Assistant Project Manager

We have exciting new opportunities in our PSO(Project Support Office) Practice for Assistant Project Managers to work from our India office or directly with our clients (our UK Offices and sometimes directly with end client as well). Our Assistant Project Manager are responsible for working alongside Project Managers to control and manage design/construction activities on multi-disciplinary commissions from concept through to construction, on our expanding portfolio of the biggest and most challenging projects across all Market Sectors (primarily Rails).

Assistant Project Managers will be responsible for activities including:

•Supporting the project team in the successful delivery of the project or design package to agreed targets, e.g. programme, budget and quality;
•Identifying, escalating and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk to Atkins to the Project Manager (PM) at the earliest opportunity;
•Assist in the setting of objectives, and defining tasks for the project team;
•Assisting in the management of the project or design package, in accordance with corporate and business policies, directives, guidance and procedures.
•Monitoring and reporting performance against programme, technical quality, financial and KPI targets; taking, or advising the PM on the requirements for, any necessary mitigation actions to prevent targets being missed, controlling change and managing effective change control process;
•Facilitating communication, co-ordination and information flow with the Client and within the project team, including any subcontractors and partners (internal and external);
•Assembling the project delivery programme and delivery plans; providing project reports on a regular basis to convey cost and schedule information (monthly Board report, in a timely manner, as required internally or externally);
•Supporting in the invoicing and effective credit control for optimal cash flow (with the support of the finance team); assisting in comparing revenue with predicted costs and identifying risk allowances, margin and provisions – at project set-up and monthly thereafter, including Earned Value reporting;
•Being involved in closing out the project on completion, archiving project documentation, updating market information, ensuring that lessons learnt are captured and disseminated internally and ensuring that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated.

Experience or working in PSO/PMO environment

• Ideally PMP/APM certified
• Strong PM experience in Rail Industry
• Experience with Primavera P6 (Desirable)