Assistant Project Manager - Swindon

WRc Group; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consultancy in Swindon is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join their dynamic team. The successful candidate will manage a diverse portfolio of projects, ensuring high quality and client satisfaction. Candidates should have project management experience, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools. The role offers a competitive salary of £25,000 - £30,000 and numerous benefits, including a flexible working program.

Benefits

Life assurance

Flexible benefits programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Regular training and career development

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience successfully delivering projects.
• Experience managing diverse portfolios with multiple clients.
• Desire to work towards a professional project management qualification.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of projects in line with business requirements.
• Provide consistent and effective project management service.
• Coordinate resources for flawless execution of projects.

Skills

Project management experience

Excellent communication skills

Proficient in Microsoft 365

Experience with PowerBI

Education

Project management qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerBI

Job description

Overview

WRc, part of RSK Group, is seeking Assistant Project Managers to join our growing business. This full-time position will be based in our Swindon office or be a mix of home and office work as best suits the candidate and the business. As an Assistant Project Manager you will join our busy Project Management Team in the planning and delivery of a portfolio of projects across the world, to defined scope, cost and quality for our clients. This role is a perfect next step for candidates with an engineering or scientific background, ideally with previous commercial or administrative experience, who are keen to develop a career in Project Management. Other backgrounds will be considered. Projects are varied, ranging from £5k to over £1m in value and address the challenges where the built environment interacts with nature. There is potential to work internationally as opportunities arise.

Key Responsibilities

• To manage the delivery of projects or portfolios of projects in line with business requirements and customer expectations. The projects should be undertaken in a safe and environmentally responsible manner to cost, time and quality in line with company standards and procedures.
• Provide a professional, first class, consistent and effective project management service to the clients and all stakeholders.
• Act as the key, day to day client interface. Manage the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communication.
• Coordinate all resources for the flawless execution of projects. Motivate project teams to deliver exceptional service to the clients.
• Promote a culture of pro-activity, innovation, transparency, collaboration, and flexibility in all aspects of the work of project delivery.
• Prepare and maintain definitions of project requirements. Establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters. Disseminate them to all stakeholders throughout project lifecycle.
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
• Develop and implement resource plans and procurement of resources. Manage project resource availability and allocation to ensure timely delivery in line with requirements and priorities. Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues and conflicts.
• Develop and agree budgets. Control forecast and actual costs against them.
• Measure project performance using appropriate project management tools. Identify variances to plan to ensure timely implementation of countermeasures.
• Manage project risks and issues to mitigate impact to baseline.

Person Specification

• Demonstrable project management experience, successfully delivering projects to the defined scope, cost and quality.
• Experience managing a diverse portfolio of projects with multiple clients to often demanding timescales.
• Excellent communicator with a proven record of building strong relationships with clients, teams and stakeholders.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft 365 products, particularly Teams, Excel and Word.
• Working towards or the desire to work towards a professional project management qualification is highly desirable.
• Experience of using business analysis tools such as PowerBI is desirable.
• Engineering or scientific background would be beneficial as well as experience in a consultancy environment, ideally in the utilities sector.

Salary And Benefits

• £25,000 - £30,000 (FTE) depending on skills and experience
• Life assurance
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan and discounted gym membership
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Regular training and career development

Full Job Description Attached.

RSK Group Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.

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RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agencies.

About Us

Water Research Centre (WRc) is an independent centre of excellence for innovation and growth that boasts more than 90 years of delivering leading, technical research and innovation services to the global water, waste management and energy sectors. Its subsidiary business, Cognica, is a leading provider of intelligent information-management solutions and services to the construction and estate-management markets. The businesses are based in Swindon, UK.

WRc’s 170 employees bring a shared purpose of discovering and delivering new and exciting solutions that enable clients to meet the challenges of the future. In addition to its wide breadth of services in water, WRc is also home to the National Centre for Environmental Toxicology, an expert team of scientists and toxicologists offering a toxicology-on-demand subscription service.

The company is renowned for its ability to address global issues, including climate change, green growth and water and sanitation services, through applied engineering excellence, highlighted through its tagline, “innovation through collaboration”. WRc is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors.

At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities. We strive to provide reasonable workplace adjustments and flexible working arrangements where possible.

If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?