The Client:

A very busy , fast paced Fit Out Contractor is actively seeking a proactive, outgoing and motivated Assistant Construction Project Manager. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone to join an outstanding company with great career progression.

The Assistant Project Manager will support, and work alongside the Project Managers to coordinate projects and helping to ensure that projects and objectives are delivered on time, within scope and to the agreed budget. Supporting on up to 6 projects at any one time, juggling is a skill you need to possess. Provide administration support across purchasing and procurement.

To be considered for this role, you MUST:

• Have experience as a Junior Project Manager or Project Administrator wanting to step up into a Project Manager’s role. Your experience could be from a Junior Project Manager / procurement or project administration capacity.
• Have a background of working on construction / architectural projects – with some exposure of client interaction / customer service.
• Be efficient, well organised and able to communicate at all levels – including internal and external stakeholders and very prestigious clients.
• Must be North West based

The Role:

While being an integral part of our team you will be responsible for the following;
• Coordinating agreed activities across our construction sites
• Ensuring full visibility of activity, costs and risks across all areas of the project
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation – ensuring Buildertrend are updated and maintained
• Assisting the Project Manager to define the project scope, project activities and dates, involving all relevant stakeholders (internal and external)
• Coordinating the project activities by working with all stakeholders to enable flawless execution of the project
• Successfully managing relationships with all internal and external facing stakeholders
• Monitoring and tracking project progress against the detailed project plan – identifying risk and supporting the Project Manager in identifying mitigation activities
• Reporting project progress, status, costs and risk in a regular and timely manner
• Monitoring lead times and customer satisfaction
• Quoting for works which fall outside our standard installation package

The Candidate:

• 3+ years experience of successful end-to-end Project Management delivery incorporating client/business, contractors and procurement
• Project management skills
• Someone who enjoys a good bit of problem solving
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal, have to be confident advising customers
• Hyper organised; capable of working on lots of projects simultaneously and prioritising them
• Comfortable working with numbers and data
• Calm under pressure and able to make super quick able to pick things up quickly and hit the ground running

Qualifications:

• SSSTS or SMSTS
• Previous experience in small to medium projects
• CSCS cardholder
• Project Management qualification