Assistant Project Manager - Leiston

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About the role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They're an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise.

Join our Rail team as an Assistant Project Manager on the Sizewell C Rail Scheme and you'll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you!

Supporting the Senior Project Manager, the successful candidate will be a change agent that provides management, leadership and inspires a multi-disciplinary team to achieve a common goal.

What you'll be doing

As Assistant Project Manager you will responsible for:

• Develop and maintain excellent client relationships by effective and timely communication and producing reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure that expenditure is in line with the budget and that resources are utilised efficiently to ensure cost control.
• Analyse, appraise and implement CEs.
• Ensure that robust and accurate cost plans are produced and reported against on a weekly basis
• Effective management of our Subcontractors and Suppliers ensuring compliance to all contractual and safety requirements.
• Approval and implementation of Project Quality Plans, Safety Plans, and Tool Box Talks.
• Support the safe delivery of the Project, fostering a positive safety culture.
• Lead by example to effectively support the company Safety Behavioural Programme including implementation of safety initiatives.
• Timely submission of internal and external reports; such as Client's Monthly Project Progress, and Stage Gate 6 reports to agreed format.
• Ensure that site records are produced and reviewed, to include site diaries, plant, labour, material returns and change records as minimum.
• Produce and maintain Project Risk logs identifying mitigation measures to minimise potential impact.
• Ensure that approved Contract Programmes are in place prior to commencement of works and progress monitored on a regular basis.
• Line Management responsibility, professional development and training requirements for project staff allocated.
• Development of Project Management Graduate.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Demonstrable knowledge of Rail industry, including construction techniques and processes in Track and Civils disciplines.
• Personal Track Safety.
• Excellent communication & people skills - developing & managing the relationship with the client is a key element to this contract.
• Ability to work under pressure, remaining focused and professional.
• Ability to positively influence others to achieve set objectives and targets.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with others to achieve aligned outcomes.
• Demonstrable leadership skills with ability and willingness to face challenges, solve problems, and motivate others, while maintaining effective relationships with customers by meeting or exceeding their requirements and expectations

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK's rail networks - designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com