Assistant Project Manager

4 weeks ago


Bridgwater, United Kingdom Capita Full time

Job Purpose:
The Assistant Project Manager reports directly to the Project Manager (or equivalent) and is responsible for the direction and leadership of all activities associated with the full life cycle delivery of the contract(s) assigned to them.
This post has the responsibility to ensure delivery of all (or part of) the engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction and commissioning activities for the life cycle of the contract or work package in accordance with the overall Project schedule.This post will ensure planning and delivery is in accordance with all safety, quality, time and cost parameters to meet the needs of the Project.
Dimensions:
The Hinkley Point C Project is split into 3 key areas, which are in turn broken down into further contracts or packages of work in accordance with the Contract and Work Breakdown Structure(s). Each programme will be delivered in part by EDF resources and inpart through one or more (interrelated) major contracts.
This role will be within the Transverse Equipment part of the Conventional Island (CI) Area. Key fundamentals around the role include:
This post will support the Project Manager of a >£100m contract for the delivery of technically complex equipment.
The incumbent would be responsible for leading a Multiple-Disciplinary Team (MDT). Technical, Project Controls, Quality and the Supplier(s)
Regular interaction with EDF in France will be necessary as part of operating in a matrix management structure.
International travel (restrictions permitting), to France (EDF) and to meet with suppliers across the world, would be a requirement.
Principal Accountabilities:
Lead a team of professionals, providing vision, strategy and direction, adhering at all times to the core values of HPC.
Develop procurement, commercial and contract strategy, identifying the optimum solution to minimise risk to HPC.
Define the work scope to be delivered within the contract or package of work and the interfaces to the other elements of the programme.
Negotiate contractual terms and conditions, and obtain budget approval for any new commitments.
Manage approved budget, variations, risk and opportunities across all designated projects;
Securing the required resources to meet their project requirements, ensuring the maintenance of SQEP for any assigned resource and promptly identifying any personnel shortfalls or issues within their project team.This could involve input to internal or externalrecruitment.
Developing and executing effective execution strategies and plans in line with the overall programme execution plan (PEP), setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised and executed. The PEP sets out the “why”, “what”, “how”, “when” and “who”for the delivery of the programme.
Maintaining effective communications with all stakeholders.
Drive the delivery of the contract or package activities 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, budgetand provide key stakeholders with reports on these matters.
Anticipate, manage and resolve issues within the contact or package. Identify risks and facilitate the resolution of all issues raised, develop and update the programme budget, and escalate any issues to the Project Manager.
Ensure level 3 schedules are developed and maintained for the contract or package of work. Ensure such schedules are consistent with overall Project schedules (levels 1 and level 2). Escalate any discrepancies to the Project Manager.
Interface with other programmes and interfacing projects to ensure a high-level view of how the total project is progressing and to identify and adopt the use of best practice.
Ensure that contract or package contractual requirements are fulfilled.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all project team members.
Reporting progress on the above to the Project Manager and fulfil regular reporting requirements.
Nuclear Safety Accountabilities:
This Post has nuclear safety responsibilities which could have an impact on nuclear safety through the activities that they perform. These are detailed in the Nuclear Baseline.
Nature and Scope:
Design principles, system design (which are typically undertaken by the Responsible Designer (RD);
Detailed design and manufacturing (Supplier) and associated inspection activities (RD + 3rd party);
EDF Energy teams to ensure all activities are delivered safely, to quality, budget and schedule.
The Assistant Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of a specific set of activities to time, cost, safety and quality including the day to day management of specific contracts and the L3 schedule (Detailed Control Schedule) which provides detailedmonthly work execution sequences. The Level 3 schedules are utilised by external organisations responsible for work execution to better define logistic sequencing and internal organisational hand-offs. Leadership is crucial as the Assistant Project Managerwill be required to lead diverse project team members to deliver activities within their programme. The Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for managing a near term work plan to drive the delivery of work on a week by week basis, setting up and compliancewith a budget for their areas of activity; development and operation of a risk log
- challenging any increase in costs and developing options to reduce cost, establishing and managing the interfaces between their work scope and the work of the other projectmanagers, setting up and operating the quality plan and the change control for their contracts.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
Track record of delivering multiple simultaneous projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulatedenvironment.
Demonstrate success in managing / developing: Engineering design, contract and field execution strategies for project delivery,
Multi-discipline EPCM projects,
Procurement and management of complex contracts,
Management of a global supply chain,
Control of costs; risk; schedule and change and proficient in the use of Earned Value tools,
Close out of commercial claims and the associated negotiations.
Experience of successfully engaging groups of



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