Project Assistant

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the UK nuclear industry as a Project Assistant, supporting project schedules and stakeholder communications. This full-time role offers a hybrid working arrangement and a competitive salary up to £36,200, along with benefits. Ideal for those starting their project management career, with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Awareness of the full project lifecycle experience.
• Strong stakeholder management / communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support development and monitoring of project schedules.
• Implement stakeholder and communications management plan.
• Monitor and control of schedules.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Education

APM Introductory Certificate

Job description

Project Assistant

Location:Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Reading, GB, RG14 2PZ

Company: Cavendish Nuclear

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Project Assistant
Location: Bristol or Newbury + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Up to £36,200 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63554

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Assistant, at our Bristol or Newbury sites.

The Role
As a Project Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Operating at the entry level for the project manager structure, supporting the Process, Plant and Equipment (PP&E) project.

Day-to-day, you’ll be supporting the development and monitoring of project schedules, as well as implementing the stakeholder and communications management plan:

• Communication and reporting of risk management activities on the project.
• Configuration management and change control activities on the project.
• Communication with internal and external resources to manage their delivery.
• Development of requirements, project scope and solutions for specific outputs and work packages.
• Monitor and control of schedules.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Bristol or Newbury, on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Project Assistant:

• Awareness of the full project lifecycle experience.
• Strong stakeholder management / communication skills.
• Ideally, have experience in a similar sector but, this is not essential.

Qualifications for the Project Assistant:

• APM Introductory Certificate (Project Fundamentals Qualification, PFQ) is highly desirable but, not required.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we Offer:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 14/05/2025

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