Associate Project Manager

KBR, Inc.; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking an Associate Project Manager in Warrington with hybrid working arrangements. You will assist the Project Manager in planning, executing, and closing projects, coordinating activities, tracking progress, and ensuring compliance with programme requirements while liaising with clients.

You will support the project team, develop dashboards, and help maintain governance, risk and reporting processes. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Experience in project coordination or related roles.
• Membership of a relevant professional body, or actively working towards achieving this.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities and track progress.
• Prepare weekly and monthly dashboard reports and metrics.
• Document actions, minutes of meetings and ensure follow-up.
• Support governance and assurance reporting with Programme Lead/PMO Lead.
• Monitor security requirements and compliance with processes.
• Liaise with clients and stakeholders to keep projects on track.
• Maintain resource trackers and induction materials as needed.

Skills

Project coordination

Proactive

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Adaptability

Education

Professional body membership

Job description

Associate Project Manager

A career at KBR can change the world — and change your life. If you’re ready, let’s get started. The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

About The Role

The Associate Project Manager works alongside and assists the Project Manager in planning, executing, and closing projects. They are responsible for coordinating various project activities, monitoring progress, and ensuring that the project stays on track. They support the Project Team with internal process compliance, including the progress and status reporting of all functional and business requirements specific to the programme. The role will require close liaison and interaction with our clients.

Responsibilities

• Familiarisation and understanding of the Programme and contractual and scope-of-works responsibilities.
• Integration with resources, teams and stakeholders, understanding their responsibilities, requirements and scope delivery ownerships.
• Processing and expediting relevant documents within SharePoint.
• Assisting with the preparation of weekly and monthly dashboard reports and metrics.
• Documenting actions, recording and producing Minutes of Meetings.
• Assisting with informing the project team on performance, issues and risks.
• Production of Resource Induction Packs and information, including managing and tracking of inductions held and inductions required, and continuous improvements to induction documents and processes.
• Ownership and tracking of security requirements
• Ensuring compliance with internal commission management processes, including but not limited to:
• Document Control
• Threat and Opportunity (risk) registers
• SharePoint structures and access
• Action logs and schedules
• Maintain accuracy of Resource Trackers
• Ad-hoc tasks generated or requested by the Programme Lead and/or PMO Lead to meet imposing deadlines as they arise or are advised.
• Keeping a register of Zero Harm Shares, Safety Shares and Wellbeing Shares.
• Ensuring that effective governance and maturity assessments are implemented, maintained and appropriately managed. This will include assisting with executive board assurance reports and engagement with wider programme and project reporting processes.

Experience Required

• Experience in project coordination or related roles.
• Confident and proactive.
• A keen problem-solver, able to take initiative and drive the project forward.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders.
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work well under pressure.

Qualifications/Certifications

• Membership of a relevant professional body, or actively working towards achieving this.

Location

Warrington - hybrid working with a mix of office-based and remote working.

Security Requirements

SC Clearance

Due to the secure nature of this project, restrictions in relation to UK residency and nationality will apply

KBR Benefits & More

Belong. Connect. Grow. At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow.

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KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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