Position: Assistant Project Manager - Water
Location: Bournemouth
Salary Guide: £55,000 - £60,000 Plus Car/Allowance and Excellent Benefits
Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a number of water non-infrastructure projects for Bristol West Water.
They are recruiting for an Assistant Project Manager to help deliver single major clean water projects or a portfolio of projects across the framework. You will work with and support the Project Manager and take lead of project governance, supply chain relationships, takeover and client facing outputs, whilst enhancing health, safety, quality and environmental outcomes, customer satisfaction and commercial success. The APM acts as the PM's Deputy and supports the PM in liaison with the Client.
Responsibilities will include:
Supporting the project team in ensuring that all legal and industry standards impacted by the project are achieved.
With the PM ensuring that H&S management arrangements and people are in place for the duration of the project.
Administration of the Project Management Plan ensuring that Quality Assurance has been accommodated for in all parts.
Ensure that the Business Management System is deployed.
Ensure that all staff working on the project have enough training and experience for the role they are performing.
To have an understanding of all aspects of the client contract and the contracts cascaded to the project supply chain.
Supporting the PM & QS in supply chain notifications of potential EWN's, CE's, CI or change in scope.
Working with the PM & QS to ensure supply chain project costs do not exceed allowances.
Working with the LDE, PM & QS to manage internal design costs.
Ensure that project outputs are cascaded and communicated as appropriate to design and construction project team members.
Manage accountability of internal and external stakeholders in relation to programme obligations.
Ensure quality management and reporting to be in place and client KPI's to be managed.
Continuous improvement against contractual key performance indicators.
Take a lead role in the project governance from a client facing perspective ensuring that all contractually required documentation is progressed with the PM.
Assist in the resource profiling of the project programme & project team.
Supporting the Site Manager in look ahead and supply chain progress reporting.
Represents the PM when attending Client meetings
Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
Professional/management qualifications or transferable role specific experience.
Civil, Process/Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering background
Good working knowledge of all relevant H&S legislation and in particular duty holder relationships of CDM
H&S qualification SMSTS/IOSH/NEBOSH
Member of relevant professional body. (e.g. APM, CMI, ICE)
Working towards professional recognition with a chartered body.
Experience of the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects. Internal & external stakeholder management
Excellent communicator
Self-motivated, resilient, and tenacious under pressure
Leadership & management skills
Experience in the Water industry or similar process related sector is desirable
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