Assistant Project Manager

An exciting role for an Assistant Project Manager to join an established engineering consultancy at either their Lincoln or Peterborough office.

A large engineering consultancy that covers a broad range of sectors, including nuclear and energy, rail and infrastructure, buildings and developments and logistics.

The successful candidate would need to reliably commute to either the Lincoln or Peterborough office.

Due to continued impressive growth, an Assistant Project Manager/Coordinator is required to assist with managing the design process for a wide variety of exciting highway, railway, bridge and buildings projects from planning application through to project completion.

• Controlling the design process, from planning application through to project completion.
• Assisting in managing design team workloads and the planning of work packages.
• Managing the design scope, quality and project timelines to achieve project milestones.
• Setting up and managing drawing issue registers and work package submissions.
• Tracking project deliverables against the design programme/schedules Inputting into the maintenance of design programmes/schedules.
• Ensuring design teams prepare work packages in accordance with Employers Requirements Quality control and ensuring compliance with ISO accreditation to maintain business credentials.
• Defining project scope and assisting in the production of tender documentation

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Experience of working in similar multi-disciplinary engineering project team.
• Relevant engineering qualification (HNC/Level 4 or higher).
• A broad range of engineering understanding.
• Understanding of project phases from “Project Definition” to “Project Handover”.
• Understanding of health & safety and CDM regulations.
• Engineering / construction industry experience.
• Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.
• Commercial awareness of project change.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Primavera P6 experience desired but not essential.
• NEC Contract experience desired but not essential

• A hybrid working scheme is offered, and flexible working can also be arranged.
• Excellent career progression prospects.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Company funded professional memberships.
• Company sick pay scheme.
• Employee Assistance Plan.
• Family-friendly policies.
• Full support and guidance towards chartership.
• Funded team socials and events.
• High street discount scheme.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Mega-projects throughout the UK and internationally.
• Mental Health Wellbeing app.
• Specsavers discount scheme.

Atkins Search act as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialize in Construction, Consultancy, Residential and Infrastructure recruitment and service the East and West Midlands, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Peterborough and Northern Home Counties regions