Assistant Project Manager

Job Introduction

About the role:

We are looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join the Noise Insulation team.  The Assistant Project Manager will work within the Noise Insulation Team to ensure that we deliver a high-quality service to our residents who require noise insulation.  Ensuring that the supply chain delivers on our requirements and providing a high level of support and consistency and helping to ensure that the project overall also delivers its contractual obligations in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role. 

Role Responsibility

• Assist the Package Manager in delivering a portfolio of projects to strict deadlines
• Comply with the CSJV and client’s governance processes
• Develop and manage design and construction work packages to programme and cost
• Maintain strict quality control procedures and ensuring compliance with all environmental and health & safety legislation and policies
• Communicate with and gather information from  a wide variety of stakeholders both internal and external
• Work collaboratively and implement the best solutions to meet the client’s corporate responsibility and sustainability targets (including sustainability in design, construction, minimisation of the energy use, carbon emissions, waste materials reduction and the supply chain)
• Communicating between residents and the supply chain
• Providing customer service to residents.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in project management (essential)
• A team player, who has the ability to self-start and work independently (essential)
• Willingness to communicate with a range of stakeholders (essential)
• Ability to organise, manage and forward plan their own workload (essential)
• Experience of new connections and / or diversions of multi-utilities (desirable)

About the Company

The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK’s new high-speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK’s 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high-speed services.

The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 London Tunnels Contract. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks and the construction of site compounds.

You’ll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador).

Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example.

HS2 – working with Skanska, Costain and STRABAG, closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we can maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we require candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application, so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity.  Please note, all responses are anonymous, and we will not share any of your data with other parties. All data will be held securely, (as stated within the Data Protection Act 1998) and will be reported to HS2.

It is an SCSJV requirement that all employees, Design House,  and Supply Chains must implement and comply with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System with guidance for use”, OHSAS 18001:2017  Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System, Policies, Plans, Procedures and Processes, and statutory requirements as they affect the Joint Venture ‘s operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are effectively implemented on the project. Develop a culture of safety on the project through the absolute commitment to the Zero Accidents target and ethos, and develops a wider awareness of quality, environmental issues and demonstrates commitment to achieve continual improvement and Zero tolerance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

SCS Railways