Graduate Assistant Engineering Project Manager

Express Recruitment are working alongside a rapidly growing industrial equipment supplier who are leaders within their niche field. Due to continued year on year financial growth and the announcement of several long-term lucrative contracts, our client is seeking the addition of a Graduate Assistant Engineering Project Manager to join their growing projects department.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive starting salary of up to c£30,000 alongside travel allowances, internal training scheme and genuine growth opportunities across the organisation.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Contribute to the successful delivery of end-to-end project lifecycles from concept to delivery

• Provide technical support to both internal and external stakeholders, providing regular progress updates across portfolio of projects

• Shadow Senior Project Manager during meetings with clients to learn and discuss project timelines, budgets, potential issues that arise and what solutions are decided upon

• Liaise with internal Engineering departments to update them of project modifications and outline new project procedures

• Maintain all relevant project documentation and ensure it is collated correctly within the company’s management system

• Attend client sites with Project Manager to obtain key information for project scope and future planning

• Learn and perfect technical product knowledge across the company’s suite of products, including programmable logic controllers, inverters, variable speed drives and LV equipment

• Degree qualified in relevant engineering discipline, ideally Electrical/Power/Controls Engineering

• Previous experience in a project-based role desirable but not essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to demonstrate calmness under pressure and when working to tight project deadlines

• Proficient with MS office packages, including Outlook, Word and Excel

• Full UK driving license essential

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