Assistant Project Manager – Liabilities
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: £38,140 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role
We are recruiting for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Liabilities team. You would be responsible for delivering assigned projects related to Decommissioning, Demolition, and Waste Processing Capability to time, cost, and quality, compliant with AWE processes. The role may also include applications of skill sets within nuclear programmes and projects in supporting the delivery of the AWE mission. Assistant Project Managers will be expected to work in roles that require an awareness and compliance with the nuclear license conditions.
The role requires an individual who can readily attend AWE on site to build and maintain high-quality relationships and support the project team. However, AWE offers agile flexible working arrangements, therefore elements of the role can be delivered through remote working.
Liabilities are initiating new projects during 2025. This is an opportunity to join a mature and expanding team to deliver significant hazard reduction and skyline change at AWE.
Whilst not to be considered a checklist, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:
* Support the Project Manager with delivery of projects
* Report progress and escalate issues to the Project Manager
* Build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships
* Read, analyse and interpret charts, spreadsheets, schedules, and (in some business areas) technical drawings
* Clear and concise communication approach, both oral and written, at multiple levels
* Foster good team morale and spirit and motivate others, maintain collaborative relationships
* Effective multi-task working, identify and manage priorities and work to challenging timescales
* Possess good listening skills enabling requests to be assimilated and converted into action plans
* Able to hold people to account when they under deliver or let standards slip
* Must be able to use Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
In this role you will:
* Deliver assigned tasks in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost, and quality.
* Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
Key Responsibilities:
* Undertake tasks for Governance (compliance and reporting).
* Task management of project resources (people, money).
* Support the planning of the task/project.
* Deliver work as defined in the Work Authorisation Document (WAD).
* Support and initiate change against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
* Support, initiate, and perform risk and opportunity identification and subsequent actions.
* The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.
You’ll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:
* 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
* Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
* Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
* Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
* Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
* Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
* Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
* Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.
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