Job title: Assistant Project Manager

Location: Midlands - Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Coventry, Northampton, Leicester, Burton Upon Trent

Job type: Contract

Rate: Negotiable to £290 per day

The company:

You will be joining a well-established family business specialising in providing specialist contracting & ecology services to a range of clients across the UK.

The Role:

The successful candidate will help achieve a high standard of service delivery, successful outcomes for clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing the company’s culture of innovation and reinforcing reputation as a preferred service provider.

Working with the Project Manager you will be:

• Assisting in delivering projects and monitoring subsequent performance, taking corrective action where appropriate and guidance from Project Manager
• Assisting in establishing robust processes and procedures to manage projects, in consultation and engagement with our commercial departments and operational teams
• Assisting in the maintaining of programme control over projects to deliver to time, cost and quality in a safe manner and report on programme progress
• Collating, formatting, and distributing information to support programme requirements, cascading to internal and external parties as needed
• Manage team to produce project deliverables
• Supporting the Project Manager to facilitate effective resource management across the programme
• Reporting to Project Manager on all aspects of your projects using written reports, Gantt charts and presentations
• Delivering necessary periodic project reports, to allow senior managers to direct the project appropriately

About you:

• Working towards or understanding of CIEEM or CIWEM. (Desirable)
• Health and Safety training (IOSH, NEBOSH Desired)
• Obtained or working towards Prince 2 foundation or practitioner
• Good construction knowledge with CSCS card
• Strong Microsoft projects understanding
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Experience of managing a large and diverse team with strong leadership skills
• Highly organised with good time management skills
• Proactive approach to problem solving, adaptable to changing situations
• Self-motivated and driven, and able to motivating others
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Full Driving License

What's in it for you?

On offer is a 6-9 month contract and a negotiable rate up to £290 per day.

Key Skills: Project Manager, CSCS, Ecology, CIEEM, CIWEM, Prince 2, Construction