Are you an experienced Assistant Project Manager seeking a new challenge?

Interested in joining a leading multi-million-pound organisation to work on one of the most exciting projects in recent years?

Do you wish to take on a role with excellent opportunities for long term career progression?
 

A bit about the role
As Assistant Project Manager, you will be responsible for creating and updating the progress baseline schedule plans and recording of progress, resource loading and expenditure as well as working within multidisciplinary project teams providing planning support to both the project team and clients.

We are currently looking for Assistant Project Managers for our following portfolios within Advisory; Energy, Defence, Water and Environment, Transport – HS2, Railways and Buildings – stadia, office fit, NHS/healthcare. If you are experienced in any of these areas, please specify in your application.

We are recruiting across the UK and in key areas such as; London, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol, Cumbria, Reading, Swindon, Plymouth, Exeter, Cork, Dublin.
Please confirm your preferred location and whether you are willing to relocate.

What your day may look like;

• Demonstrate some project management and delivery experience;
• High degree of commercial acumen and knowledge of planning and project controls
• Developing knowledge and application of project management methodologies;
• Comfortable working as a consultant within a client environment;
• Relationship building skills –ability to build strong relationships with clients, teams and stakeholders;
• Effective communication with client’s project team and business manager
• Essential soft skills include self-motivation; taking initiative, adaptability and flexibility; effective listening, collaboration; insightfulness.

Required criteria for the ideal Assistant Project Manager:

Required;

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
• APM PMQ level qualified or equivalent (e.g. Managing Successful Programmes, PRINCE2 Practitioner)
• Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM)

Desirable (but not essential);

• Project delivery experience within the water and environmental sector or similar technical sectors;
• Experience in prioritising own workload and co-ordinating other team members;
• Working knowledge of project management software
• Knowledge of contracts including NEC
• Good analytical thinking and research skills

The advisory and programme delivery division delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity from £million’s to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting, education and healthcare management.

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can assist.

Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.

More about Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence.