Assistant Project Manager

Description

• Work closely with the Construction/Supervisor team to ensure permits, certificates and site reporting are managed correctly and align to project needs.
• Supports strong collaborative relationships with the Portfolio Manager, and key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full mutual understanding of the projects’ delivery objectives, to report on and review project performance, and to agree solutions to issues.
• Support the Design, agree and implement project plans, to ensure that all activities are appropriately organised to deliver project objectives, are appropriately resourced to deliver the required outcomes.
• Identify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop, agree and implement solutions to overcome these.
• Supports compliance with the DBFO contract clarifying roles and responsibilities within your team, resolving risks and issues in a timely manner, producing timely and accurate reports, and creating and maintaining specified records including change management.
• Support the performance of Framework Contractors and Designers as appropriate, ensuring that project objectives and requirements are clearly understood, setting clear expectations for health and safety management, time and cost; and taking appropriate remedial action where necessary.
• Support projects throughout their whole lifecycle through feasibility, design, and construction informing investment proposals for our clients.
• Support the delivery of the business’ sustainability activities including net zero and biodiversity net gain.
• Support the development of robust cost profiles identifying key risks and quantifying resource requirement.

Requirements

• Experience of working in teams to successful develop multiple projects concurrently.
• A strong collaborator, with integrity and experience of managing relationships with multiple stakeholders gaining the involvement and engagement of a wide range of stakeholders.
• Commercially focused, to drive project performance and ability to manage contracts to deliver outcomes.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, to clarify and ensure understanding of project strategies and solutions.
• High resilience, to deal constructively with conflicting priorities and setbacks.
• Periodic requirement for site visits (night shift).
• Experience of managing and maintaining agreed project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with Frameworks Contractors, Designers and internal partners.
• Full Driving License (desirable, but not mandatory).
• Ability and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when required.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance