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Assistant Project Manager

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Plymouth, Devon, England
Junior
Plymouth, Devon, England
Junior
As a Junior Project Manager, you will support the Project Manager in overseeing project delivery, manage risks, and coordinate with engineering teams.
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Company Description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 7,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.

We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all

Job Description

Are you ready to take your project management career to the next level? Join a leading organisation at the forefront of ship and submarine sustainment programmes, delivering state-of-the-art docks, berths, and infrastructure upgrades!

Your future team:

As a Junior Project Manager, you’ll play a key role providing support to the Project/Package Manager who is managing the overall facility design contracts. You’ll collaborate with multi-discipline designers & consultants to enhance docking capabilities at a high-profile client site.

Your missions:

The Junior Project Manager will be responsible for the delivery of a sub-package of works, including schedule, scope, contractual, financial and risk management functions. Day-to-day tasks will include:

🎯 Assisting the technical and project team in development of requirements, project scope and solutions for specific work packages.

🎯 Providing oversight of the technical delivery and ensuring integration between multi-disciplinary engineering teams within building services or related engineering disciplines.

🎯 Translating supply chain reporting into useable data to inform planning, monitoring and control of work packages.

🎯 Managing the risk process including the identification, assessment, planning and implementation of risks, opportunities and issues.

🎯 Developing Stakeholder management and communications plans.

The role will require frequent travel to design consultants’ offices UK-wide (predominantly Bristol and Plymouth).

Why join the community of Switchers?

As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world, Assystem offers a competitive benefits package which includes:

💥 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays

💥 8% company pension contributions

💥 Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care

💥 Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more

💥 Get professional and industry membership fees paid for.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Skills to be successful:

💡 Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering (preferably Building Services, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil) or a Project Management discipline with a strong engineering background.

💡 APM Project Management Qualification (PFQ/PMQ or equivalent)

💡 NEC4 Accredited Project Manager (desirable)

💡 Experience in heavy civils, building services, or complex infrastructure design projects (desirable)

💡 Knowledge of highly regulated environments (Nuclear preferred)

💡 Client-side NEC4 contract experience (ideal)

💡 Strong skills in document management & risk assessment

 

This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in Defence design & safety engineering. You'll gain invaluable experience and have excellent opportunities for further development & progression within our company! 

Additional Information

🔹 Sole UK Nationals required.

🔹 Candidates must capable of securing SC clearance (can start on BPSS).

🔹 The role will comprise of a mix of working from home, the Client site office in Plymouth and suppliers offices.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Top Skills

Document Management
Engineering
Nec4 Contract Management
Project Management
Risk Assessment

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