Assistant Project Manager

MWH Treatment Limited; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the water sector is looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join their Project Delivery team in Belfast. This role involves supporting project governance, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. The successful candidate will work closely with the Project Director to enhance project outcomes and maintain quality standards across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Educated to HND/HNC with relevant vocational qualifications or experience.
• Good knowledge of H&S legislation and duty holder relationships.
• Experience delivering multi-disciplinary projects.

Responsibilities

• Support the project team ensuring compliance with legal and industry standards.
• Manage project governance and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure quality management and training of project staff.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Leadership

Education

HND/HNC in related field

Tools

Digital Delivery Tools

Job description

We arelooking to strengthen our Project Delivery team with an Assistant Project Manager based at Belfast with hybrid working available.

You will report directly to the Project Director and your role will be towork with the Project Director on a portfolio of projects providing support to the PD’s general duties and taking the lead on project governance, supply chain relationships, takeover and client facing outputs. Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the project team and supply chain, striving to deliver enhanced health, safety, quality & environmental outcomes, customer satisfaction and commercial success. The APM acts as the PM’s Deputy and supports the PM in liaison with the Client.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting the project team in ensuring that all legal and industry standards impacted by the project are achieved.
• With the PD ensuring that H&S management arrangements and people are in place for the duration of the project.
• Administration of the Project Management Plan ensuring that Quality Assurance has been accommodated for in all parts.
• Ensure that the MWHT Business Management System is deployed.
• Ensure that all staff working on the project have enough training and experience for the role they are performing.
• To have an understanding of all aspects of the client contract and the contracts cascaded to the project supply chain.
• Supporting the PD & QS in supply chain notifications of potential EWN’s, CE’s, CI or change in scope.
• Working with the PD & QS to ensure supply chain project costs do not exceed allowances.
• Working with the LDE, PD & QS to manage internal design costs.
• To become proficient in the use of client’s digital platforms
  
• Ensure that project outputs are cascaded and communicated as appropriate to design and construction project team members.
• Manage accountability of internal and external stakeholders in relation to programme obligations.
• Escalate to the Project Director or QS any key project issues and risks with mitigation plans and actions.
• MWHT Quality management and reporting to be in place and client KPI’s to be managed.
• Continuous improvement against contractual key performance indicators.
• Take a lead role in the project governance from a client facing perspective ensuring that all contractually required documentation is progressed with the PD.
• Assist in the resource profiling of the project programme & project team.
• Supporting the Site Manager in look ahead and supply chain progress reporting.
• The APM represents the PD when attending Client meetings, reporting back to the PD on any issues or actions that arise.

Essential:Educated to HND/HNC and vocational professional/management qualifications or transferable role specific experience.Good working knowledge of all relevant H&S legislation and in particular duty holder relationships of CDM.H&S qualification SMSTS/IOSH/NEBOSHMember of relevant professional body (e.g. APM, CMI, ICE)Working towards professional recognition with a chartered body.Experience of the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects.Internal & external stakeholder management.Excellent communicator.Self-motivated, resilient, and tenacious under pressure.Leadership & management skills.Full driving licence.Desirable:Experience in water treatment plantsHave good knowledge of digital delivery tools.Technical Competencies: Skilled1. Contract Management2. Governance3. Budgeting and cost control4. Risk, Opportunities and issue management5. Project Planning (schedule)6. Digital Delivery7. Procurement (negotiations and management)8. Solutions development (pre- construction / design development)9. Client, stakeholder and conflict management10. Resource management11. Change management12. Quality managementBehavioural competencies: Skilled1. Communication2. Collaboration3. Client Focus4. Striving for Results5. Integrity, Trust and Respect6. Coaching and Providing Feedback7. Leadership