Project Manager at Freshwave Group, England, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

We are the UK network service provider making digital infrastructure simple.

Whether indoors or outdoors, we make sure our customers can always connect their customers. We bring together mobile operators, central and local government, and real estate providers to work together in new ways using: Collaborative commercial models, combined real-estate and telecoms know-how, and global best practice.

We have 6000+ mast site locations, have connected 2000+ buildings and support 200+ outdoor networks. And our managed sites include some of the biggest, most challenging wireless environments in the UK, including railway stations, Canary Wharf, City of London and events like the London Olympics.

The Role:

We are hiring a Project Manager on a 6-month contract who will be responsible for end to end management of public safety and cellular in-building DAS, Microcells and Small Cell deployments, managing third party suppliers and reporting to the Senior Project Manager. The Project Manager 's prime responsibility is to ensure that a project produces the required products, to the required standard of quality, in a safe manner and within the specified constraints of time and cost.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of design, surveying and build projects from inception through to handover to client / maintenance.
• Cost management, producing project costs for issuing to the client, reviewing subcontractor quotes and managing full material procurement process within agreed budgets.
• Risk management, ability to identify key risks and how to mitigate/ control these with clear communication to senior management and the client.
• Management of multiple projects of varying sizes ensuring the programme and key SLA's are achieved
• Preparing up contractor packs and capturing key work packages for sharing with sub-contractors
• Familiarisation and compliance with company accreditations, procedures, processes, documentation and observance of health and safety requirements.
• Overall project safety and liaising closely with the health and safety department.
• Producing project construction phase plans (CPP), reviewing risk assessments and method statements (RAMS), ensuring all site works are completed in a safe and controlled manner.
• Support the training of junior project staff for career progression
• On site management, contractor performance reviews and overall progress updates.

Education:

• Project Management qualification such as Prince 2, Agile, Scrum, etc. desirable.
• Preferable health and safety qualifications (IOSH, CSCS).

Experience:

• Significant experience working in the Telecoms industry, namely in-building DAS, Microcells or Small Cells is essential.
• Excellent knowledge of the CDM 2015 regulations and implementing them to ensure safe working environments
• A good understanding of RF deployment architectures
• Good understanding of RF testing methodologies (VSWR, PIM, existing coverage, pre and post integration).
• Strong familiarity with wireless technologies GSM, CDMA, UMTS, W-CDMA and LTE.
• Knowledge/ experience in deploying 5G systems.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite - with preferable experience using MS Projects.
• Project management experience of the following Active equipment systems: Cobham (Axell Wireless), JMA Wireless, Commscope (Andrew), Corning (MobileAccess), ADRF, GWave Solutions or Solid in-building will be preferable.

Our Values:

Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it's needed.
We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals - think of them as what's important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.

The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:

• Engineering excellence (we're engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none)
• Do the right thing (we're neutral in our position, doing what's best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment)
• Set the pace (we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards)

Sustainability and CSR:

We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:

• Innovate for Impact:
  • We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we'll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most.
• A thriving workforce:
  • We're nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we're putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
• Embracing Net Zero:
  • This year we've baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

We value an inclusive environment at Freshwave and commit to celebrating the enriching contributions and perspectives that people from differing backgrounds and experiences bring. Equal opportunities are not only the key to our recruitment and selection strategy, but also to every other aspect of our employment. We'll ensure that a level playing field is provided from which everybody, without exception, can thrive. "

Reasonable Adjustments Statement:

Here at Freshwave, we're dedicated to making our recruitment process inclusive and comfortable. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting for some, so let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself. We'll look to provide reasonable adjustments during our process to support all applicants.