Project Assistant

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services provider in Bristol is seeking a Project Assistant to support project management processes. This role involves liaising with stakeholders, managing project artefacts, and assisting with reporting phases. Candidates should have experience with project management tools and possess strong problem-solving skills. Various employee benefits are offered, including a generous holiday allowance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with business applications such as SAP and Synergi.
• Strong problem solving skills and decision making abilities.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Working knowledge of project management tools.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Controls Manager in administration tasks.
• Maintain project artefacts including communications plans.
• Assist with timely reporting on performance metrics.
• Engage with a variety of stakeholders daily.
• Support Bid teams during workshops.

Skills

Problem solving and decision making

Attention to detail

Project management tools

Business applications like SAP and Synergi

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Education

APM Fundamentals qualification

Tools

SAP

Synergi

Job description

Overview

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Assistant at Bristol, near Bath, Somerset. Day-to-day, you'll support the Project Controls Manager in maintaining programme artefacts, delivering timely performance reports, assisting bid workshops, and engaging with stakeholders including MoD and partners to drive effective governance and project success.

Responsibilities

• Representing the interests of the Project Controls Manager in line with agreed delegations and objectives.
• Supporting the administration of project artefacts including communications plans, stakeholder plans, and schedule updates.
• Assisting with timely reporting on performance metrics and programme milestones.
• Supporting Bid teams during workshops and collaborative sessions.
• Engaging daily with a wide range of stakeholders, including MoD counterparts and contracted support.
• This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience

• Experience using business applications such as SAP and Synergi.
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Working knowledge of project management tools.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.

Qualifications

• APM Fundamentals qualification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. 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 Babcock 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.

Babcock International For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.