Project / Ship Manager

A&P Falmouth – Project / Ship Manager

We are growing our team here and are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join the team at our Falmouth facility.

Our Project Management team are critical to the business as the main interface between A&P Group and our customers co-ordinating and expediting all aspects of projects including planning, managing budgets, coordinating the team and ensuring successful delivery

This is a great opportunity for someone who has either been developing their career towards Project Management and the level of responsibility that comes with it, or alternatively you may be in a similar role and looking for a fresh challenge.

So, what will you do?

Home to one of the world’s largest natural deep-water harbours, A&P Falmouth’s facility is one of the largest ship-repair complexes in the UK. As a Project / Ship Manager:

• Develop project plans and schedules, manage project budgets, procurement and resource allocation
• You’ll lead the team monitoring progress, identifying as well as mitigating risks and ensuring all work is safe compliant, delivered at the right quality standard and is profitable
• You’ll familiarise yourself with all aspects of the projects that you manage from specification, tender and all of the associated documentation
• Ensuring all issues are captured you’ll manage, monitor, maintain and report the progress and financial achievement of the project to the leadership team

And what are we looking for?

• Experience in ship repair or in an engineering / fabrication environment
• Experience of project managing or engineering mid to large-scale projects would be ideal
• Competency using MS Office and planning tools eg MS Project or similar
• Leadership, problem solving, risk management and relationship management skills
• Procurement and budget management skills including data analysis, excel and management reporting capability with accuracy and attention to detail
• A strong planner and organiser comfortable making decisions to meet targets

Why join us?

• This gives you the chance to make a real impact on the future of the business, in a supportive and collaborative work environment
• Our customers constantly present us with exciting projects providing opportunities for growth and advancement
• Salary based on experience and what you will bring to the role
• Important benefits like your Pension which includes an employer contribution of us to 4% and Life Cover at 7x your basic salary
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Due to the nature of what we do for some of the customers that we work with, some roles working for A&P are subject to security control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform with us.

All successful candidates must undergo security check as part of pre-employment checks. This will include National Security Vetting to Security Check (SC) Clearance level which will include an enhanced DBS check, further information on requirements for SC Clearance can be found here.