Senior Project Manager - East Midlands Airport

Overview

East Midlands Airport connects over 4 million passengers with more than 80 destinations across Europe and is the UK's number one provider of pure freight services. Part of the largest UK owned airport operator group, MAG, East Midlands Airport supports over 6,000 jobs and generates around £300m each year for the region.

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You'll also have access to some great benefits including:

Role purpose

The purpose of this role is to support with safely and successfully delivering Capital Delivery Projects across the airport portfolio. You will work in conjunction with the Capital Delivery and Asset Management Teams at the airport, supporting on delivery to agreed budgets and timescales.

Project scope

Our Capital Delivery projects currently include all 3 airports and all categories, Terminals, Airfield, and Infrastructure. We forecast capital investment FY21 circa £130m, and this role will have accountable delivery of the annual CAPEX spend, 20+ contractors, and over £2million spend.

Responsibilities

• Adopting an "Airport as the customer" approach to successful delivery of projects ensuring minimal disruption to Airport operations
• Maintaining a clear focus on driving programme efficiencies through intelligent resource utilisation and project bundling opportunities
• Delivering as promised - Cost, Schedule & Quality

Qualifications & experience

In terms of experience, the successful candidate will ideally have experience of working the transport sector (Aviation; Rail; Highways) delivering complex construction projects. A University Degree and Chartered or Incorporate Engineer is highly desirable but not as essential as PM qualifications - APMQ or Prince2

We are also looking for organisation leadership, the ability to deliver through others, influence without direct control and experience handling project development from explore through to handover.

Demonstrable success in the above is important, as is commercial acumen

Project development and delivery, Strong IT skill, including MS Word and Excel • Strong stakeholder management skills; able to engage and communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and to effectively manage conflicting stakeholder demands.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We're also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

How to apply

You can contact the team by emailing

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women's Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity