The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UK’s & Ireland’s Building Services sector. Alternative Heat design, develop and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative, and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Europe.
What We Do:
We specialise in the design, supply, and installation of a wide range of prefabricated energy solutions, typically built in NI and shipped throughout the UK & Europe. We also offer turnkey design, build, and operate solutions for commercial energy centres and large-scale district heating solutions and have experience with successfully procuring and delivering many similar packages to a wide range of public bodies throughout UK & Europe.
Team Overview:
The Contracts department oversees the delivery and execution of projects from initial mobilisation through to completion and handover. Acting as the bridge between design, commercial, and on-site teams, the department ensures that all contractual obligations are met while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and efficiency. With a focus on planning, resource coordination, and problem-solving, the Contracts team plays a key role in ensuring our projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the satisfaction of our clients.
Role Overview:
We are delighted to announce the opportunity has opened to join the Alternative Heat team as Project Manager, overseeing and ultimately holding full responsibility on the delivery of specific projects across the Rhine-Main Region (Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach, Hanau), Prompting and directing the sub-contractors & direct employees and communicating with internal departs along the project lifecycle, everything from commercial, design to Health & safety.
Within Alternative Heat we provide a turnkey offering and have the individual departments to assist with everything from design, manufacturing & installation where the successful candidate will be responsible in prompting and directing the departments in completing tasks and ensuring successfully milestones are achieved through the course of a project.
Due to our continued success in the delivery of this sector across Europe, we are now one of the leading manufacturers in the delivery of modular off-site solutions and want to continue to grow our network to be the contractor of choice in the Data Centre Market.
Job Title | Project Manager
Location | Frankfurt
Hours | 08:00 - 17:00 Monday to Thursday 08:00 - 15:00 Friday
Salary | Competitive depending on experience
Responsible to | Operations Manager
- To manage and develop your site management team to ensure the delivery of a project in a timely manner.
- Liaise regularly with the client on-site as well as remotely to ensure they are satisfied with current progress and the forecast of up-and-coming works.
- Ensure your managers & site teams are working as efficiently as possible and all high-level objects have been set out for your management team to be accomplish in target dates.
- Ensure all drawings that the site teams are working to are the correct revision.
- Liaise with the project in house team and site teams ensuring all high-level templates are populated and Setout for the installation teams to follow. (i.e., Material trackers/programmes/lessons learnt)
- Ensure all plant and equipment are procured correctly, in line with the specification and client requirements.
- Throughout the project track costs (material & labour) to ensure the project will be delivered as per original target spends, communicating with the commercial department regularly.
- Assess requirements for labour and sub-contractors to undertake various elements of installation work and the development/expansion of your team.
- Vet all sub-contractors to ensure they fulfil company requirements and are engaged appropriately via fixed price order or JCT contract. This will be assisted by the commercial team.
- Prepare a weekly project meeting with the wider internal Alt Heat team to ensure critical path elements are being actioned and addressed by the relevant departments.
- Provide accurate information on contract variation and monthly claims back through to the commercial team for their monthly valuations.
- Attend monthly meetings with the Operations Manager to discuss team performance and areas to develop the team as well as looking at job performance.
- Ensure and assist with the preparation of O&M manuals upon completion of the project. Ensure the team has marked up all As-built drawings and compiled all associated certs.
- Ability to work in conjunction with the client to ensure Alt Heat and their site teams work is carried out safely and to a high standard.
- Ensure the tracking of project performance is tracked on a weekly basis via progress reporting back to the Client and higher level management.
Essential Criteria:
- Educational Background in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a comparable qualification.
- Fluency in German Language.
- Good Microsoft Office skills – to include Excel, Word, Projects, and Outlook.
- Relevant experience with Mechanical & Electrical Installations and Management within Data Centre Sector.
- Ability to take ownership of their duties and a willingness to grow and learn within their team and the company.
- Good communication skills both internally and externally with our clients.
- 5+ years experience managing site-teams.
- Delivered Projects to the value € 2M+
- Full clean driving license.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience working within international teams or on cross-border projects.
- Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
- Full in-house training and career development opportunities.
- Life assurance scheme.
- Annual leave increasing in line with length of service.
- Lavish Long service awards.
- Generously funded social events organised for all employees throughout the year via our Social and Wellbeing committee.
- Annual Christmas raffle.
- Yearly allowance for AH Branded clothing merchandise.
- Dedicated departmental budget allocated annually for team building events during working hours.
- Friendly and supportive working environment.
With over 20 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector.
Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and fabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m² of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.
We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe.
