Junior Project Manager
Reporting Line Manager: Project Manager
This hands-on role has two areas of focus:
Assist project management team with delivery of major full service productions and projects. Including the coordination, pre-production, systems design and delivery of a broad range of projects. But also to act as project manager for allocated rental projects, including client negotiations, technical specification, quotations and delivery.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities:
- Act as Project Manager in all areas of delivering an allocated project; to include calculating technical specifications, equipment, crew schedules, power specification, transport requirements, etc. This project handling will be practically, administratively and commercially.Handle project enquiries for full-service production projects. Process client requests and issue quotations / proposals for services efficiently.
- Assist Senior Project Managers in the pre-production and delivery of major rental and installation projects of the company.
- Match client requirements to available rental stock to maximise profitable delivery and execution on specific projects.
- Provide and coordinate out of hours support and advice to active projects and clients, across the teams managed.
- Assist with the efficient allocation of assets to projects. Be aware of the profitable and maximum utilisation of assets required and the minimisation of costs incurred.
- Monitor project progress and act as point of contact for client in the event of any changes or additional requests throughout the project.
- Prepare all paperwork and keep job files for each project updated and available for input from other team members.
- As required, coordinate equipment prep stage of a project within company’s warehouse facilities, to match clients requirements. Liaison with Operations Dept., in the completion of the show prep process and successful delivery of equipment orders to match client expectations.
- Identify and locate potential projects and sales opportunities for the Company, feeding information back to team members and reporting line manager. Actively coordinate sales intelligence information and input from broader team and discuss at regular staff meetings.
- Keep the Line Manager and company’s systems up to date with all aspects of client contact, project progress and prospective commercial contact, both positive and negative.
- Assist clients to specify equipment lists from lighting and technical plans. Assist with sourcing relevant production details from the customer, monitoring and follow up.
- Managing any project changes and customer confirmations, collating and reporting all charges to be invoiced.
- Attend production and site meetings as required.
- Undertake client visits and site visits, as directed.
- Provide support to the Directors, in other aspects of the business’s activity, as required, requested and directed.
- Within allocated projects, maintain overview of the booking and allocation of full time and freelance production crew with experience appropriate to the work.
- On specific projects; oversee equipment and crew on-site and act as representative of the company, to the client.
- Keep all work related information confidential and acting in a professional manner at all times, in all work and industry-social situations.
- Identify any areas of our operation where you believe training and additional skills may be required or benefit yourself or the business.
- Provide feedback to Directors of any areas of improvement, development or growth of the business identified. Take a role within the team in problem solving and contribute to team & business improvement.
- Be aware of and complying with the company Health and Safety Policy.
- Ensure that the Company’s policies, rules, procedures and obligations are observed in carrying out the above duties.
Representing the Company:
- Identify business opportunities with the aim of efficiently maximising the rental revenue and resulting profit margins.
- Assist in marketing projects as requested. Attend trade shows and other industry events as necessary.
- Keep abreast of any technical issues and new products that will enhance our rental inventory and services offer.
Skills Required:
- Good communications / interpersonal skills.
- Commercially aware. An understanding of profitability, margin protection & cost control.
- Good working knowledge of full range of current lighting, video, audio and rigging systems and terminology.
- Strong IT knowledge.
- Able to write a proposal and express an idea or concept to a client or industry partner, either written or verbal.
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Proactive, self-motivated individual capable of working on their own initiative in a constantly changing and pressurised environment and fast developing company.
- Full driving licence and passport required.
- Ability to travel within UK, Europe & internationally, often at short notice.
The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be exhaustive. Employees are expected to adopt additional tasks when required. These tasks will be in keeping with the general profile of the role.
Applications, including a covering letter and CV, in strict confidence to:
sa*@*****co.uk