Associate Project Manager in Manchester

Requirements

• Ideally with a Project Management/Engineering/Building Surveying/Architectural background, with design management, project management and contract administration experience.
• PMQ (or equivalent) recognized level of competence in Project Management – desirable.
• Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of construction contract, in particular NEC3 or 4 and/or bespoke forms of contract.
• Experience of projects or assisting the management of projects from inception to completion (RIBA Stages 0 – 7 or equivalent).
• Experience of working closely with multi-disciplinary design teams.
• Strong client facing and customer service skills, with the ability to understand clients’ requirements.
• Ability to lead a delivery team in a positive and confident manner, demonstrating an appropriate level of knowledge, skills and attitude.
• Trusted by peers, seniors and clients, to work in the best interests of all parties, fostering a collaborative environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Sound business acumen and strong risk/commercial awareness to deliver profits.
• An aptitude towards work winning through strong service delivery and understanding of bid process and different pricing models.
• Demonstrate a mindset for achieving the right outputs in a generally structured, but sometimes changeable project environment.
• Understanding of BIM.
• Demonstrates a proactive and flexible working attitude, is adaptable and responds positively to challenges.
• Current driving licence.
• This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.
• The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

What the job involves

• This role offers an excellent opportunity for a talented individual who wants to take the next step in their career and take responsibility for projects from inception through to completion.
• You will be an established Project Manager within the infrastructure sector, this role offers the chance to develop your career and expand your experiences across a wide range of challenging and exciting projects across varied markets.
• The position is likely to combine agile working from our NS&NI offices with time at client offices and sites.
• Our need to recruit comes from the success of our division and our pipeline and expected growth within the Northern regions across a variety of sectors, predominantly in Defence, Water and Nuclear.
• A role within the Infrastructure PDP offers the opportunity to work on the full suite of projects AtkinsRéalis delivers, be it refurbishment and new build projects, nuclear new build, defence, water, D&B projects and many more, which will enable you to demonstrate and progress your project management skills, knowledge and experience.
• You are likely to have several years of multi-disciplinary infrastructure project delivery experience, ideally from within a consultancy environment.
• Working with the support of the PDP team, you will be responsible for delivering schemes to budget and programme through RIBA Stages 0-7 (or the sector equivalent) and be the main point of contact with our clients on these projects.
• This is a great opportunity for you to work and develop within an internationally renowned consultancy, working on a variety of projects where your talent and skills can be demonstrated.
• Delivery of project management and contract administration through the project life cycle.
• Ensuring that there is a common understanding of requirements and scope, programme, costs, constraints, risk and interfaces across the team.
• Leading the project team – building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding, and developing the team.
• Communicating, liaising, and engaging with the client on a project-by-project basis.
• Deliver governance arrangements for projects within corporate and business policies, directives, guidance, and procedures to ensure a robust outcome.
• Ensure safety is prioritized throughout delivery.
• Manage the project within client and AtkinsRéalis agreed budgets.
• Management of Risk (and Opportunity) for the project from inception through to completion.
• Administer and negotiate change control from inception through to completion.
• Manage approved sub‑contractor procurement processes.
• Clear and accurate monitoring and reporting of project performance against programme, technical quality, financial and KPI targets; both internally and externally.
• Mentoring and developing of Assistant Project Managers and other team members, as required.
• Cognisant delivery of projects and tasks in accordance with the AtkinsRéalis Values, Safety, Integrity, Collaboration and Innovation.