Assistant Project Manager

About the Role:

The Assistant Project Manager will work closely with the project management and delivery teams to focus on the project controls across a portfolio of projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Assist with project control functions on a range of small to large buildings projects.
• Assist with the implementing and managing scope, cost and schedule change control.
• Support the project teams in maintaining the cost control systems by ensuring the planned resourcing is accurate and consistent.
• Prepare project progress, financial and resource information, including actual costs, earned value and forecasts.
• Capture all cost and schedule baselines; reviewing and auditing costs being charged to the project to ensure their validity.
• Ensure all cost, schedule and risk project reporting and activities comply with company and client requirements.
• Ensure appropriate change control processes are implemented to capture all change.

Candidate specifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline; professional memberships will be an added advantage.
• Prior experience in a similar role (experience in a project management consultancy)
• Strong understanding of, and experience in, project reporting including preparation of timely and accurate project weekly and monthly reports and progress against cost and schedule
• Demonstrable experience of planning and scheduling will be advantageous.
• Experience in administering and managing project cost control systems.
• Experience in administering and managing cost and invoicing processes.

Our Purpose
At Mott MacDonald, our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do; relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of our organisation. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate, rather take positive steps towards creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Flexible Working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

We can offer:

• 90 calendar days’ paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance