Assistant Project Manager

Location: Suffolk
Contract Type: Contract (Inside IR35)
Duration: Ongoing
Start Date: ASAP

Job Purpose / Overview

The Project Manager will report directly to a Delivery Manager and will play a key role in supporting the end-to-end delivery of contracts or defined work packages across the full project lifecycle. This includes engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning activities.

The role focuses on ensuring that all aspects of project delivery - including scope, time, cost, quality, and safety - are managed in line with programme requirements. The scope may cover the design and delivery of on-site and off-site infrastructure, including park and ride sites, rail works, accommodation campuses, temporary construction roads, utility networks (water, power, data, firefighting systems), and public highway works.

Key Responsibilities

Assist in planning, executing, and monitoring infrastructure-related packages, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.

Develop and maintain Level 3 schedules and ensure integration with overall project plans (Levels 1 and 2).

Support budget development and regular reporting against financial and performance baselines.

Coordinate with Quality teams to ensure compliance with applicable quality systems and processes, including off-site QA/QC requirements.

Contribute to the Programme Execution Plan (PEP) and help define strategies for delivery and resource mobilisation.

Maintain awareness of project risks and opportunities, escalating concerns to the Delivery Manager as necessary.

Collaborate with Commercial and Procurement teams on sourcing strategies, tender reviews, and supplier engagement.

Monitor delivery performance and ensure that milestones, KPIs, and business objectives are met.

Review and validate contractor deliverables, including schedules, reports, and compliance documentation.

Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to track and report on performance metrics.

Facilitate continuous improvement initiatives and support the capture and dissemination of lessons learned.

Maintain strong communication with all internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency throughout project execution.

Ensure contractual and regulatory compliance, including the management of non-conformance notices and corrective actions.

Support project close-out activities and contribute to knowledge transfer across the programme.

Key Deliverables

Approved and aligned Level 3 schedules

Budget tracking reports and variance analyses

Quality and compliance documentation

Contractor performance assessments

Weekly/monthly reporting on progress, HSE, and stakeholder engagement

Interface and coordination records with wider infrastructure teams

Documented lessons learned and continuous improvement logs

Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential:

Proven experience in managing infrastructure projects in a complex, regulated environment, ideally within the energy or nuclear sector.

Demonstrable capability in:

EPCM project delivery

Multi-disciplinary engineering and construction coordination

Risk, cost, schedule, and change control

Stakeholder and contractor management

Strong project controls background, including use of EVM and project scheduling tools.

Experienced in working under NEC or FIDIC contract frameworks.

Excellent communication, influencing, and facilitation skills.

Strong analytical and reporting capabilities.

Desirable:

Familiarity with nuclear quality standards and the application of a graded quality approach.

Understanding of Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) design and operational principles.

Qualifications

Essential:

Degree-qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.

Chartered or working towards chartership.

Working knowledge of CDM Regulations.

Recognised project management qualifications (e.g. APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner).

Desirable:

Nuclear industry experience or relevant safety/security credentials.