Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58238

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Assistant Project Manager, at our Leicester site.

The role
As an Assistant Project Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will oversee the full lifecycle (from quotation to delivery) to ensure that it's a streamlined process from end-to-end.

• Day-to-day, you'll deliver key project management functions in support of the overall project delivery, including schedule, financial and risk functions.
• Support the development of accurate and up-to-date financial reporting to support business reporting to senior management.
• Manage the planning, monitor and control of work packages being delivered by other internal and external resources.
• Apply the Business Management System (BMS) appropriately for the project and produce and communicate project-reporting data on Project Controls and Finance systems.
• Undertake aspects of stakeholder management and communications activities including visit to sites and support development of stakeholder management plans

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home, based in Leicester.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager

• Full project lifecycle experience (maybe limited experience) from enquiry phase through order management and project close out.
• Application of core project management techniques.
• Ideally recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector (preferred but not essential).
• Awareness of Engineering principles and common project challenges (preferred but not essential).

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager

• Assistant Project Management Qualification (previously APMP) working towards Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) - preferred.
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Growth opportunities.
• Potential to develop skills.

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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