Description
We are seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join our Environmental Project Management team in Reading, Berkshire.
As an Assistant Project Manager, you will play a key part in supporting the delivery of multi-disciplinary environmental projects, working closely with Project Managers and Technical Leads to keep projects safe, on track and within budget.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development of project proposals, defining scope, programme, resources and budget
- Assist with key project management documentation, including plans, cost forecasts, schedules, risk registers and stakeholder logs
- Coordinate project progress, tracking delivery against milestones
- Ensure health and safety requirements for site visits are in place, including approvals
- Organise meetings, capture key outcomes and follow up on actions
- Manage project information within Common Data Environments such as SharePoint and ProjectWise
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with technical specialists and suppliers
- Support the administration of supplier contracts
Requirements:
- Experience supporting project or workstream delivery on Infrastructure or Environmental related projects
- Understanding of how to keep activities aligned to time, cost and quality expectations
- Comfortable working with project documentation such as plans, schedules, risk logs, budgets and reports
- High attention to detail, with the ability to work accurately with data and identify inconsistencies or issues early
- Ability to organise and prioritise your workload across multiple tasks or projects
- Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, to manage, analyse and track information
- Experience working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including technical teams
- Clear and professional communication skills, with the ability to capture key information and follow up on actions
- A proactive approach to problem solving, supporting the identification and resolution of issues