Project Manager / Contract Administrator

An opportunity to join Assystem as a permanent staff member or as a contractor (inside IR35 via an umbrella company) for a period of 12 months+.

Role location, including minimum time required in office / on site

Albion Square, Whitehaven

Initial 2-3 days per week required in the project office with regular site visits.

Remote candidates will be considered on the basis that travel to Whitehaven will be required.

Project Description

The Analytical Services and Active Areas Portfolio provides design, technical and project management support across the Sellafield Site with particular focus on the existing analytical laboratories.

The role will support the delivery of multiple tasks within this portfolio of design work.

Role Description

Role:

Reporting to the AXIOM Senior Project Manager, a Project Manager / Contract Administrator is required for the AXIOM project design delivery team within the Analytical Services and Active Areas programme of work. Key requirements are outlined below:

Responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with the Project team to track and manage KPI’s, including forecasting revenue at risk, change management and communicating Compensation Events & Early Warning Notices.
• Engagement with Responsible Engineers across a number of disciplines to ensure consistency when estimates are prepared.
• Ensure the relevant project risks which may affect contractual KPI’s are identified and managed/mitigated as appropriate. This includes regular monitoring of the residual risks.
• Progression of timely responses to contractual requests from the client including Early Warning Notices, Compensation Events and other contractual documents
• Chair/Attend project meetings on behalf of the AXIOM Senior Project Manager, to support forward planning, preparation and readiness for the contract administration
• Stakeholder management as required by the AXIOM Senior Project Manager
• Upward reporting of issues to the AXIOM Senior Project Manager
• Maximising Learning from Experience, disseminating and input of LFE across all project stages.
• Working closely with the Senior PM supporting contract administration, project reviews and stakeholder engagement
• Support to the delivery team enabling safe and efficient working against the project baseline cost, schedule and quality requirements.
• Provision of weekly updates to the planner and cost engineers, to enable effective progress monitoring and schedule accuracy.
• To be able to project Manage a number of tasks within the portfolio.