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Project Support Officer - Bristol, United Kingdom - Atkins

Atkins

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Project Support Officer:

To cover a growing portfolio of contracts, we require a Project Controller to provide a Project Support Office (PSO) function on some of our local authority frameworks, undertaking Project Controls tasks on allocated projects and reporting to the Contract Manager and Project Controls Lead.

Our portfolio of structured training will help you expand your career in line with your aspirations.

Your Purpose:

You will act as the link between the Project Management, Commercial, Financial and Contract Management teams and provide the coordination to allow these teams to operate cohesively and consistently.
You will play a key role in executing and improving all project management processes to ensure robust and efficient project delivery to a strict timetable.
Performing and delivering allocated project tasks, as directed by your Project or Contract Manager or Project Controls Lead.

Specific responsibilities to include:

Tracking project costs and producing finance reports.
Ensuring accurate and timely invoicing is carried out.
Maintaining databases and spreadsheets as directed by your Project or Contract Manager, for the purposes of project control.
Prompting Project Managers / Project Directors for timely inputs to the finance reports and the project management reports.
Supporting Project Managers to ensure compliance on aspects of financial and commercial processes, including pipeline management and Stage Gates, as per Atkins processes (full training to be provided).
Help with preparation of management reporting.
Preparing document templates to a professional standard.
Attend monthly reviews and other meetings as required.

What can you bring?

Understanding of Project Control and Project Management principles for programmes.
Understanding of the importance of timely reporting and the energy to deliver against demanding deadlines.
The ability to build strong relationships and support colleagues, displaying enthusiasm and a drive to grow, learn and develop within our organisation.

Requirements:

Essential:

Ability to work independently and to prioritise tasks.
Sound Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
Excellent communication and numeracy skills.
Ability to show initiative to research information and data and to look for solutions to problems.
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to converse with a wide range of clients and colleagues across a number of disciplines.
A willingness to occasionally work flexibly from other office locations as required.

Desirable:

Experience of working within the transportation consultancy industry for key clients, e.g. Local Authorities, Highways England, Network Rail, Developers and/or major Contractors.
Previous experience of working in a project support role, supporting a project manager/director or team.
Client engagement experience.
Experience of working with remote teams to deliver common goals.
Knowledge of planning and scheduling softwares such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project not essential, but an advantage.

Why work for Atkins?
Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment.

You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies.

As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.

Meeting your needs:

To help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we offer employees "Total Reward." It's a package that can be tailored to your changing lifestyle, career and personal needs.

You'll enjoy benefits such as partner discounts, leadership training, professional, accreditations, and career planning for any stage of your career.

Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk through any adjustments you might need.

More about us:

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is a top global consultancy with over 80 years of design and engineering expertise.

With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed.

Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world.

Atkins, ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join.

Check out some of our recent, most exciting projects.

Additional Information:

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