Assistant Project Manager​/Project Manager, Transport Project Management Team

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Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start - and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture.

Ramboll employs more than 18,000 people globally across 35 countries. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, Management Consulting, and Architecture & Landscape. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we help shape the societies of tomorrow.

Ramboll is seeking both Assistant Project Managers and Project Managers and invite you to bring your expertise in Project Management into play as you provide project & programme management services for internal and external clients on a wide range of transport schemes including civils/highways/ports/aviation/ energy and water sectors. The role will involve multi-disciplinary management of exciting projects across the UK and Ireland with flexible working and close interaction with our teams and clients, occasional travel will of course be necessary.

Birmingham/London/Chester/Southampton/Edinburgh/Exeter, United Kingdom and Ireland

To succeed in this role, you must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and experience of managing the design process and construction of transport projects. Are you our new project manager?

You will be part of our wider project management community delivering a wide range of major transport construction projects in the UK and Ireland and overseas. The work is challenging, exciting and involves dealing with clients and a broad range of stakeholders, consequently it is vital for applicants to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and are able to form close and effective working relationships.

Our team's culture is one based on inclusion, collaboration, openness and support, where enjoyment and passion in our work are fundamental. Ramboll offers flexible and part-time working arrangements.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, confident, capable and professional individual at the start of their project management journey keen to develop in line with international project management standards and interested in progressing to lead and manage increasingly more challenging and complex projects.

• Assist in the delivery of projects from inception to completion ensuring that scope, contracts, programmes, change management, risk registers, budgets and QA procedures are all in place and maintained through the life of a project.
• Help manage the design process through design workshops and project meetings.
• Develop positive and collaborative working relationships with project team, clients and contractors.
• Help manage sub-consultants as the project requires, typically this may be quantity surveyors, architects or specialist designers.
• Day to day management of the project activities you are supporting including Monthly Reports, Meeting Minutes and (MS Project/P6) Schedules, and delivery of presentations when required.
• Ensure coordinated and high-quality deliverables from our multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide support to bid teams and handle preparation of proposals for multi-disciplinary tenders alongside the discipline team leaders.
• Ensure fees/costs are prepared on time and correctly submitted with all necessary supporting information to facilitate prompt payment.

Your key deliverables over the first 12 months for this role will be:

• Collaborating with the team in the delivery of projects to budget, time and quality.
• Creating positive working relationships with design teams, clients and contractors.
• Coordinating design/project deliverables and ensuring quality…