Assistant Project Manager

Job Description:

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Contract

6 Months +

Derby / Warrington

We are looking for experienced Assistant Project Managers to assist our client who is a market leader within the Nuclear industry, involved in a cutting edge project for a new type of Power Station.

The Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for helping to achieve successful delivery of the project to time, cost and quality through the application of project management experience within the Nuclear industry.

Assistant Project Manager Role

This role, reporting to a Programme Manager, will provide project management support to a dedicated project or programme of work. The projects and programme will have strong engineering, procurement, construction and/or regulatory focus, in relation to the development of a new nuclear power station. This role will involve managing a specific project(s) and will provide support to the Programme Manager. The role will require a level of project and programme management experience.

Assistant Project Manager – Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring on-time and on-budget project delivery of their own projects.
• Ensure the project plans are kept up to date by the team, with support from the Project Planners.
• Manage the regular update of financial forecasts, with support from the Cost Engineers. 
• Working with key internal stakeholders to understand performance and status of the key deliverables.
• Reporting performance and escalate issues to the Senior Project Manager.
• Creating a positive and productive work environment both within the project team and across other business functions.
• Document lessons learned and apply these in future work.
• Review and manage project risks and provide actionable mitigations.
• Identify and implement improvements to the organisation’s processes and ways of working.
• Ensuring compliance with project management processes and procedures.
• Support meetings with external stakeholders as required.

Assistant Project Manager - Experience

• Experience in project management to ensure breadth and depth of role.
• This role will report to the Programme Manager.
• The Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for helping to achieve successful delivery of the project to time, cost and quality through the application of project management experience.
• Knowledge: The Project Manager needs to be familiar with project management methodologies and tools. They should also have a good understanding of risk management, budget management, and change management.
• Experience: Should also have experience managing projects. This should be demonstrated by previous on-the-job experience. There should be previous experience of setting up and delivering complex engineering projects (multiyear, multi £M projects).  Experience of working in teams developing schedules and budgets to achieve outcomes including monitoring the performance of a complex project or programme.
• Skills: A variety of project management skills, such as planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and change management. 
• Industry knowledge: Have a good understanding of the SMR industry. Including knowledge of the regulatory environment, the competitive landscape, and the latest trends and developments.
• Technical knowledge: Have a strong understanding of the engineering principles and practices relevant to the projects they are managing. This includes knowledge of the specific technologies and tools that are being used. Previous Regulatory experience would be advantageous, managing licensing or consenting projects, working with government bodies or delivering projects in complex regulatory environments.
• Technical skills: Knowledge of specific software and tools (training can be provided where gaps exist), including Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, ARM, SAP, Excel, Power BI and Power Apps. 

Applications:

This vacancy is available to Candidates with relevant experience as detailed in the job description. Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to respond to applicants who do not possess the required skills and experience. 

Candidates must be authorised to work in the country where this role is located BEFORE making an application.