Assistant Project Manager (Rail) (Sizewell C)
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Assistant Project Manager (Rail) (Sizewell C)
Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.
Location: Suffolk, Sizewell C, typically on - site.
Flexibility available, in line with the needs of business.
Employment Type: Permanent, full-time.
Salary: Competitive dependent on experience, plus bonus and other benefits.
The Opportunity
Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C (SZC) team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. Following on from the success of Hinkley Point C (HPC), the SZC Project is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk, which has obtained planning approval and Government financing support. The project has started construction and is now seeking private investment. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Rail team at Sizewell C (SZC). This is a great time to join an exciting project.
Our teams are set up to work flexibly, with a hybrid working approach between our offices and your home. We provide a full suite of IT equipment to ensure that our employees can work from home comfortably and effectively.
The Role
You’ll be the primary responsible for:
- Supporting planning and delivery associated with the full life cycle delivery of a rail contract or railway work packages.
- Ensuring a full and consistent compliance to all appropriate Network Rail Standards is delivered.
- Maintaining effective communications with all stakeholders, suppliers, Network Rail and team.
- Responding to tender queries, meetings with suppliers, and if required providing input to tender technical reviews.
- Managing and resolving issues within the contact or package in timely manner.
- Ensuring the List of Deliverables relating to the scope of work is delivered.
- Additionally, you’ll demonstrate industry knowledge, and experience of working in the rail infrastructure industry.
- Ideally, you’ll come from the rail infrastructure sector.
The Skills
- Experience in design and, or the delivery of rail infrastructure projects.
- Good knowledge of CDM Regulations.
- Knowledge or experience of applying APM body of knowledge and OGC's Prince 2.
- IT literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs – Word/Excel/Outlook.
- The ability to re-prioritise tasks in fast paced changing environment.
- Any experience within the nuclear sector would be a bonus.
If the above sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!
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Power in Diversity
Sizewell C is a great place to work, where everyone is welcome.
To fulfil our commitment of doing the power of good for Britain, our ambition is to have a workforce which reflects and benefits the society we are part of and serve. Every worker on SZC, wherever they are, should help to create and experience the right environment where everyone on the team understands, respects and embraces diversity with a culture where everyone is treated with equal respect and are all given equal access to opportunities. By valuing the different points of view and experiences that having a diverse team brings, and by fostering an inclusive climate, we will create a great place to work and a more successful project.
We create the right environment where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work. Whilst working together there is mutual trust and appreciation created through the building of meaningful relationships with one another, aligned with our key values:
Respect: Value the rules and environment in which we operate
Positivity: Positively challenge poor quality and performance
Humility: Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise
Solidarity: One team, working closely together and helping each other
Clarity: Communicate clearly and consistently
Everyone is able to get the most from their work and the workplace, and in return, give their best.
Competitive Salary and Benefits
We’re dedicated to offering flexible benefits th
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