Project Support Specialist

Nufarm Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company in the agriculture sector is seeking a Project Support Specialist to join their dynamic Project Management Team. This role offers the opportunity to assist in scheduling, monitoring, and controlling project performance while collaborating with diverse teams to drive success. With a focus on project management support, you will engage in procurement activities, produce status reports, and ensure alignment with project forecasts. If you are passionate about driving change and thrive in a supportive environment, this position is perfect for you. Join a recognized leader in crop protection and contribute to shaping the future of agriculture.

Benefits

Employee Share Plan

Great Team Environment

Qualifications

• Experience in project management/control within a chemical manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical mindset across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist Project Managers in scheduling and monitoring project progress.
• Ensure project control procedures are executed according to Nufarm standards.
• Prepare and present project quality and safety performance reports.

Skills

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Business/Management Degree

Job description

Requisition ID9930-Posted -Australia-Victoria-Engineering-Nufarm – Crop Protection

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a knack for supporting complex projects and ensuring smooth operations? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy working with diverse teams to achieve project goals? If so, we invite you to explore an exciting opportunity at Nufarm, where you can contribute to our global success and advance your career.

It’s official. We’re the #1 best place to work in Agriculture, Mining and Utilities awarded by @FinancialReview and @Inventium 2023

Nufarm. Evolving Ag.

Nufarm is a global crop protection and seeds technologies company that helps farmers and businesses meet the global challenges of food, feed, fibre and food production.

Whether it’s commercialising the world’s first plant-based omega-3, launching precision agricultural solutions, unlocking biomass oils for more sustainable fuels and fast-moving consumer goods, launching innovative new crop protection solutions or delivering the crop and seed solutions farmers depend on every day, Nufarm is evolving with agriculture to drive value for customers.

Your Future, Fueled by Innovation

Based in Laverton North at our Pipe Road chemical manufacturing facility, we’re looking to engage a Project Support Specialist within our Project Management Team.

• Employee Share Plan (Shares in Nufarm!)
• Great Team and ability to work within Agchem in Australia!

How You’ll Help Us Grow

• Assist the Project Manager(s) in Scheduling, monitoring, controlling, and administering the project progress and performance aspects of project management (scope, time, cost, quality and risk).
• Provide project planning support, including creation of schedules, monitoring of budgets, performance monitoring, variance analysis, status reporting, and resource planning alongside project managers
• Ensure project control procedures and policies are executed and functioning according to Nufarm methodology & performance standards for all projects.
• Will produce and issue, in conjunction with the Project Manager(s), the required status report(s) and dashboard for all internal stakeholders
• Coordinate the project change management process, ensuring that all change impacts are properly integrated in project plan (scope, cost, schedule, people).
• Process some procurement activities such as: contractor costs, project invoicing and payment schedules progress
• Working with finance and project managers to ensure alignment of project forecast(s) with current funding and billings to client
• Prepare and present project quality and safety performance reports
• overseeproject documentation for efficient hand over to operational departments

Could This Be You?

You will have qualifications within business/management with experience within project management/control, ideally within a chemical manufacturing environment or similar role in the food, Pharma or petrochemical industry. You also bring a strong analytical and problem solving mindset across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Engaging and proactive, you have excellent communication skills that you can leverage to engage teams and drive collaboration.

You’re passionate about project management support and can utilise the knowledge base and expertise of the site to drive change to ensure we remain competitive as a manufacturing plant.

If you want to be a part of a thriving, supportive environment and are inspired by the prospect of being a part of something bigger, we’d love to hear from you. Nufarm is proud to be recognised as anendorsed employer of choice for all women by Work180.

Apply today and be part of our journey to shape the future of agriculture!