Project Manager

Business Background 

Who are LRQA? 

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training. 

While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow. By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future. 

 

 

What do we do? 

We help our clients negotiate a rapidly changing world, by working with them to manage and mitigate the risks they face. We serve a wide variety of industries, from food, beverage and hospitality to automotive,  aerospace and transportation. 

 

From independent third-party auditing, certification and training; to consultancy services; to real- time assurance technology; to data-driven supply chain transformation, our innovative end-to- end solutions help our clients shape their own future, rather than letting it shape them. 

LRQA currently operates across 51 countries, has more than 2,500 colleagues, generates £315m in revenue, and supports more than 60,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets. 

 

 

The next chapter for LRQA 

The future of business assurance is exciting and rapidly changing. New challenges and opportunities are arising all the time. We’re adapting to these challenges by expanding our portfolio of services and aiming to become the leading digitally enabled assurance provider. 

In November 2021, Goldman Sachs Asset Management acquired the LRQA business from Lloyd’s Register Group, of which it had previously been a part. Becoming an independent business accelerates our ambition to realise this vision.

 

We will now be able to: 

• Invest in customer excellence. 

• Build on strong foundations to lead the digital transformation of assurance. 

• Invest to enhance our products and services. 

• Accelerate the growth of the business and deliver on our sustainability strategy. 

 

With solid expertise and heritage in our sector, coupled with well-timed accelerated investment and a leadership team that is fully committed to delivering our vision, LRQA’s next chapter is set to be an exciting, transformational period of growth. We’re well placed to build on everything we’ve done and further our ambitions for the future. At such an exciting time key talent is critical, and this role is a great opportunity to be part of our next chapter. 

 

 

Role purpose:

• Manages a high complexity project.
• Acts as single point of contact for clients to effectively manage client and LRQA relationship.
• May be involved in single projects or a portfolio of projects and individual projects may comprise one or more client contracts.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of project performance, strategy, delivery and safety for increasingly complex projects.
• Manage the interface with the client’s project organisation to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of a project in line with the commercial, contractual and financial requirements of the contract.
• Provide expert guidance and direction by leading, managing and controlling assigned technical personnel including Project Teams.
• Manage the creation and monitoring of project schedules, financial tracking, risks and issues plus associated project documentation and supports compliance with all legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Assists in the development of reference and resource materials for project management.
• Management of the bid and tender development processes for individual contracts.

 

 

Key Health & Safety Responsibilities:

• Assess the risks and work in a safe manner at all times, robustly implementing health and safety rules, behaviours, instructions and systems and refuse to undertake work that compromises the safety or health of you or your team.
• Report in a timely manner all incidents including near miss and safety observations (NMSO), accidents and injuries and raise any health and safety concerns with your line manager.
• Monitor that work is carried out within an appropriate safety management system, including provision of equipment and maintenance of records.

 

 

Role Dimensions:

Number of direct reports:  0

 

Geographic area of impact:  Americas

 

Size of budget responsible for:  £1-2