Assistant Project Manager/Project Support
Location: Cumbria
About us
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure delivers some of the UK’s most complex and critical infrastructure across six core sectors. From working on projects and long-term frameworks, we believe in connecting people, places and communities through responsible infrastructure. Our people are our business. We leverage their expertise to design and deliver safe, resilient infrastructure through innovative solutions. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with revenue of over £3 billion.
Job description
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Reporting to the Project Manager. The overall responsibility of this role is to ensure safe, successful execution and completion of a number of projects meeting defined timescales, quality standards and commercial objectives, managing relationship’s internal and external.
Responsibilities
- Responsible and accountable for a number of projects reporting to the Project Manager.
- To ensure high standards of health, safety and environmental issues within each project.
- To ensure safe, successful completion of each project meeting the engineering standards and the commercial objectives of each project.
- To identify and manage the risks associated with each project.
- To maintain excellent working relationships with all stakeholders.
- Work to continuously improve standards of performance.
- To work with the Project Manager and project teams to review and manage projects from cradle to grave, from feasibility, estimating, design, construction and handover.
- To work with the Project Teams to review the project plan, business plan and procurement plan.
- To ensure all projects are driven to provide the best value solutions, and delivered on time and within budgets. To ensure all engineering designs meet required standards.
- To review safety / quality plans and ensure it meets the highest standards. During the project running phase, to make regular site visits to monitor progress, identify and resolve problems and ensuring compliance with the programme.
- To review the administration and all record keeping associated with each project.
- To oversee all aspects of the project completion phase.
- Review projects and close out reports with the Project Manager and identify the main issues for continuous learning and improvement.
- To review the project team with the Project Manager and review the allocation of resources.
- During the project running phase, to undertake regular review of the productivity on site
- To meet with the Project Manager at regular intervals to review progress, give and receive feedback
- To contribute to performance reviews of people, working with the Project Manager
- To provide ongoing support and direction to people during the project helping them to overcome problems and barriers to success
Requirements
- Commercial knowledge and understanding
- Health, Safety and Environmental systems and procedures
- Ability to juggle and manage many priorities
- Computer literacy
- Ability to plan and programme
- Prioritise and allocate time according to priority
- Assess relative risk and allocate time accordingly
- Effective communication skills
- Administration and record keeping skills
- Using resources at disposal to best effect
- Skilled at getting the job done rather than doing it oneself
- A positive, “can do” approach, determined to succeed
- Recognises when needs help and asks for it.
- Remains calm under pressure
- Build and maintains excellent working relationships
- Recognises own strengths and weaknesses and committed to ongoing development
- Demanding of self and others
- Acceptance of responsibility and accountability
- Sound, balanced judgement
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What’s in it for you?
- Generous, incremental holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
- Family friendly policies and work/life approach
- Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme
- Recognition scheme and long service awards
- Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance
The application process
Click "Apply" to upload your CV, provide contact details, and answer a few role-specific questions. Once your application is reviewed, our Talent team will notify you of the outcome. If selected, you’ll be invited to either an in-person or virtual interview via Teams.
At Morgan Sindall, we are an equal opportunities employer and Investors in People company, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace.
Morgan Sindall employs only those with the legal right to work in the UK. Proof of eligibility is required during the recruitment process.
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Morgan Sindall and any agency terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.