Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager - Water
Location: South East London
Contract Type: Contract - CIS
Contract Length: 6 month rolling

Our client is an Assistant Project Manager who will sit within the Delivery Team supporting the division with the function in the finance field on Water/Sewage Treatment Projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the client and striving to meet their needs. They should ensure the smooth running of the project and work closely with the Programme Manager / Project Manager.
• Ensure the safe, efficient and compliant completion of work under his/her control.
• Be able to prepare and produce project RAMS.
• Ensure best practice is shared across all MWS projects, and shares resource where necessary with other workstreams.
• Ensure that his/her team is continually driving to improve their performance, and that new ideas and innovation are encouraged and developed.
• Ensuring that all plant, materials and subcontract resource is managed and on site as needed
• Report to the Programme/Project Manager/Client weekly on the status of the Project.
• Ensuring the requirements of the MWS Job Packs and Team Packs are being followed.
• Checking training certification and competence.
• Complete and submit site audits and close out actions arising. Completion and submission of Hazard spots.
• Complete PPE checks including head protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, gloves, High visibility clothing. Other PPE as required by task.
• Ensure jobs meet all environmental standards
• Ensure compliance with NRSWA notices and permit conditions.
• Checking of signing, lighting and guarding to ensure compliance with the NRSWA (red book).
• Ensure all permit conditions are met.
• Dealing with all customer issues in accordance with the protocol.
• Day-to-day liaison with the Project Manager regarding complaints & queries.
• Respond to the Escalations team in accordance with the prescribed timescales
• Ensure compliance with all aspects of the contract standards.
• Ensure water quality standards are maintained, ensuring pipe ends are sealed, storage of materials, chloros, usage etc.
• Ensure the data integrity of all jobs completed including random dip testing of data including but not limited to; serial numbers (bar codes), co-ordinates, photograph quality on route and task stop-starts times etc.
• Ensure where possible production rates are met reporting any issues or slippages to their manager.
• Ensure all gangs are completing all data fields on the system and posting the required photographs.
• Ensure all project data and evidence is collected, collated and correctly stored.
• Jeopardy management of jobs prioritising jobs with limited SLA days remaining
• Development and maintenance of key reports to monitor and drive performance
• Ensure the day-to-day compliance management including problem solving & resolution of issues.
• Ensure jobs are health, safety, quality and environmentally compliant in accordance with legislations, procedures and standards.
• Ensure any issue or problem encountered are notified to / escalated to your line manager.
• Promote the highest levels of integrity within the business, demonstrate professionalism and uphold the MWS code of conduct at all times.
• Engage with Contractors and Highway authorities where needed.

Qualifications and Experience:

Our client values you for who you are, so appropriate formal training and development will be provided, but we will look favourably if you can demonstrate/hold any of the below:

• Degree/HNC/HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering or Construction
• Management training such as Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 or equivalent
• NEBOSH National Certificate (General or Construction)
• SMSTS
• Water hygiene

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