Assistant Project Manager – Nuclear Risk Management

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join their Nuclear Risk Management team. The role involves delivering low-risk tasks, managing project resources, and ensuring compliance with AWE processes. The ideal candidate will have experience in the Science or Engineering sectors and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in Science or Engineering sectors.
• Ability to prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

• Manage governance tasks and compliance reporting.
• Create and maintain project management artefacts.
• Support project planning and manage resources.

Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication

Multi-tasking

Listening

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Let us introduce the role

We are recruiting for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Nuclear Risk Management team. Here you will deliver low risk, low complexity tasks/work packages within a formal project environment. You will contribute towards successful completion of projects, coordinate the raising of purchase requisitions, monitor requisition progress, and escalate any delays under the control of a project manager or senior project manager, compliant with AWE processes.

Ideally, the right candidate should have experience in the Science or Engineering sectors. You should demonstrate stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to prioritize workload.

While not exhaustive, candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• Build and maintain effective internal and external relationships
• Read, analyze, and interpret charts, spreadsheets, schedules, and technical drawings
• Clear and concise communication skills, both oral and written
• Foster good team morale and motivate others
• Effective multi-tasking, managing priorities to meet deadlines
• Good listening skills to understand requests and convert them into action plans
• Ability to hold others accountable for standards
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

In this role you will:

• Deliver assigned tasks in accordance with requirements, constraints, time, cost, and quality standards
• Maintain high standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage governance tasks (compliance and reporting)
• Create, update, and maintain project management artefacts
• Manage project resources (people, budget)
• Support project planning and initiate changes against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB)
• Identify and act on risks and opportunities
• Perform other duties as required by business needs

You should be able to work calmly in a changing environment, manage your workload, and possess initiative, enthusiasm, flexibility, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.