Assistant Project Manager

4 weeks ago

Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom Gleeds Full time

About The Role

Assistant Project Manager, UK Property

Tunbridge Wells, UK Permanent Competitive salary, car allowance & benefits

About this opportunity

Gleeds are a global construction and property consultancy with over 100 years of industry history and over 2500 staff worldwide. Our core services consist of Project Management, Cost Management and Building Surveying, which we provide to public and private sector clients across a range of estates, portfolios and projects. Our areas of specialism include, but aren't limited to commercial, residential, industrial, education, healthcare data centres and life sciences. We are searching for an assistant project manager to join our Tunbridge Wells project management team. Your role in this team would be to assist with the delivery of construction projects in South London, Kent & Sussex, with the view to developing into an autonomous, client facing project management specialist. You will be joining a small, diverse team of Project Managers who work as part of a multi-disciplinary business of 25 based in the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Our Tunbridge Wells team enjoy a positive and collaborative culture which comes with a smaller office, whilst benefitting from the reputation, reach, resources and infrastructure of a global organisation like Gleeds.

Your responsibilities will include:

Supporting the Project Management Directors and wider team in delivering business objectives Positively engaging with customers and developing, growing and maintaining customer relationships Supporting the management of construction projects to deliver high quality services, and developing skills & knowledge to deliver projects independently Assisting with contract administration, and developing your contract administration skills Presenting to customers with support from senior project managers Advising directors promptly of any issues that have arisen, or may arise, on projects; in particular those that might impact on Gleeds professional indemnity (PI) insurance.

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

Opportunities to develop and grow your career A contributory pension scheme Employee Assistance Programme Our Global Travel Scholarship Programme Flexible working arrangements

About You

Who we’re looking for

Our Tunbridge Wells team are looking for an engaging, personable and highly organised assistant project manager who enjoys working collaboratively, and interested in developing their project management skills and progressing their career. You will ideally be be working towards a professional construction membership such as the RICS, CIOB or APM. You will need experience in project management within the built environment. Residential, defence or public sector construction experience would be a bonus, but by no means essential. Experience working for a construction consultancy would also be advantageous.

Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills:

To be successful in this role you will need: Existing Project Management experience in the construction industry A base knowledge of project management techniques, ideally with some practical experience managing projects An understanding of construction contracts, preferably with practical experience working with JCT or NEC3 contracts Excellent communication skills - both oral and written. Methodical way of thinking and approach to work. Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily. Proficient problem solving, negotiating, financial and numeracy skills Sound ICT skills, with a high proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Ability to work as part of a team.

Qualifications

Whilst no professional qualifications are required for this role, an RICS, CIOB or APM accredited bachelors or Masters degree in a construction, real estate of Project Management subject is desireable, and will help towards future professional qualification.

About Us

Be part of the extraordinary

Every day at Gleeds, we influence the way people around the world live, work and travel. Delivering on the world’s most iconic projects for globally renowned clients, our teams solve complex problems that shape the future of the built environment.

One of the qualities we value in people, is the ability to think creatively about the solutions we offer to clients. With 71 offices spanning the Americas, Europe, MENA and Asia Pacific our ability to innovate and improve is a product of the varied backgrounds and experience of our people. We welcome new perspectives and ideas.

Above all, we believe that quality relationships sit at the heart of good business. We strive to be the people that seek to understand and bring people together. Wherever we are in the world, our aspiration is to leave a positive legacy for people and local communities, whilst living and breathing our three core values:

We’re committed to our clients and our people We’re creative and realistic We combine professionalism with personality

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.

We recognise the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.

Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.

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