As Assistant PM in the Transport Container team you will deploy your experience and techniques to appreciate the whole life-cycle of engineering consultancy projects. These will include initial concept design through optioneering, detailed design, substantiation of designs including physical testing, support to manufacturing of the radioactive waste packages across the UK and supporting operational fleets. 

As well as receiving first-class training and support in project management, you’ll work alongside and learn from some of the most respected and highly qualified professionals in their field.

• You will be an active team member in a supportive work environment, contributing to the achievement of real business objectives and assigned to live projects - some of which are the largest and most exciting projects of these types taking place within the nuclear industry.
• You will interface with other disciplines, project managers, production engineers, inspectors, nuclear safety, licensing, and engineering analysis specialists.

The portfolio of projects has many radioactive transport and waste packages in manufacturing phase or recently manufactured, so you get to see your hard work come to life!

This is a permanent opportunity, based out of our Birchwood Park office in Warrington.

The Assistant Project Manager will be involved in the following activities:

• Launches the Project.
• Set up project team, obtain resources and mobilise as part of a project.
• Prepare the PM Plan (in conjunction with others for larger projects).
• Prepare a project delivery and procurement strategy.
• Establishes schedule, Budgets, and sets up project cost control.
• Establishes base line budget and schedule. 
• Sets up work breakdown structure (WBS). 
• Sets up accounting structure to suit the WBS.
• Establish cost control methodology.
• Procurement and Subcontract Management:
• Execute the procurement exercise and review for supplier selection.
• Assess tenderer costs, performance indicators and let subcontracts.
• Execute placement of POs on behalf of the project and customer.
• Execute subcontractors in accordance with company subcontract management process.
• Monitor, Control, Report, Project Costs, Resources (internal and external), Schedule and scope.
• Maintain record of project costs and commitments, compare with plan, and take corrective action where required.
• Hold regular progress meetings with the customer and internal reporting with the business line manager.
• Track progress and resource usage on schedule, mitigate any deviations present or foreseen.
• Produce periodic progress reports for customer and internal, including financial reports.
• Supervise Project Teams to achieve project Safety, Quality and Delivery Strategy requirements.
• Supervise the Project Team or sub project in accordance with company requirements.

Duties and Requirements:

• Ideally engineering, or other technical/science based, degree or HNC/HND level qualification with some experience.
• Financial management experience is essential.
• Ability to working to tight deadlines & a strong team player attitude.
• Track record within a project environment with strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn and practise professional standards of behaviour and compliance with legal and technical requirements.
• Ability and aptitude to learn commercial awareness and the ability to negotiate with Clients.
• Some experience in the management and control of projects, including scheduling.
• Experience of project cost control including hands-on monitoring and reforecasting.
• Proficient in all MS Office suite including MS Project & Excel.
• Knowledge of, or direct involvement in, engaging with regulators or highly regulated practices (desirable).
• Ability to use Primavera P6 (desirable).