Project Management Assistant

Platform Recruitment; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is seeking a proactive Project Management Assistant in Cambridgeshire to support a growing engineering and technology portfolio. You will work alongside Project Managers, handling day-to-day administration, maintaining plans and trackers, and helping keep project information accurate.

The role offers scope to take ownership of smaller tasks and develop towards a Project Manager position, with a focus on process improvements and smarter use of systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in project administration or coordination.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate activities across teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement across levels.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support across multiple projects.
• Maintain project plans, trackers, documentation and resource schedules.
• Coordinate updates from engineering teams and ensure project progress is accurately recorded.
• Assist with budget tracking, expenditure forecasting and financial reporting.
• Maintain action, risk and issue logs, ensuring outstanding activities are followed up.

Skills

Organisation

Stakeholder communication

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Project Management Assistant

Location: Cambridgeshire

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

About the Company

Our client is an established UK-based engineering and technology business delivering innovative solutions across a range of technically advanced markets.

With a strong focus on engineering excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement, the business works on challenging projects that bring together expertise across engineering, electronics, software and applied research.

Due to continued growth, they are looking to strengthen their Project Management function with the addition of a proactive and highly organised Project Management Assistant.

The Opportunity

This is a newly created position offering an excellent opportunity to become an integral part of a growing Project Management team.

Working alongside multiple Project Managers, you will provide day-to-day coordination and administrative support across a varied portfolio of technical projects. You will play an important role in ensuring project information is accurate, documentation is maintained, resources are coordinated and project activities remain on track.

Beyond traditional project administration, the business is looking for someone who enjoys improving processes, identifying efficiencies and making better use of systems and technology.

This is an opportunity to help shape how project support is delivered within the business, with scope to take ownership of smaller projects and develop towards a Project Manager position over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support across multiple projects.
• Maintain project plans, trackers, documentation and resource schedules.
• Coordinate updates from engineering teams and ensure project progress is accurately recorded.
• Assist with budget tracking, expenditure forecasting and financial reporting.
• Maintain action, risk and issue logs, ensuring outstanding activities are followed up.

About You

We're looking for someone who is highly organised, proactive and enjoys bringing structure to busy environments.

You’ll ideally have:

• Previous experience in project administration, project coordination, project support or a similar operational role.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate activities across different teams.
• Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Confidence working with systems, data and business processes.
• Experience within an engineering, technology, manufacturing or consultancy environment would be advantageous.

Interested?

If you're an organised and proactive individual looking to develop your career within project management and enjoy working in a technical environment, we'd love to hear from you.