uk/

Company Showcase Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFqsoclCUZA

Why join Barhale?

• As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
• Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• Broad range of civil engineering and mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within as we believe this is a key driver to our success