Assistant Project Manager

AWE; Aldermaston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK seeks an Assistant Project Manager to support project teams in delivering critical projects. The role involves overseeing tasks, coordinating with various stakeholders, and managing resources. Candidates should possess a project management qualification and demonstrate effective communication skills. Benefits include a 9-day working fortnight, a market-leading pension scheme, and opportunities for career development. This position also offers hybrid working arrangements, allowing flexibility in work patterns.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Market leading pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Opportunities for Professional Career Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Demonstrate project management effectiveness through governance and compliance tasks.
• Build and maintain effective internal and external relationships.
• Read, analyze, and interpret project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and task management within projects.
• Manage project resources efficiently.
• Facilitate communication across stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management qualification/membership

Effective multi-task working

Clear and concise communication

Microsoft Office tools

Job description

If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.

AWE has a wide range of opportunities across multiple projects for Assistant Project Managers. We are looking for individuals who thrive on solving complex challenges in fast-paced environments, and who can lead and deliver on AWE’s mission‑critical objectives.

Join us and make an impact on projects that shape the future. We’re recruiting talented Project and Programme Professionals to work on a diverse range of exciting and critical programmes, including Infrastructure and Estates Projects, delivering new, complex, safe working environments; and Warhead Projects, supporting some of the most technically challenging and nationally significant work in the UK. If you’re ready to contribute to projects that matter, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking

Package: Salary from £39,500 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Closing Date: 16th February 2026

Let us introduce the role

An Assistant Project Manager will be a motivated and detail‑oriented professional who supports matrix project teams in achieving project timescales and aligning progress. Assistant Project Managers will work closely with Project Managers to coordinate delivery partners, monitor budgets, and help ensure that cost, quality, and safety standards are met.

The role involves preparing reports, maintaining project documentation, facilitating communication across stakeholders, and taking responsibility for specific workstreams or tasks. This position provides the opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain experience in commercial and operational aspects of project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Undertake tasks for Governance (compliance and reporting).
• Task management of project resources (people, money).
• Support the planning of the task/project.
• Support and initiate change against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
• Support, initiate and perform risk and opportunity identification and subsequent actions.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

Whilst not to be considered a checklist, an Assistant Project Manager should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Project Management qualification/membership (APM, PMP, PRINCE2) or equivalent experience.
• Build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
• Read, analyse and interpret charts, spreadsheets, schedules and (in some business areas) technical drawings.
• Clear and concise communication approach, both oral and written, at multiple levels.
• Foster good team morale and spirit and motivate others.
• Effective multi-task working, identify and manage priorities and work to challenging timescales.
• Possess good listening skills enabling requests to be assimilated and converted into action plans.
• Able to hold people to account when they under deliver or let standards slip.
• Must be able to use Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Some Reasons We Think You’ll Love It Here

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave – 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave – 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Hybrid working is available for these roles on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically, 2-3 days onsite per week.

Next Steps

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important Things You Need To Know

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.