Build Manager - Electrical Vehicle Charging Points

Working in Hammersmith, UK - with travel required across the UK

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages the build plan, knows exactly what's happening, when and what the key issues and considerations are, that might impact delivery and feeds these back to Leadership Team
• Develops close working relationship with transport specialists, planning team, build partners and suppliers to ensure they deliver on-time and to budget once contract (with CPO) signed
• Works with build partners, suppliers and VM to look for opportunities to reduce build costs and drive process efficiencies
• Undertaking technical and feasibility studies including site investigations, using a range of computer software for developing detailed designs
• Designing and maintaining EV charging infrastructure, compiling job specs, preparing contract documents, and supervising tendering procedures
• Resolving design and development problems
• Provides service reporting on all live EVCs sites and works to minimize outages
• Provides accurate cost estimates at the earliest part of sales process - owns the delivery of cost estimates as part of sales cycle
• Planning and supervising projects, managing construction teams, and supervising roadworks
• Ensuring projects run smoothly and structures are completed within budget and on time, managing budgets and project resources
• Scheduling material and equipment purchases and deliveries
• Making sure the project complies with legal requirements, especially health and safety
• Assessing the sustainability and environmental impact of project

Key Success Factors

• Focussed on delivering cost effective builds to budget and time
• Manages the deployment plan from commit point onwards
• Reports on service delivery (post go-live) to ensure SLAs are met

Qualifications and Education

• BSc in networks, engineering or IT
• 6+ years of infrastructure build experience involving fast-paced delivery cycles
• Experience with process improvement and inventory control
• Advanced time management and analytical skills
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Results driven and committed to high standards of project management
• Full Clean Driving Licence

Skills

• Focused on delivery to time and budget, whilst meeting growth goals
• Able to juggle multiple conflicting priorities at once
• Expertise across deployment of power and telco infrastructure
• Deep knowledge of construction activities
• Excellent understanding of civil works processes for new infrastructure build and all the issues this entails
• Knowledge of EVC value chain highly desirable
• Commercially astute looks for ways to optimise our solution

Experience

• Proven experience (4 years minimum) as an assistant build manager, ideally within a similar sized business or one that has been through a similar journey.
• Recognised project management certification like PRINCE2, PMP or related is preferred
• Qualified NRSWA Supervisor and Health & Safety accreditation is preferred
• Smart city and IOT experience is an advantage