Project Support Officer

SNC-Lavalin; Bellshill; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Scotland is seeking a Project Support Officer to join their Net Zero Energy Business. This role involves supporting Project Managers, implementing project controls, and managing documentation. The ideal candidate should possess good interpersonal skills, be proficient in MS Excel, and demonstrate excellent communication capabilities. This position offers flexible working arrangements and an opportunity to contribute to sustainable projects.

Qualifications

• Proactive and self-motivated team player.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Organized and meticulous work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers with technical and commercial issues.
• Implement project controls processes across projects.
• Manage project cost trackers and document registers.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

High level of numeracy

Proficiency in MS Office

Excellent communication skills

Time management

Desire to learn and develop

Tools

MS Excel

ProjectWise

Job description

Job Description

Grow your career while reshaping the world.
We are looking for a Project Support Officer to join our growing Net Zero Energy Business. This position would be based in Glasgow, with a flexible mixture of home-working and office collaboration time expected. Join us in building a carbon-free future. Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions.

Our flexible and remote working policies are designed to help you get the most out of life. And when you join us, you'll be a part of a genuinely collaborative environment where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

Your purpose:

• As a Project Support Officer in our Net Zero Energy Business in Glasgow, you will support Project Managers tackle complex practical, technical and commercial issues and thrive being agile to work constructively across a broad range of stakeholders; working with project teams that are either local to you or distributed across international locations.
• Your primary responsibility is to support the implementation of project controls processes and tools across the wide range of projects within the Net Zero Energy Business portfolio, helping to ensure on time, cost efficient project delivery.
• Implementing standardised project controls tools and processes across the Net Zero Energy Business project portfolio.
• Cost Management – maintaining project cost trackers by capturing actuals, ensuring correct invoicing, and updating forecasts.
• Document Control – maintaining project document registers and utilising our Electronic Document Management System - ProjectWise.
• Subcontractor Management – ensuring governance processes are followed for onboarding of new suppliers and ensuring accurate, on time payment of supplier invoices.
• Potential for future development in project controls/project management.

What you can bring:

• You will be energised, proactive and self-motivated with good interpersonal skills working in a team environment.
• You will be capable of managing your workload effectively, supporting multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• You will be organised, methodical and meticulous in your work.
• You will have a high level of numeracy and proficiency in analysing data, presenting findings both verbally and visually.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office packages, particularly MS Excel
• Meticulous time management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentational skills.
• Desire to learn and develop professional skills.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

We're ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once, they join. We've also made the Times Top 50 employers for women.

Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. And as the work becomes ever more complex, our employees continue to challenge the status quo.

We're committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We're proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for our under-represented groups. Not to mention programmes supporting communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex- forces and professionals returning after career breaks.

Security clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance . If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds . As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.