Remote-Ready Assistant PM for Highways & Local Transport

AtkinsRéalis Group; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible holiday allowances

Training and development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking Assistant Project Managers to support highways and local transport projects across their full lifecycle in the UK. You will work with experienced PMs and multi-disciplinary teams, coordinating tasks, reporting, and ensuring quality and budget alignment.

Ideal candidates bring civil engineering education, early PM experience and a drive to grow in governance, risk and stakeholder management within a leading consultancy.

Qualifications

• BEng / Meng / Bsc or MSc degree in civil engineering or equivalent.
• Actively working towards achieving CEng or IEng with the Institution of Civil Engineers (preferably).
• Good understanding of Eurocodes and those of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and Manual for Streets.
• Preparation of reports.
• Preparing works packages, including bills of quantities, specifications and construction drawings.
• Assisting with the resolution of engineering problems.
• Able to ensure tasks are carried out within agreed timescales and budgets.
• Assisting site supervision of highway improvement schemes.
• Excellent communicator with the desire to take on extra responsibilities and keep on developing your skills and our team.
• Understanding of Project Governance and Development Processes for National Highways and / or Local Authorities.
• Ability to research information and data without supervision and ability to find solutions to complex problems.
• Sound interpersonal skills and ability to converse with a wide range of Clients and colleagues across a number of engineering disciplines.
• Experience of CDM Regulations.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and delivery of highways and local transport projects in line with agreed scope, programme, budget and quality objectives.
• Maintain project controls, including schedules, action trackers, risk registers, cost data and reporting packs.
• Coordinate inputs from multidisciplinary teams and support the timely delivery of high-quality outputs.
• Prepare progress updates, meeting records, change documentation and other client-facing materials.
• Monitor delivery performance, identify emerging issues and support the implementation of appropriate corrective actions.
• Develop effective working relationships with clients, stakeholders and internal teams to support successful project outcomes.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Cross-disciplinary teams

CDM regulations

English proficiency

Time & budget control

Education

BEng/MEng/BSc or MSc in civil engineering

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking Assistant Project Managers to support highways and local transport projects across their full lifecycle in the UK. You will work with experienced PMs and multi-disciplinary teams, coordinating tasks, reporting, and ensuring quality and budget alignment.

Ideal candidates bring civil engineering education, early PM experience and a drive to grow in governance, risk and stakeholder management within a leading consultancy.