Graduate Assistant Project Manager: Immediate Start

gardiner; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Gardiner & Theobald, based in Leeds, offers an Assistant Project Manager role within the G&T Accelerate Programme. You will gain professional experience and progress toward Chartered membership of RICS while contributing to a range of construction and infrastructure projects.

You will work within the G&T Leeds office, supporting senior team members and developing your technical, commercial and leadership skills through varied project assignments.

Qualifications

• Stakeholder management, communication and risk management are central to the role.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project teams and manage programmes from inception through to completion.
• Facilitate effective communication with clients, consultants, contractors and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and within objectives.
• Assist line manager with daily work, developing autonomy while knowing when to ask questions to achieve the best outcome.
• Gain Chartered membership of RICS through the Accelerate Programme and develop professional expertise.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Autonomy

Job description

*Please note that this position is within the G&T Leeds office only.

Summary

At Gardiner & Theobald, Project Managers play a key role in the successful planning and delivery of construction and infrastructure projects. They coordinate project teams, manage programmes, facilitate effective communication and help guide projects from inception through to completion.

Project Managers work closely with clients, consultants, contractors and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and in line with client objectives. Effective stakeholder management, communication and risk management are central to the role.

Role Overview

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will spend 2-2.5 years working towards Chartered membership of RICS while also gaining valuable work experience. You will be working towards becoming a professional with expert knowledge of leading and managing a project team.

You will join the G&T Accelerate Programme, combining real responsibility, expert mentoring and accredited training to help you gain a professional qualification and accelerate your career, ensuring you can relate the theoretical aspects of your studies to actual work experience. Over the course of the programme, you will gain valuable experience across a variety of projects while developing the technical, commercial and leadership skills required to become a successful Project Manager.

The role will be varied, and the actual experience gained will be dependent on the team and sector you are working in.

Working within a team, you will be assisting your line manager with various aspects of daily work. In this role you will be expected to work with a certain level of autonomy while also knowing when to discuss and ask questions to ensure the best outcome.

You will be building a solid knowledge base of your role, the firm and the industry, and how they all fit together.