Assistant Project Manager Stockton-on-Tees, England
Job description
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity:
Exciting opportunities have arisen to manage the delivery of multi-discipline projects in our engineering frameworks, to organise the delivery of systems, plant and equipment to time, cost and quality.
- Lead/support and assist on tasks required to support the delivery of projects and the contract scope.
- Develop, implement and provide ongoing support towards the use of management systems which will support delivery and quality of the outputs from the Project Controls Department, including planning and document control processes.
- Participate in providing support to the Team with regard to compliance with approved procedures.
- Ensure that a full and auditable archive of project decisions is maintained to document the project evolution and history.
- Support the project disciplines to help ensure tasks are completed on time and on budget, supporting the management of commercial and technical work through all phases of the project.
- Production of project documentation required to successfully deliver the Project scope.
- Coordination and recording meetings with key project stakeholders (internal & external).
- Supporting, coordination and attending Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings.
- Organisation and coordination of Technical Engineering, Cost, and Scheduling meetings
- HNC/HND or Degree in an engineering, civils, construction or other related field.
- Ideally a Member of the Association of Project Managers or able to demonstrate an understanding of the APM project management Body of Knowledge principles.
- Can demonstrate experience of managing projects through the project lifecycle, from concept to quality to handover
- Implementation of project management and organisational skills, which has been secured by practical experience and a qualification.
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills, able to communicate effectively and interact with Senior Managers.
- Exceptional people management skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence and work collaboratively within complex, internal and external, multidisciplinary groups.
- Ability to display and communicate a logical thought process, with excellent analytical skills, including capabilities for budget analysis and forecasting.
- Commercial awareness.
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
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