Assistant Project Manager

Sigma; Castleford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Career Band (Internal Only): 5 | Hours Per Week: 40 | Closing Date: 2nd May 2025

Overview of company:
Sigma are experts at transforming commercial space. With over 20 years’ experience operating in the fast-paced and dynamic retail sector, Sigma provide a true end-to-end service; from store construction and consolidation to fixture procurement, projects, and mechanical & electrical installation.

Ranked in the top 10% of the 2019 Sunday Times International FastTrack 200 awards, we’ve been acknowledged as being one of Britain’s fastest growing private companies.

It’s our people that make us who we are, and we are proud to have some of the most experienced, knowledgeable, passionate, and dedicated individuals within our industry, at every level in our business.

Sigma is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

Outline of Role:
As Assistant Project Manager, you will be responsible for helping lead and develop project teams, develop your own customer relationships, ensure project delivery is excellent, deliver H & S excellence in line with company procedures and the projects are profitable in line with budget and always looking for ways to exceed.

Main Responsibilities:
You will assist the project manager with:

1. Developing client briefs into workable project profiles
2. Forming scoping documents and specifications
3. Assisting QS to produce cost plans
4. Design management
5. Contract administration
6. Programming and phasing of projects
7. Managing project meetings
8. Commercial - ensure profit plans, CVR’s and resourcing are all accurate
9. Ensuring all projects are delivered to exacting standards, on time and in budget.

Knowledge/experience Required:

1. Background in fitout / construction
2. Retail experience
3. Accountability

Benefits:

1. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
2. A day’s ‘birthday leave’ to be taken within your birthday month
3. Opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday*
4. Opportunity for hybrid working*
5. Ability to participate in the Octopus EV salary sacrifice scheme*
6. Ability to participate in the Cycle to Work Scheme*
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Healthshield cash plan with discounts on high street stores
9. Free external financial advice - offering support for mortgages, pensions and insurances
10. Enhanced family friendly pay*
11. Free tea, coffee and fruit on all sites

∗ Subject to eligibility

Opportunity to be involved with:

1. Group Colleague Board
2. Quarterly Corporate Events/Charity Involvement

Sigma is committed to providing colleagues with opportunities to progress their career, supported by a range of training and development activities and interventions.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to join our growing, winning team we’d love to hear from you.