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Graduate Project Manager

ASSYSTEM
Derby, GBR
Full-time
Entry
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago

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Your Responsibilities

  • From day one, you’ll contribute to live projects and help teams coordinate the people, activities and information required for successful delivery.
  • You’ll work under the guidance of experienced Project Managers, gradually taking on greater responsibility as your knowledge, skills and confidence develop. Assystem’s Project Management terms of responsibility describe the graduate’s primary role as learning from experienced colleagues, understanding cross-functional requirements and contributing to project delivery.
  • Your main responsibilities include:
  • Supporting the development and maintenance of project plans, schedules, actions and delivery milestones.
  • Helping define and track project scope, requirements and agreed deliverables.
  • Coordinating information and activities across engineering, commercial, project controls and other multidisciplinary teams.
  • Supporting the identification and management of project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
  • Assisting with project governance, change control, meetings and decision making processes.
  • Preparing clear project reports, meeting packs, presentations and progress updates.
  • Building effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, suppliers and delivery partners.
  • Supporting project handover, close-out, lessons learned and continuous improvement activities.
  • Your Strengths and Requirements for Success
  • We’re looking for graduates who:
  • Experience of project work, team assignments, placements, volunteering, societies or part-time employment where you have organised activities, coordinated people or managed deadlines would be beneficial.
  • Eligibility Requirements:
  • To join our Graduate Scheme, you must be a UK sole national and a UK resident, as this is required for the type of work we do. You’ll also need to be able to obtain a minimum of Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, with some roles requiring higher levels of clearance.
  • As part of the programme, you should also be willing to relocate or travel within the UK, and we’ll provide relocation support where needed.
  • More information on the security vetting process and clearance levels can be found on the UK Government website: National Security Vetting: clearance levels
  • Recruitment Process
  • After submitting your application, you’ll receive confirmation of next steps. If successful at screening, one of our recruitment team will call you to discuss:
  • 📄 Your application and eligibility ⚡ Your passion for energy transformation 🎓 Your interest in and knowledge of your chosen discipline
  • Successful applicants will then be invited to attend an in-person assessment centre at one of our UK offices.
  • NOTICE TO CANDIDATES ON RECRUITMENT FRAUD - We are committed to safeguarding candidates from fraudulent activity associated with our recruitment process. Please note that we will never offer specialist CV writing services, request payment or ask for sensitive personal information during the recruitment process.
  • We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter!. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
  • Meeting the challenges of the energy transition and strengthening our sovereignty are among the key priorities of the 21st century. At the heart of these challenges, Assystem supports its clients in delivering their most strategic projects. To achieve this, our 8,000 Switchers leverage their expertise in engineering, project management, and digital solutions.
  • Operating in 13 countries (Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and North America), we contribute to the development of new nuclear power generation capacities, the operational maintenance of existing facilities, and the design and delivery of critical infrastructure, particularly in the defence sector.
  • Your Future Team
  • Are you someone who enjoys bringing people together, solving problems and helping good ideas become reality?
  • Join our two year Graduate Programme and begin your career with our Project Management team. You’ll work alongside experienced project professionals supporting complex engineering and infrastructure projects within our Defence business.
  • Our Project Managers bring together people, information and technical expertise to help projects move successfully from initial requirements through planning and delivery to handover and close out. They help teams remain focused on what needs to be delivered, when it needs to happen and how risks or issues will be managed.
  • You’ll gain practical experience across the project lifecycle while developing your understanding of project planning, governance, risk, change, cost, quality and stakeholder management. You’ll be supported as you build your confidence, develop your project management skills and learn how multidisciplinary teams deliver complex projects.

Qualifications

  • Have recently completed, or expect to complete, a degree in Project Management or Business Management before joining the Graduate Programme. Candidates with an Engineering degree are also considered.
  • Are interested in how complex engineering and infrastructure projects are planned, coordinated and delivered.
  • Enjoy bringing people together, solving problems and seeing activities through to completion.
  • Have strong organisational skills and feel comfortable managing different priorities and deadlines.
  • Can analyse information, maintain attention to detail and produce clear written work.
  • Communicate confidently and enjoy building relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Are proactive, reliable and willing to take responsibility for agreed actions.
  • Are curious, adaptable and willing to learn from experienced project professionals.

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