Senior Project Manager

This position will be responsible for the delivery of carbon capture product development projects, coordinating globally dispersed technical teams and strategic suppliers. 

Key Responsibilities and Outcomes 

• Working closely with the Carbon Clean Innovation and Engineering Teams to deliver strategic product development projects.

• Development of the definition of and execution strategy for product development projects 

• Accountable for the delivery of assigned projects to the baseline scope, schedule, budget and execution strategy within Quality and Safety targets 

• Identify and proactively manage project/product risks, including capturing previously unidentified risks

• Status, progress and performance tracking against scope, schedule, budget, quality and product requirements 

• Active scope and change management, ensuring all changes follow internal work processes and managing CCSL Innovation Team expectations of the change itself and the impact of the change 

• Complying with company Project Delivery governance framework – supporting overall value and strategic needs. You will be expected to demonstrate that the basic principles of project success are in place. 

• Building trusted and credible working relationships both within and outside the company. 

• Effective people engagement and collaboration with strategic suppliers, clients, and internal technical support disciplines with emphasis on stakeholder management.
• Being a ‘good client’ to Carbon Clean’s developing supply chain, understanding their needs and expectations balanced with meeting commercial returns. 
• Identifying and raising issues early - Management of leading indicators for early identification of issues and corrective action. 
• Collaboratively problem solving issues that arise during development of new technology 
• Working closely with project controls function and project delivery leadership – utilise their accountability to enable your work scope to succeed. 
• Developing new ways of working for product development projects 
• Keeping multiple moving parts in sync, occasionally across several projects 
• Participation in and facilitate reviews for risk, cost, lessons learned, and work process improvements. 
• Support other project managers and project engineers within the team. 

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

To be successful in this role you should have a combination of the below knowledge, skills, and experience: 

The position would suit an engineering discipline professional, possibly process or mechanical. 8 years+ experience in supporting delivery of process-industry centric engineering projects.

• Degree level qualified. 

• Product Development experience including execution of projects with stage gates 

• Experience in projects with increased complexity and high uncertainty of the outcome 

• Agile project work experience an advantage 

• Knowledge of project controls and project management critical success factors with demonstrated experience of how they can impact performance.

• Demonstrable experience of project delivery in ambiguous and changing circumstances. 

• Working effectively with globally dispersed teams and supply chains. 

• Evidenced relationship building skills, especially remotely

• Proven track record of stakeholder management 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to influence both with and without authority across remote/dispersed teams and create a sense of community amongst project and supplier teams. 
• Working towards or completed Project or Programme Management Qualifications an advantage but hands on experience, and self-development from that experience, a must. 
• Client facing exposure an advantage.
• Experience of EPC type operations and technology equipment package suppliers, an advantage.

We give you 

• The opportunity to continue to develop both personally and professionally, in our rapidly growing company 

• A brilliant company culture that encourages initiative, collaboration, and positivity at work 

• Great office environment in our new London HQ, close to the South Bank, and Waterloo, Blackfriars and London Bridge stations 

• Hybrid working – with the flexibility to work from home for up to 3 days a week 

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Private Healthcare (family cover available for all colleagues)
• Health Cash Plan
• Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programme
• Generous pension contribution – minimum of 5% contributed by the company
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Perks scheme
• Support towards professional qualification and memberships

Everyone belongs at Carbon Clean

We are passionate and committed to our people. Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of forward-thinking people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are – we can’t wait to meet you.

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!