Project Manager

Atkins has been appointed to the role of Planning and Integration Consultant (PIC) for the Qatar Central Planning Office (CPO). This has seen Atkins establish a project team in the client’s office, with a remit to co-ordinate the development of new and existing infrastructure in the country.

The role of the PIC has seen the establishment of a large project team, circa 100 people, that requires significant project management.

The project manager will be responsible for developing control documents, plans of work, resource plans, periodic reports, and identification of change. This role will be carried out on behalf of each programme of work performed by the PIC. Qualifications

Project Management accreditation – APM, PRINCE2, IPAM, CIOB, PMI, RICS Bachelors Degree, preferably related to the built / infrastructure environment

Essential Criteria

At least 10 years experience within the infrastructure or built environment Numerate with intermediate excel skills to allow sorting, filtering, analysing, and presentation of data. Demonstrable technical knowledge of transport infrastructure and the built environment Logical and structured approach to planning tasks for each programme of work Demonstrable ability to liaise with colleagues and extract data in order to perform the required tasks Able to effectively document and control processes Able to effectively communicate and report to varying audiences using various tools Must be fluent in English – both written and verbal

Desirable Criteria

Experience in the Middle East is desirable Ability to use Microsoft Project

Responsibilities

The project manager will be required to support and internally co-ordinate the technical activities of the PIC through the following activities :

Control Documents – primarily this will be the creation and maintenance of the Project Management Plan (PMP) for each programme of work. The PMP will set out how each programme of work will be defined and delivered and will be cross-referenced to all generic PMP systems and processes. Plans of Work will be developed at a level of detail to suit the following time periods :

12 month look ahead 3 month look ahead 4 week look ahead Weekly plan

These plans of work will articulate the activities required to deliver the objectives of each programme of work within the timescales set down by the Employer or PIC Director.

They will be at the appropriate level to allow task-related resourcing that will support the resource plan. #J-18808-Ljbffr