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Manage a portfolio of large value projects across a portfolio, implementing and promoting Project Management principles such as change control, risk, financial and documentation management.
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Plan and manage the implementation of projects within the agreed requirements budget, time-lines and customer satisfaction.
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Manage the project, team members and suppliers. Ensure staff involvement, optimal and safe working conditions.
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Ensure delivery of contracted outputs to the required quality, evaluate project and supplier performance identifying lessons for future improvement.
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Understand the customers goals and how Ricardo can contribute to achieve them both within and in addition to current project activity.
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Manage project in accordance with Ricardo's processes and procedure and in line with Ricardo's governance.
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Drive project management practise within Ricardo, delivering, developing and using best practices tools and techniques for effective and consistent ways of working.
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Experience of working in a business/ client services environment.
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Flexible and results-oriented approach to meet varying and competing client and business demands.
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Strong organisational skills to be able to work on multiple tasks and to tight deadlines.
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A proactive approach to problem solving with strong communication and diplomacy skills to negotiate and influence internal and external clients.
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Good verbal and written communication skills.
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Excellent English oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with many audiences.
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Proficient in the use of Word, Excel, Project, and Power point.
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Be able to learn and proficiently operate Ricardo Rail's project management software tools.
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Project Management qualifications.
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Versatile and adaptable, able to operate under pressure to meet deadlines and for project success.
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Implementing and promoting Project Management principles such as resource planning.
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Project cost analysis.
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Support the growth of a project organisation, recruit necessary staff and resources and makes agreements for this purpose with internal and external suppliers, if required.
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Monitor project progress, making adjustments and negotiating changes with the customer.
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To be the primary customer interface for the project, establishing strong and effective customer relationships. Ensure a high level of customer service is maintained throughout the project teams.
