Graduate Project Manager

3 weeks ago

Plymouth, United Kingdom COSTAIN GROUP PLC Full time

**We have an exciting opportunity to join our leading-edge Graduate programme for a Project Manager in Defence - The role will start from September 2023.**

The role of the Project Manager is dynamic and stimulating. As a Graduate PM, you will assist other members of the PM team to drive projects forward and ensure that our clients achieve the built assets that their business function requires. This involves working at all stages of the project from initial concept right through to construction and operation of the building.

The PM is a key interface between the client, design team, consultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders. The PM helps to ensure actions are carried out by the appropriate parties at the right times to ensure deadlines are met and that value is added to the client's projects.

To be effective in the role of a Graduate PM you must have effective communication skills, be good at building relationships and rapport with the various parties involved in a project, be good at planning and managing your time, be highly motivated, and be committed to delivering excellent service to our clients.

**Please be advised that applicants for this role will need to be British Nationals due to the security nature of defence contracts and will have to go through advanced security clearance**

**About the project**

Costain has a portfolio of high profile projects across all sectors. This role will initially focus on a major infrastructure project supporting our defence sector clients.
**This role will be based at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth**

**Key responsibilities**
- Regular liaison with all relevant parties
- Procurement
- Liaising with and assisting Senior Project Managers
- Contact administration
- Data management
- Coordinating the project team
- Planning key task
- Reporting on progress and cost
- Site visits and meetings

**About you**
- Have passion for Costain's Carbon Net Zero targets
- Bachelor's degree or working towards a degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying is preferred
- Able to demonstrate a keen interest in developing a career in Project Management
- Effective decision making and strong verbal and written communication
- Proactive and driven approach to work and creating success
- Ability to working in a team of diverse individuals to meet common objectives
- Buy-in to achieving deadlines set by Clients and Managers
- IT proficient
- Able to work accurately and appreciate its importance to the team
- A willingness to learn with appropriate instruction
- Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships
- The ability to thrive in pressured situations
- The ability to empathise and communicate with all people, regardless of their background or circumstances
- Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills
- Mobility to work on various projects over the 2-year programme throughout the UK

**Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will require you to produce your passport and/or right to work documentation.

*This role will require enhanced security checks and all applicants will need to have British Nationality**
As some of our project sites are based in remote locations, it is worth noting that you will be required to have the ability to travel to site
**About Costain**

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
**Right to Work & Security Checks**

Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

**Closing date**

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
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