Assistant Project Manager - Plymouth, United Kingdom - COSTAIN GROUP PLC

COSTAIN GROUP PLC

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Plymouth, United Kingdom

4 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our project in the Southwest where we are a delivery partner on a key infrastructure project.

This is a unique opportunity to be involved in one of the most complex and challenging projects in the UK today, where you will be responsible for management of the complete construction process at site level.

Key Responsibilities

Establish and maintain safe systems of work
Be responsible and cooperate with the Project Manager to ensure work is planned and undertaken in accordance with the Project Safety, Health and Environmental Plan
Manage and implement the quality process in accordance with the Project Quality Plan, with a particular emphasis on defect avoidance and zero defects at completion to ensure Nuclear Safety
Plan, organise, implement, review and monitor procedures with respect to Environmental impact and maintain overall responsibility for the implementation of the Project Environmental Plan
Be proactive in controlling project costs and provide detailed reports on variances against weekly forecasts
Identify risks and opportunities, both technical and commercial, and take account of these in developing a strategy for successful project delivery
Manage and monitor the progress of work against realistic programme milestones and advise on measures to mitigate delay as necessary
Be responsible for contractual matters relating to the Contract and Subcontracts, for raising the necessary correspondence, change management and for record keeping
Ensure that subcontractor and supplier contractual programmes are within the required timescale, are regularly updated and effectively implemented
Be proactive in obtaining permanent and temporary works design information within required timescales and ensure that the information is cascaded as necessary
Effectively manage the contractor design elements of work
Ensure that all subcontractor and supplier plans and procedures are compatible with the discharge of the client's and Costain's obligations and responsibilities
Liaise with third parties as necessary
Carry out any other reasonable project tasks as requested by the Project Manager

About you

Relevant experience in construction, preferably in a highly regulated environment
Technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices
Experience of coordinating design work and supervising subcontracts
Understanding of Engineering Principles
Experience of NEC Form of Contract and Subcontract
CSCS card

Qualifications/Experience

Degree level/HNC/HND qualification in a Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering
3 to 5 years work experience within a similar role with a main contractor in built environment
SMSTS / IOSH
Member of relevant Professional Institute
Training in Health, Safety and Environmental management

About Costain

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets.

We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency.

Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company.

We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements.

We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets:
future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:

Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you.

For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance).

To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:

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