Assistant Project Manager

Recruiter
Girling Jones Ltd
Location
Exeter
Posted
18 Jul 2018
Closes
17 Aug 2018
Job role
Accountant
Experience level
Manager
Are looking to develop your career in Project Management in the Construction industry?

Are you seeking a challenging role with a local construction consultancy?

I have an immediate vacancy for a Graduate / Assistant Project Manager to join our clients team in Exeter.

My client is a well-known Devon based organisation offering a variety of services through a network of offices in the South west region. Their project management team provides pre and post contract Project Management services to a wide range of clients in the Commercial Build, Education and health-care sectors.

As a Graduate your role will be to support the Project Manager in the delivery of their projects - so duties will be varied and challenging. You will be assisting with:-

* Project brief, appointment and coordination of the design team
* Development of project execution plans, programme, procurement strategy
* Procurement of contractors and appointment of contractors
* Contract administration/supervision
* Risk management and the management of a positive health and safety regime.
* Producing documents and reports
* Updating of project details, financial details etc. including Word documents, Excel spread sheets

You will be have the opportunity to work on construction projects for key clients, and be actively involved in all aspects of pre and post contract Project Management.

Experience

* Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills (telephone, email, report writing, and client facing meetings)
* Good appreciation of the construction process.
* Highly motivated
* Good problem solving skills
* Someone who likes to use their initiative
* High level of numeracy and literacy
* Working towards Chartered status
* Ideally, experience of using the MS Office suite of programmes with the ability to adapt to and learn new software quickly

Qualifications

Applicants should be degree qualified - this can be a BSc in a Construction related discipline, such as Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, Construction Management or Project Management, and you will be particularly focussed on a career in the construction project management.

Girling Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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