Assistant Project Manager 1118CW Sizewell C, Suffolk £320 PAYE or £445 Umbrella per day Long-term Contract (5 years) Overview: The Sizewell C Project requires Assistant Project Managers to drive the delivery of engineering work by the Civil Works Alliance (CWA) and the engineering, procurement and manufacturing of key contracts. The first objective of the role is to sufficiently advance the engineering and secure the supply chain to de-risk the SZC Final Investment Decision (FID), through the maximum possible replication of the HPC detailed design. Each Assistant Project Manager will support their line manager PM/SPM in interfaces with other project areas, especially the SZC supply chain team, the Responsible Designer (RD), the SZC quality team and the suppliers to prepare for and execute the delivery phase of the project. Our Assistant Project Managers will support PM/SPM within the following area: Civil Works: the Assistant Project Manager role will support Project Managers in the development of strategy for delivering scope up to the value of £50m to cost, schedule and quality. This post may also has the responsibility to ensure delivery of or part of the engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction and commissioning activities in accordance with the overall Project schedule Job Purpose: The Assistant Project Manager role will work with the Senior Project Manager and Project Manager in developing the strategy for delivering the Civil Works to cost, schedule and quality within the agreed constraints. The works will include setting and implementing strategies for Design Management, Management of the Early Contractor Involvement Contract, Procurement & Commercial Management. The project is delivered through an organisation that comprises multi-disciplinary teams. The Assistant Project Manager is likely to work within such a team and will have a diverse role within it supporting delivery of work during all project phases within tasks areas that might include: 1. Nuclear Construction Excellence support 2. Health and Safety culture reporting 3. Quality reporting 4. Schedule review and progress reporting 5. Financial assessment and budget reporting 6. Contract administration support and reporting 7. Risk and Opportunity management synopsis and reporting 8. Deliverable development of contract scope 9. Stakeholder liaison and influencing 10. Joint Management Team Membership The main responsibilities will include: • Coordination and recording meetings with key project stakeholders (internal & external). • Supporting, coordination and attending Multi-Disciplinary Team and Joint Management Team meetings. • Organisation and coordination of Technical Engineering, Cost, Contractor and Scheduling meetings on behalf of the Programme Manager. • Actively encouraging and promoting continual development of challenging collaborative working behaviours to maintain efficient and effective delivery relationships between Design, Procurement, Pre-construction Planning and Construction teams. • Production of all Project documentation required to successfully deliver the Project scope. • Developing and implementing management systems, as required, supporting delivery and quality as specified by the Project Controls Department. • Ensuring that wider NNB arrangements are implemented, as appropriate, within the Programme of works and advising the management team of any necessary actions to ensure this. • Facilitate internal communications within the Project Delivery Team and the wider SZC Project teams. • Assist the Project Manager delivering the List of Deliverables (LOD). • Assist the Project Manager in applying the principles of Earned Value Management (EVM). • Assist in upholding the principles of Continuous Improvement. • Interfacing with other teams within Nuclear New Build (NNB), on specific tasks as required, under the direction of the Programme Manager for the team. Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions Project Management • Lead/support and assist on tasks required to support the Project Manager’s delivery of the project and contract scope for SZC. • Liaise and interface with the other key teams within NNB on specific tasks which are required to support the principle task of delivery of the project and contract scope for SZC. • Develop, implement and provide ongoing support towards the use of management systems which will support delivery and quality of the outputs from the Project Controls Department, including planning and document control processes. • Participate in providing support to the Team with regard to compliance with approved NNB procedures. • Participate in developing the relationships with key statutory stakeholders for the SZC project • Project manages delivery of documents required to secure Project delivery including those required for ONR L4 meetings. This will include the overall Planning Schedule, as well as detailed schedules for associated technical work streams. • Ensure that a full and auditable archive of project decisions is maintained to document the project evolution and history. • Support the project management functions of the technical work streams to help ensure they are completed on time and on budget, supporting the management of commercial and technical Work through all phases of the project. • Support the development of Joint Management Team and collaborative working to reinforce working behaviours against agreed principles and objectives. Financial Management: • Support the Commercial and Programme Managers in the preparation of necessary budget justifications, internal business papers and other approvals to the NNB SZC Project Board. • Provide support to some of the Technical Contract Leads in their dealings with suppliers. • It should be noted that this job description is not an exhaustive list of the responsibilities and activities that the job holder may be required to undertake.