Welcome to the City of London Corporation JOB DESCRIPTION CONT.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
1. Supervise the overall performance of consultants or contractors and take action when undue delay or negligence occurs, recommending legal action or the removal of consultants or contractors where necessary.
2. Report to the appropriate Committees on progress with the projects and liaise with Chairman, Project Sponsors Co-Sponsors and Elected members as necessary.
3. Presentation of subjective reports, to Corporation Committees and External Bodies (Public Meetings, Trust Boards, Sponsors & Co-Sponsors, Grant Aid Bodies, Government Ministers, Departments Civil Servants, and Major Building Occupiers) concerning project strategy, programmes, budgets and outputs.
4. Manage the budgets for all assigned Projects and approve release of staged payments to contractors and consultants. Certify project completion and final payments.
5. Develop Risk / Opportunity Management Techniques – allocating risks as appropriate.
6. Formulate the professional, technical and contractual framework/standards for contractors, all external consultants and specialists to work to. Ensure that satisfactory procedures are in place for the co-ordination of individual responsibilities and timetables.
7. Resolve complex technical problems, where necessary. Where legal action ensues drafting Expert Witness Statements and giving evidence
8. Take overall health and safety responsibility for the refurbishment project operations in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.
9. To be fully conversant with and undertake all work in accordance with the Corporation’s Standing Orders, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, Financial Regulations, Control of Project Manual and City Surveyor’s Health & Safety and Departmental Manuals. To work in accordance with best practice as outlined by the Association for Project Management and other external bodies, e.g. JCT RICS, RIBA.
10. Manage critical paths and programmes on a number of different high value/high profile projects simultaneously.
11. Decide where emergency action is necessary e.g. suspension of operations or where additional specialist advice is needed.
12. Mediate and resolve disputes between consultants and/or involving the contractor.
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