Assistant Project Manager
Sub Division: Defence
Location: Oxford
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday
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Purpose of Role
We're looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join our growing Defence team, supporting the delivery of a major Fire Door Programme valued at approximately £20m across more than 140 live projects. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your project management career while working alongside experienced Project Managers on a high-profile programme
Job Description
Working closely with the Project Management team, you'll play a key role in coordinating projects, maintaining programme information, supporting site activities and liaising with contractors and clients.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with strong administration and coordination skills who wants to gain hands-on project management experience in a supportive environment.
Responsibilities
- Supporting the delivery of a large-scale Fire Door Programme
- Maintaining project trackers, reports and programme information
- Coordinating activities across multiple live projects
- Attending site inspections and reporting findings
- Liaising with contractors and key stakeholders
- Acting as a point of contact for project-related enquiries
- Supporting client meetings and communications
- Monitoring project progress and updating programme schedules
- Managing project documentation and records
- Identifying upcoming actions and ensuring key deadlines are achieved
Essential Qualifications/Skills
Essential Skills & Experience
- Experience working in a Project Coordinator, Project Administrator or similar coordination role
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Excellent organisational and administrative abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Confidence learning new systems and processes
- A proactive and self-motivated approach
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Ability to obtain Security Clearance (SC)
Desirable
- Experience supporting construction, engineering, facilities management or infrastructure projects
- PRINCE2 or project management training
- CSCS Card
- SMSTS
- First Aid qualification
In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.
We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors. We are committed to working towards a lower carbon society, focusing on sustainable and innovative methods to exceed our partners' goals and add value for all stakeholders – and we were named the top-ranked FM service provider in the Sustainable FM Index for 2020. We put our people first. Always working as a team and collaborating from start to finish. We are the trusted expert in the built environment because we listen to our team and create a workplace that maximises their potential.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.
VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.
Work Location: In person
