Project Assistant

Babcock International; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Project Assistant to support complex engineering projects. Responsibilities include recruitment coordination, project management support, and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will possess skills in Microsoft Office and excellent communication abilities. This permanent position is based in the UK and offers a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Volunteering day off

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Awareness of the project lifecycle and how projects move from design through delivery.
• No specific formal qualification is essential for this role.
• Must achieve and maintain SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support recruitment, onboarding and resource coordination.
• Assist with project planning, scheduling, and actions tracking.
• Prepare concise project reports and documentation.
• Engage with stakeholders to progress actions and resolve queries.
• Coordinate meetings and maintain accurate records.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Written and verbal communication

Job description

Overview

As a Project Assistant, you'll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You'll support our Senior Project Manager and Programme Manager on the Rep-U project within Civil Decommissioning-contributing to complex engineering design work that safeguards communities and the environment.

Responsibilities

• Support recruitment, onboarding and resource coordination for the programme‑ensuring new starters are set up efficiently and for success.
• Assist with project planning, scheduling, actions‑tracking and low‑level project management activities including tracking of KPIs.
• Prepare concise project reports, dashboards and documentation to keep leadership and customers informed.
• Engage with stakeholders‑internal teams, suppliers and clients‑to progress actions and resolve queries.
• Coordinate meetings and deliverables, maintaining accurate records and following up on decisions.

This is a permanent position, working 37 hours per week with an early finish on Fridays.

This role is based in Warrington, Cheshire and Preston, Lancashire with an initial even split across both sites; the team plans to relocate to Chorley in due course.

Qualifications

• Awareness of the project lifecycle and how projects move from design through delivery.
• Demonstrable stakeholder engagement experience, including client‑facing responsibilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• No specific formal qualification is essential for this role.
• 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).

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 Warrington, Cheshire and Preston, Lancashire.

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.

Benefits

• 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.