Assistant Project Manager

Connect Plus Services; South Mimms; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at Connect Plus Services as a project management professional, leading impactful highway projects with budgets ranging from £100k to £3m+. Collaborate with diverse internal and external stakeholders to enhance safety, technology, and infrastructure within the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong collaborator with experience in managing relationships with stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support collaborative relationships with key stakeholders.
• Supports compliance with contracts and resolves risks and issues.
• Manage project lifecycles from feasibility to completion.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Job description

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Are you a proactive and driven project management professional? We’re looking for a talented individual to join our dynamic team, tackling a variety of highways and technology projects. You will have the chance to lead lower-risk projects independently or contribute to more complex initiatives, overseeing all stages from feasibility to completion.

Our project portfolio is diverse, with budgets ranging from £100k to £3m+. The work spans safety enhancements, environmental upgrades, state-of-the-art technology implementations, remedial work, and junction improvements. As a key player, you’ll collaborate closely with internal teams such as the Design Team, Asset Team, senior leadership, the Portfolio Management Office, and our commercial and finance teams. You will also engage with external stakeholders including Connect Plus, National Highways, the supply chain, local authorities, road users, and statutory bodies.

If you thrive on delivering impactful projects and want to make a real difference within a collaborative and inclusive workplace, we want to connect with you! Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, excellence, and teamwork.

Responsibilities:

• Supports strong collaborative relationships with the Portfolio Manager, and key internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full mutual understanding of the projects’ delivery objectives, to report on and review project performance, and to agree solutions to issues.
• Supports compliance with the DBFO contract clarifying roles and responsibilities within your team, resolving risks and issues in a timely manner, producing timely and accurate reports, and creating and maintaining specified records including change management.
• Support the Design, agree and implement project plans, to ensure that all activities are appropriately organised to deliver project objectives, are appropriately resourced to deliver the required outcomes.
• Support projects throughout their whole lifecycle through feasibility, design, and construction informing investment proposals for our clients
• Support the development of robust cost profiles identifying key risks and quantifying resource requirement.
• Identify and evaluate emerging risks, issues, dependencies and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate. Where necessary develop, agree and implement solutions to overcome these.
• Support the performance of Framework Contractors and Designers as appropriate, ensuring that project objectives and requirements are clearly understood, setting clear expectations for health and safety management, time and cost; and taking appropriate remedial action where necessary.
• Support the delivery of the business’ sustainability activities including net zero and biodiversity net gain
• Work closely with the Construction/Supervisor team to ensure permits, certificates and site reporting are managed correctly and align to project needs
• Working arrangements (shift work, need for travel etc) Ability and willingness to travel to other offices and depots on the network as and when requiredPeriodic requirement for site visits (night shift)Full Driving License (desirable, but not mandatory)

Who we are looking for?

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Experience of working in teams to successful develop multiple projects concurrently
• A strong collaborator, with integrity and experience of managing relationships with multiple stakeholders gaining the involvement and engagement of a wide range of stakeholders.
• Commercially focused, to drive project performance and ability to manage contracts to deliver outcomes
• High resilience, to deal constructively with conflicting priorities and setbacks.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, to clarify and ensure understanding of project strategies and solutions.
• Experience of managing and maintaining agreed project plans and detailed stage plans in conjunction with Frameworks Contractors, Designers and internal partners.

Personal Attributes:

• Proactive problem solving
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Strong safety management culture
• Ability to prioritise and self-manage
• Ability to develop relationships and engender trust

About Us:

CPS represents an exciting collaboration between industry giants Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRéalis, and Egis! Together, we spearhead the operation and maintenance of none other than the M25—the bustling heartbeat of European motorways. Imagine the thrill of orchestrating over £100 million of annual investment into this vital highway infrastructure, meticulously planning and executing projects amidst the constant flow of traffic. Whether you’re already immersed in the world of Highways or eager to embark on this exhilarating journey, the M25 promises an unparalleled experience, brimming with challenges and opportunities that simply cannot be matched elsewhere!

We foster diversity and inclusivity in our workplace, actively welcoming applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds. Regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status, all are encouraged to apply. Our goal is to cultivate a supportive and respectful environment where every employee can excel. If you need accommodations during the recruitment process, please inform us.

Location:

This is a hybrid role designed to fully maximize team collaboration on the project, we therefore expect a minimum of 60% of your time to be spent at a CPSoffices.

Note to all internal CPS employees:

If you are interested in applying, please submit your application through your parent company’s careers portal by entering the job title in the search bar. If your employing company is not advertising this role, please submit your CV and the role title to [emailprotected]

Due to the high volume of interest in this position, we will be closing the application process once we have received a manageable number of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply early to ensure consideration.