Project Management Officer

Salary: £42.04 per hour

Project Management Officer – Kazakhstan – 6 months – Competitive day rate

A leading Facilities management company is urgently seeking an experienced PMO to manage 5 project managers on a project in Kazakhstan. The role will require you to be on site for the duration of the project in a camp style environment. The contract manages Catering, Hotel services, Soft Services, Utilities etc. English language is required, Russian language is a bonus. You will be experienced with managing multiple projects and be able to manage multiple stakeholders. Experience of mobilisations is essential

Purpose of the Job 

To lead mobilisation process to deliver our services in the most efficient and cost-effective way across up to 5 packages.

 Improvement of the management of risks and opportunities using standardized tools

 Promote consistency and efficiency through our project management discipline 

 Internal tracking and visibility given to the client using our phase milestones and standard reporting

Context and main issues 

The role objective will be to deliver a world class mobilization of new business, across multiple packages including, Food, Soft and Hard FM using existing business tools and process in a remote site environment. As the overall PMO you are an integral part of the account operational leadership team. You will deliver best in class project management processes from contract and solution design, through all stages of contract and operational mobilization.

Main Duties

 Be the main contact and interface for the program between the teams

 Provide an outline of the global approach, define timeframes and strategy for deployment, including meetings and training requirements

 Develop, lead and monitor an overall program of multi-site, multi package mobilization

 Lead and develop the drumbeat for the mobilization program 

 Support the development and execution of legal schedules related to the programme implementation 

 Consolidate and report the program’s performance progress against key milestones. 

 Act as a point of Governance to the client and advise on cadence of calls to keep all stakeholders informed of progress of the programme.

 Direct all stakeholders, package transition leads and managers in the approach, principles, strategy, processes, standards and tools

 Support networking of expertise on the program.

 Proactively monitor progress, ensuring stakeholders and business teams are convinced of the benefits and necessity to apply the processes

 Be accountable for the active management of risk, act as the owner of the risk register and action plan; co-ordinate and consolidate all business risks and chair risk management meetings.

 Proactively manage and work with stakeholders to identify and mitigate potential risks, escalating and implementing corrective action as appropriate.

Develop a “lessons learned” framework with the aim of ensuring that we have a closed loop business improvement cycle

Support Strategic Objectives

 Support Strategic team on building a network of peers within the industry

 Promote the standardised tools and processes from the Global Transition Team.

 Update and manage the Deployment Plan.

 Lead the internal and client facing weekly call to have an update of the deployment and see where to focus and update the allocation of tasks

 Support local PMs in their organization of PM activity

 Organise and host Kick Off Meetings as designated by the program.

 Ensure that consistent methodology and tools are being used in sites within the business environment to enhance business performance

 Ensure consistency between local commitments and strategy

 Maintain the momentum and commitment to change, constantly monitoring and evaluating outcomes

General

 Ensure Health and Safety is paramount at all times of self, colleagues and others

 Analyses Project functional performance and feedback to influence strategy development

 Ensures our company remains current by monitoring competition and best practice

 Ensures clients and customers understand the value of our brand

Accountabilities

 Update tools and processes following feedback and lessons learned on a periodical basis to ensure global consistency is maintained

 Maintain collaboration on a file sharing platform

 Promote and suggest continuous improvement

Person Specification 

 Minimum degree level or relevant industry experience

 Experience of opening new country entities

 Experience of remote sites in a gas and oil or mining environment

 Prince 2 or PMP/PMI Project Management Qualification would be an advantage but not essential

 Minimum 3 years successful experience in an operational position (Area Manager, District Manager, Large FM Site Manager) with significant exposure to Food and FM services 

 Demonstrates experience of Project Management

 Good oral and written English, Russian language is a plus

 Ability to undertake travel outside country of residence, travel to camps up to 80% of the role