Assistant Project Manager

Salary: £36,000 – £48,000 per year

An Assistant Project Manager with 1-2 minimum years post graduate experience is being sought after by a specialist consultancy led building contractor due to a recent win on a major government ministry of defence framework.

You will need to have a relevant construction related degree, e.g., Construction Management, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Building Engineering. You will be keen to progress academically and be helped to achieve MRICS or MCIOB status

At Aylin White we work with one of the UK’s leading design and modular build consultancy contractors and are working in partnership with the company to help them grow and develop with the hire of an Assistant Project Manager.

At present they are looking to expand and develop their project team due to landing a key role within a large-scale ministry of defence framework with the hire of an Assistant Project Manager to support the Project Managers and Project Management Leads.

They are looking for an ambitious individual who has been working wthin a Consultancy or Contractor and gained 1-2 years’ minimum post graduate experience.

This is a very client facing position and you will need to be comfortable working closely and constructively with challenging clients, creating innovative solutions, managing a busy workload and supporting the construction team.

As the Assistant Project Manager, you will be helping with every aspect of your projects including planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure. Providing support for the project team’s operations, leading to the achievement of all the agreed goals within the set scope, time, quality, and budget standards.

The Assistant Project manager will be involved with:

* Be the central contact throughout project lifecycles, promoting best practice and company policies at each stage

* Helping ensure that timeframe targets and budgets are met

* Contributing towards the design stage process, working with the Design Manager to develop a coordinated set of Contractors Proposals

* Work alongside the commercial team to negotiate contracts with external vendors to reach profitable agreements

* Obtain permits and licenses from appropriate authorities

* Determine resources requirements (manpower, equipment, and materials) from start to finish with attention to budgetary limitation

* Help plan all construction operations and schedule intermediate phases to ensure deadlines will be met

* Ensure the highest H&S standards are maintained on site

* Evaluate progress and assist in providing detailed reports

The Assistant Project Manager shall also help to ensure that all the key elements required to meet BIM standards are in place, using key BIM applications for Construction – Phasing and prototyping, RFIs and issue resolution, Change management, Monitoring and control and Project closure – Contract and financial closure, Record model, Handover.

The Modular Build sector is fast becoming integral in the construction industries development of Modern Methods of Construction and evolving sustainable solutions to the UK’s Built Environment.

Finding efficient and cost-effective ways of building is and will continue to be hugely important to the industry, with even more emphasis in the current climate.

It’s a secure, growing and lucrative sector to be in for an ambitious Assistant Project Manager. Our client works across the Education, Defence and Healthcare sectors.

In the current market our client is growing and have won numerous projects across the Defence, Education and HealthCare sectors. This is a great opportunity to push on in your career and take a step up in the management ladder