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About The Role

We are looking to strengthen our Project Delivery team with an Assistant Project Manager based at Belfast with hybrid working available. 

You will report directly to the Project Director and your role will be to work with the Project Director on a portfolio of projects providing support to the PD’s general duties and taking the lead on project governance, supply chain relationships, takeover and client facing outputs. Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the project team and supply chain, striving to deliver enhanced health, safety, quality & environmental outcomes, customer satisfaction and commercial success. The APM acts as the PM’s Deputy and supports the PM in liaison with the Client.

Key responsibilities:

  • Supporting the project team in ensuring that all legal and industry standards impacted by the project are achieved.
  •  With the PD ensuring that H&S management arrangements and people are in place for the duration of the project.
  • Administration of the Project Management Plan ensuring that Quality Assurance has been accommodated for in all parts.
  • Ensure that the MWHT Business Management System is deployed.
  • Ensure that all staff working on the project have enough training and experience for the role they are performing.
  • To have an understanding of all aspects of the client contract and the contracts cascaded to the project supply chain.
  • Supporting the PD & QS in supply chain notifications of potential EWN’s, CE’s, CI or change in scope.
  • Working with the PD & QS to ensure supply chain project costs do not exceed allowances.
  • Working with the LDE, PD & QS to manage internal design costs.
  • To become proficient in the use of client’s digital platforms
  • Ensure that project outputs are cascaded and communicated as appropriate to design and construction project team members.
  • Manage accountability of internal and external stakeholders in relation to programme obligations.
  • Escalate to the Project Director or QS any key project issues and risks with mitigation plans and actions.
  • MWHT Quality management and reporting to be in place and client KPI’s to be managed.
  • Continuous improvement against contractual key performance indicators.
  • Take a lead role in the project governance from a client facing perspective ensuring that all contractually required documentation is progressed with the PD.
  • Assist in the resource profiling of the project programme & project team.
  • Supporting the Site Manager in look ahead and supply chain progress reporting.
  • The APM represents the PD when attending Client meetings, reporting back to the PD on any issues or actions that arise.

About You

Essential:

  • Educated to HND/HNC and vocational professional/management qualifications or transferable role specific experience.
  • Good working knowledge of all relevant H&S legislation and in particular duty holder relationships of CDM.
  • H&S qualification SMSTS/IOSH/NEBOSH
  • Member of relevant professional body (e.g. APM, CMI, ICE)
  • Working towards professional recognition with a chartered body.
  • Experience of the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects.
  • Internal & external stakeholder management.
  • Excellent communicator.
  • Self-motivated, resilient, and tenacious under pressure.
  • Leadership & management skills.
  • Full driving licence.

Desirable:

  • Experience in water treatment plants
  • Have good knowledge of digital delivery tools.
 
Technical Competencies: Skilled

1. Contract Management
2. Governance
3. Budgeting and cost control
4. Risk, Opportunities and issue management
5. Project Planning (schedule)
6. Digital Delivery
7. Procurement (negotiations and management)
8. Solutions development (pre- construction / design development)
9. Client, stakeholder and conflict management
10. Resource management
11. Change management
12. Quality management 

Behavioural competencies: Skilled

1. Communication
2. Collaboration
3. Client Focus
4. Striving for Results
5. Integrity, Trust and Respect
6. Coaching and Providing Feedback
7. Leadership
 

About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances.

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills.

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don’t just tick boxes; we live these values every day.

What MWH offer

Packages include - 

  • A competitive salary
  • Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
  • Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
  • 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
  • Contribution Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc

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