ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER
Location: Luton
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Permanent
Established in the United Kingdom in 1968, ISS UK provides Integrated Facility Management Services to customers in both the Public and Private Sectors. Our parent company, the ISS Group, operates in 53 countries worldwide with annual revenues exceeding £7bn.
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Job Description
The role of Assistant Project Manager is key to the ongoing delivery of Capital Projects safely efficiently and cost effectively.
This role is essential to assist the Head of Projects in delivering the clients Capital Project plan. It is an autonomous role that requires a strong proactive can-do attitude and a high degree of initiative as well as strong communications skills.
So, join us and play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing our service excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for delivery of the client Investment Project Pipeline, a wide range of ad-hoc business-driven Projects, upgrades and improvement works and feasibility studies
- Responsible for ensuring all project works undertaken are managed effectively in line with ISS procedures and approved codes of practice and CDM requirements
- Ensure that all Project related activities are supported by a clear commercial process to ensure all projects are delivered profitably and underpinned by a clear breakdown of costs presented to the client for approval
- Lead by example, motivate and engage with the key stakeholders and ISS teams across the client account
- Maintain accurate Project files for each Project held on shared drive, and keep local records of Project status to evidence progress and commercial management
- Monitor project performance against SLA’s and KPI’s in line with customer expectations and ensure accurate Monthly Reports and updates are collated and delivered to the customer reporting timelines
- Promote a strong safety culture on all Project activities, with adherence to company processes for risk assessment, training, safe working, accident reporting and investigation (to include root cause analysis)
About You
- Experience in Facilities Management Project Management– preferably within the Industrial and Manufacturing type environments.
- Experience of managing a programme of works and delivering projects on time and to budget
- Experience of working within CDM Regulations (2015)
- Highly numerate and literate.
- Formal Project Management qualification e.g. APM or Prince 2 (preferred)
- Ability to understand customer requirements and translate them into successful operational solutions and drive closure on proposals.
- Awareness of Utilities, Energy Management and Sustainability.
- Awareness of asset risk management and Lifecycle planning.
- Excellent IT skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint as a minimum).
- Degree / Diploma educated in a Business or FM related discipline
- A range of experience across project work including CDM, customer service and financial accountability
Please Note: Due to the nature of this role, you must be eligible for SC Clearance. So, you must be a UK national or have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of five years
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing [email protected]