We are looking to expand our Germany operations team with an experienced Senior Project Manager to support the delivery of enterprise-level electronic security projects across a growing customer portfolio.
This is a highly operational, end-to-end role covering the full lifecycle of customer engagement - from pre-sales support and solution development through to project delivery, service coordination, customer management, and aftercare.
The role will work across complex environments including enterprise, commercial, warehousing, and data centre projects, with a strong focus on driving delivery standards, installation quality, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a trusted advisor and support point for your team, and customers, identify and remove roadblocks.
- Take ownership of all Project delivery aspects and ensure and smooth and efficient delivery of the project, and programmes.
- Plan and monitor programmes progress and individual project’s progress, ensuring accurate and concise data and information.
- Understand and drive the overall timescales and programmes of work, to achieve customers key dates and deadlines.
- Centralise documentation (reports, planning, financials, EHS, etc..).
- Day to day usage of client platforms to ensure paperwork is up-to-date (Tech subs, benchmarks, Quality paperwork).
- Assigns tasks to team members to ensure project objectives are completed as required.
- Oversees all project plans and implements job procedures, so construction schedules and coordination of projects are completed to a high level.
- Carries out site walks and reviews regarding progress, quality control, Health & Safety and general overall conduct. Driving for high standards in all aspects.
- Oversees customer orders internally and coordinates the procurement of materials, supplies and services, and controls timely delivery to jobsite.
- Own and lead change orders, changes in design, contract price, implementation plan or other activities and implements same.
- Devises a plan of action to remedy any project problems.
- Selects and monitors the performance of subcontractors.
- Keeps self, superiors and subordinates informed of all work and project progress.
- Maintain all records of job status, job changes, material flow and other control records and supervise the preparation and processing of reports for internal and external use.
- Assist senior management in forecasting and ensure proper job management and cost control by reviewing financial project data.
- Responsible for ensuring the team complete all paperwork including as-builds, purchase orders, job close out reports, handover documentation, commissioning sheets, internal company records and that jobs are handed over correctly, timely and to standards.
- Ensuring jobs are invoiced correctly and timely, profitable and revenue is received.
- Work in compliance with the company’s Health and Safety standards and requirements; with the safety of self and others in mind at all time.
- Take responsibility for adherence to SWI technical standards and / or customer standards on all projects.
- Build and maintain technical relationships with suppliers / partners.
- Travel to sites to meet all the on site project stakeholders (clients, consultants, other trades, direct staff, sub-contract staff, etc) and build relationships.
- Other reasonable duties maybe requested or assigned.
Qualifications:
- Recognised Project Management qualification is essential
- Good Project financial understanding
- Basic level of contract management knowledge
- SMSTS or equivalent Health & Safety qualification is essential
- Suitable ECS or equivalent is essential.
- A good working knowledge of enterprise level access control systems for sales and design topics (not advanced technical):
-Lenel
-S2
-CCure
-AMAG
Education/Experience:
- Extensive experience within the electronic security systems industry
- Extensive experience delivering enterprise-level access control and CCTV systems
- Proven team leadership and operational supervision experience
- Experience coordinating technicians, subcontractors, and project delivery activities
Please note that Professional working proficiency in German is essential for this position, as the role requires regular communication with customers, subcontractors, and operational teams across Germany.
