Assistant Project Manager


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Defence Infrastructure Organisation

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8th April 2021

Location

Glasgow

Salary/Rate

Upto £33000

Salary Notes

+ substantial pension and benefits

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.

The Challenge

The DIO led Clyde Infrastructure Programme is tasked with delivering a £1.6billion capital investment in support of one of the MOD's key defence tasks, the maintenance of the Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD).

The programme is entering into a period of significant transformational change to address affordability and delivery challenges. We are moving to a new, more efficient, way of working and we will be bringing new people and new processes, with pace, into DIO Clyde. It will be a challenging time and it is therefore an opportunity to come in and fast-track your learning and test yourself on delivering critical projects in a high-pressure operational environment.

We are currently transitioning between technical service framework providers, whilst operating a new collaborative commercial framework which enables our approved suppliers to bid and deliver construction services. The post holder will be in direct contact with the technical support providers aswell as our construction suppliers to measure and enable delivery of critical infrastructure.

Currently our programme includes projects in design, implementation and handover phases. With many of the projects preparing to transition into implementation, the post holder will have exposure to projects mobilising and actively delivering construction on an operational military site. Infrastructure delivery is a challenging environment in which to work, with interdependencies between the required programmes and projects and the need to maintain military outputs. The candidate will be required to deliver at pace and demonstrate effective application of programme and project management skills, tools and techniques.

HMNB Clyde is the duty station for this role, however we consider flexible working for our team members where the role allows. Team members based or visiting the site can benefit from onsite parking, civilian canteen, as well as coffee and food shop. Memberships to the gym and leisure facilities are available to those based at the site.

Due to local security and clearance restrictions there is a requirement for a UK national only in this post.

Main Responsibilities

Support the PM and the project team to deliver the project objectives

Support the PM in the management and administration of the contract

Support the PM to manage financial performance of projects to control expenditure against approved project budgets

Support the PM in undertaking project assurance and gateway reviews across the portfolio at key stages to evaluate progress, compliance and probability of delivery to provide confidence to senior management, customers and key stakeholders

Accountable for complying with all agreed DIO processes and operating procedures and particularly those which are detailed under key infrastructure process

Monitors the performance of the organisation, technical support providers and supply chain, in terms of meeting their contractual obligations

Maintains productive relationships with the supply chain throughout the execution of the contract

Review and critique duration and cost estimates for the activities (reviewing and updating these at relevant points) and identifies critical dates relevant to the events

Monitors financial performance throughout the project and prepares reports for stakeholders in line with organisational requirements. Obtains estimates for the costs of activities, events and overheads

Applies metrics to identify cost trends and to update estimates of final costs

Reviews proposed changes and determines their high-level impact, requesting further information or clarification where necessary. Assesses all options relating to the proposed changes and estimates their impacts

Desirable Experience & Skills

Qualification:

Working towards or hold a relevant project management qualification.

Membership:

Working towards or hold a relevant project management membership or accreditation.

Closing date: 13th April 2021 at 11:55pm.

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