Assistant Project Manager

Location: Hinkley Point C. Flexible home and office working supported.

Salary: From £35,000 - £45,000 dependent on experience, plus benefits.

Pay Grade: A/B

Employment type: Permanent/ Full Time

Closing date: 9th February 2023

Join EDF as an Assistant Project Manager, and you’ll join one of the most exciting and challenging projects within EDF, as we continue to lead the rebirth of nuclear in the UK.

At Hinkley Point C (HPC) we are building two new nuclear reactors, the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK providing low carbon electricity for around six million homes.

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will support project management functions of the technical work streams to help ensure they are completed on time and on budget, supporting the management of commercial and technical work through all phases of the project.

This is an excellent opportunity, for someone aspiring to develop as a Project Manager, to join a dynamic team with the opportunity to develop your experience across all aspects of a complex project delivery.

Pay, benefits and culture…

Alongside a salary from £35,000 - £45,000, we offer a competitive benefits package, including a company pension scheme, a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle, and the opportunity to earn bonus.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing…

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  Coordinating and delivering meetings with key project stakeholders (internal & external).
• Organising and coordinating of Technical Engineering, Cost, Contractor and Scheduling meetings on behalf of the Project Manager to deliver the project schedule.
• Actively encouraging and promoting continual development of challenging collaborative working behaviours to maintain efficient and effective delivery relationships between Design, Procurement, Pre-construction Planning and Construction teams.
• Developing and maintaining strong and productive relationships with our supply chain partners.
• Producing Project documentation required to successfully deliver the Project scope.
• Developing and implementing management systems, as required, supporting delivery and quality as specified by the Project Controls Department.
• Ensuring that wider NNB arrangements are implemented, as appropriate, within the Programme of works and advising the management team of any necessary actions to ensure this.
• Facilitating internal communications within the Project Delivery Team and the wider HPC Project teams.
• Assisting the Project Manager delivering the List of Deliverables (LOD), applying principles of Earned Value Management (EVM) and in the development and ongoing maintenance of the Project schedule.
• Interfacing with other teams within Nuclear New Build (NNB), on specific tasks as required, under the direction of the Programme Manager for the team.

Who you are…

The successful individual will ideally have an engineering or construction background however this is not mandatory. The most important consideration will be – Does the individual have the right attitude and an appetite to progress on a world class project?

Your background may include some of the following:

• Implementation of project management and organisational skills, which has been gained through practical experience and preferably recognised with a qualification
• Ability to display and communicate a logical thought process, with excellent analytical skills, including capabilities for budget analysis and forecasting.
• Ideally a member of the Association of Project Managers or able to demonstrate an understanding of the APM project management Body of Knowledge principles.
• Knowledge of Nuclear Safety Case and its purpose advantageous
• Ability to cope well under pressure and within tight timeframes.
• Undertake individual working to a high level of attention to detail.
• Preferably a Degree or similar qualification in engineering, construction or related field.
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations.
• Can demonstrate experience of managing projects through the project lifecycle from concept to handover
• Understanding the needs of nuclear quality and how nuclear quality is assured and controlled.
• Understand how to apply a graded approach to quality

Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.

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