About The Role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a
Assistant Project Manager on the
Hinkley Point C Project and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.
We are seeking a Building Assistant Project Manager that will assist and work under supervision on tasks required to support the Building Lead delivery of the Building, project and contract scope for HPC.
The Assistant Project Manager (APM) will demonstrate the strongest direction of all activities associated with the full life cycle delivery of the work tasks assigned. Reporting directly to the Building lead you will be accountable for ensuring delivery of all construction activities with direct interfaces with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and handover activities for the life cycle of the contract or work package in accordance with the overall Project schedule.
About Hinkley Point C
The first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years; Hinkley Point C in Somerset will provide low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes, create thousands of jobs and bring lasting benefits to the UK economy.
Marking a significant milestone in the revitalisation of our nuclear power industry, Hinkley Point C will make a major contribution to the UKs move to reduce carbon emissions. The electricity generated by its two EPR reactors will offset 9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
What you'll be doing
- Assist to deliver project scope on behalf of MEH alliance
- Liaise and interface with the other key teams within the project on specific tasks.
- Support meetings and report inputs
- Have an awareness to develop, implement and provide ongoing support towards the use of management systems which will support delivery and quality of the outputs from the Building construction team Project Controls Department, including planning, organising works and adhering to required document control processes.
- Support the Building Lead in delivering project management functions of the technical work streams to help ensure they are completed on time and on budget, supporting the management of commercial and technical Work through all phases of the project
- Assist the Building Lead with daily, monthly and quarterly planning and reporting tasks and functions
- Provide support to ‘day to day’ building delivery and operations ensuring work can be delivered safely to the correct quality requirements and on time and budget
Who we're looking for
- Academic or professional qualifications
- You’ll be a highly skilled professional with strong communication and people management abilities.
- You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to present effectively and engage with senior management.
- Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills are essential, as this role involves working closely with multidisciplinary teams, both internally and externally.
- A logical and analytical mindset, with experience in budget analysis and forecasting.
- The ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines is crucial, along with a keen eye for detail and the capability to work independently with precision. This role requires a proactive approach, ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard while maintaining accuracy and efficiency.
- Ability to gain a security clearance.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.
We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
