Assistant Project Manager

At Nidec Drives our values and behaviours are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success.

We are looking for exceptional people who turn ambitions into actions, and we believe everyone has the potential to succeed.

Achieve your dreams with Nidec Drives – apply today!

Nidec will offer a host of opportunities for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges, and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity.

In addition, we will offer you a benefits package that aims to meet your individual needs.

Here’s some of what we offer:

• 25 days Annual Leave, increasing with service. (Plus, Public Holidays)
• Progression & Development opportunities.
• Holiday sell back program.
• Pension Scheme, 5% matched.
• Additional day off for your birthday, once you have been with us for 1 year.
• EV and cycle-to-work schemes.
• Voucher programs, with a wide offer of discounts on everything from cinema and theatre tickets to goods and services.
• Life Insurance
• A funded volunteer day per year, encouraging you to support the communities and charities that matter to you.
• Employee assistance program

Role Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join Nidec Drives as an Assistant Project Manager to support maternity leave cover, with an estimated end date of 23 August 2027.

Reporting to the Program Director – New Product Development & Sustaining, this role will support the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of projects by coordinating project activities, maintaining schedules, tracking risks and actions, and ensuring effective communication across cross-functional teams.

The Assistant Project Manager helps deliver projects on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.

Key Job Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the Assistant Project Manager consist of but are not limited to:

Project Planning & Coordination

• Assist in developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, and milestones.
• Coordinate project activities across cross-functional teams.
• Track project progress against agreed timelines and deliverables.
• Support resource planning and workload management.
• Organize project meetings, workshops, and reviews.

Project Reporting

• Prepare regular project status reports and dashboards.
• Monitor and communicate schedule, cost, scope, and risk performance.
• Maintain project documentation, action logs, and decision registers.
• Provide accurate project updates to stakeholders.

Risk & Issue Management

• Support identification and assessment of project risks.
• Maintain risk and issue registers.
• Track mitigation actions and escalate concerns where appropriate.
• Assist in implementing corrective actions to keep projects on track.

Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate communication between project teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain and deliver weekly status reports to the Program Director.
• Support preparation of presentations and governance materials.

Financial & Resource Support

• Assist with project budgeting and forecast tracking.
• Monitor project expenditure against approved budgets.
• Support resource forecasting and capacity planning activities.
• Track purchase orders and project-related costs where applicable.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure project management processes and standards are followed.
• Maintain project documentation in line with company procedures.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements:

Essential

• No formal qualification but a demonstratable interest in Project Management.
• Basic understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
• Experience using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• Working towards Project Management qualification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, APM PFQ, PMP, or CAPM.
• Experience working within product development, engineering, manufacturing, or technical environments.
• Experience of Project Management tools such as MS Project

No project management experience necessary but experience of working with multi-discipline team across global locations will be an advantage.

Nidec Drives: What we do?

We take care of the world’s motion. We provide AC, DC, and Servo drive solutions for everything from heavy industry to theatre production, end-to-end production lines, and everything in between.

Our precision-engineered drives are designed to optimise performance and productivity, creating essential motion for a more efficient future. As part of Nidec, the world’s largest electric motor company, we make the world spin smarter and faster.

As a global business, operating for over 50 years, we have grown into a thriving business, now operating in over 30 countries. We pride ourselves on our people and we look for those who are continuously striving for excellence with the ambition to achieve success.