Assistant Project Manager

at  Amentum

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer 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 our 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 us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland’s first Nuclear Power station.
Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Amentum are currently looking for an Assistant Project Manager to develop and implement strategies and plans to facilitate the move of EPR-E from 800 Park Avenue to 1000 Park Avenue, setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised, and executed. Key responsibilities will be:

• Maintain effective communications with all stakeholders and executing the project within their contract or package of work
• Interface with other programmes to ensure a high-level view of how the total project is progressing and to identify and adopt the use of best practice
• Lead relationship with NNB project management resource to ensure open communication lines and align timeframe
• Develop the financial programme for delivery to ensure they are delivered safely on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements
• Monitor and manage the progress of the programme - track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget and provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters
• Ensure that contract or package contractual requirements are fulfilled and escalate where necessary to the Business Manager
• Degree in engineering, project management or other relevant subject
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken), ability to manage numerous interfaces, ability to synthesize, pragmatic approach
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Team player with an open mind and a readiness to work on a multi-cultural context and with multiple stakeholders

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 genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
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 centered on inclusion and diversity.
We partner 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

• Maintain effective communications with all stakeholders and executing the project within their contract or package of work
• Interface with other programmes to ensure a high-level view of how the total project is progressing and to identify and adopt the use of best practice
• Lead relationship with NNB project management resource to ensure open communication lines and align timeframe
• Develop the financial programme for delivery to ensure they are delivered safely on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements
• Monitor and manage the progress of the programme - track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget and provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters
• Ensure that contract or package contractual requirements are fulfilled and escalate where necessary to the Business Manager
• Degree in engineering, project management or other relevant subject
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken), ability to manage numerous interfaces, ability to synthesize, pragmatic approach
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Team player with an open mind and a readiness to work on a multi-cultural context and with multiple stakeholder