Assistant Project Manager

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom National Highways Full time

**Job Description** Your new role

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for multiple Assistant Project Managers to join our team delivering a major transformation programme. Within this role, you will be contributing to the planning and delivery of projects, carrying out assignedproject work to ensure the achievement of project objectives within agreed time, quality, and cost thresholds.

This role sits within the Business Transformation and Performance group, which comprises of a number of teams, the transformation arm of which is working on a programme of transformation looking to deliver C.£550 million of efficiencies over the next 5 yearroads period.

You will be required to work closely with managers and stakeholders to discuss their projects and to understand their vision, timescales, and outcomes, communicating effectively across our Programme. Your ability to influence and challenge effectively willbe essential.

This role is a full time, permanent position that can be based at any of our national offices (Bedford, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Guildford, Leeds, Manchester) and travel will be required to other UK sites.

What you’ll be leading on
- Support the development of business cases, project plans and other supporting documentation for new projects to secure necessary approval and investment decisions, and to align stakeholders on project plans
- Carry out feasibility work for proposed projects, to inform the development of business cases and investment proposals.
- Plan and define project steps or schedules, consistent with defined review milestones and priorities, to contribute to the design of the overall project plan.
- Contribute to the identification, implementation and monitoring of day-to-day support for the project activities including contract compliance, risk management, Health & Safety, financial management and reporting, document control, assurance and governance,to ensure adherence to National Highways standards.
- Lead the production of the monthly progress report to the PMO and Programme Leader and be accountable for the accuracy of information flows into the business.
- Contribute to the commissioning and performance management of delivery partners and expert consultancy support, ensuring that project objectives and requirements are clearly understood, setting clear expectations for health and safety management, time andcost; and recommending appropriate remedial action where necessary.

To be Successful
- Strong collaborator, to gain the involvement and engagement of a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience supporting the development of complex projects or high profile projects
- Sound data management, audit and challenge skills to monitor supplier information flows
- Evidence of leadership on safety standards and behaviours within multiple team reporting structures within project delivery

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to dobetter and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.
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