Assistant Project Manager

Job description

Who will you be working with? We are seeking an experienced Assistant Project Manager to join our team at the LH Group (a Division of Wabtec UK Ltd) based in Burton on Trent we support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.

Role

Assistant Project Manager Salary: £Competitive Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN)

Hours

Monday to Thursday, 08:00am to 16:30pm, and Friday 08:00am to 13:00pm Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays (plus 8 bank holidays) How will you make a difference? The Assistant Project Manager supports project delivery by coordinating activities, maintaining project controls, monitoring performance, and managing risks, costs and reporting. Working closely with cross-functional teams, the role offers a clear progression route towards full Project Manager accountability.

What will your typical day look like? Maintain project plans, schedules, milestone trackers and action logs to support successful project delivery. Monitor project performance, identify risks to delivery and support recovery plans where required. Coordinate updates across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and Quality teams. Assist with project reporting, stakeholder communications and customer review meetings.

Support cost control, forecasting, budget tracking and monthly project financial reviews. Maintain risk, issue and opportunity registers, ensuring actions are tracked through to completion. Support quality, warranty and customer complaint activities, including the collection of supporting evidence. Prepare project documentation, reports, meeting minutes and governance review packs. Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and customers to support project success.

Take ownership of assigned work packages and contribute to the continuous improvement of project delivery processes. What do we want to know about you? Ideally you have previous Project Coordination or Administration experience. Strong communication skills as you will be maintaining and developing good relationships with internal departments and with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors. Must be able to work on own initiative.

Excellent attention to detail. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines for the team. Competent MS applications (in particular Excel). Apply today! Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. *Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition.

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