Project Management Assistant — Growth Path to PM

Plextek; Great Chesterford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Plextek is expanding its Project Management capability and seeks a highly organised Project Management Assistant to support Project Managers in administration and coordination across multiple projects. You will help improve processes and automate routine activities while ensuring project tools meet company standards.

Working across projects, you will help keep information accurate and accessible, enabling engineers and PMs to deliver successfully.

Qualifications

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong coordination skills managing multiple priorities.
• Confident communicator with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers in day-to-day administration and coordination of multiple projects.
• Coordinate updates from teams and reflect progress in plans and documentation.
• Maintain resource plans and reflect allocations in systems.
• Assist with budget tracking, spend forecasting and financial reporting.

Skills

Organisational skills

Coordination skills

Stakeholder communication

Independent working

Report writing

MS Office proficiency

Data/system familiarity

Process improvement

Collaboration

Curiosity

Project administration experience

PM methodologies knowledge

Engineering/tech/consultancy

ERP/PM systems experience

Automation workflows

Resource planning

Financial tracking

Tools

Deltek

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

Plextek is expanding its Project Management capability and seeks a highly organised Project Management Assistant to support Project Managers in administration and coordination across multiple projects. You will help improve processes and automate routine activities while ensuring project tools meet company standards.

Working across projects, you will help keep information accurate and accessible, enabling engineers and PMs to deliver successfully.