Assistant Project Manager

Assistant Project Manager

Department: Operations Management/Site Operations Management

Employment Type: Permanent
- Full Time

Location: Southampton

Reporting To: Dean Heaphy

Join Trant Engineering and help shape the delivery of critical projects in a high-risk environment.

Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. We’re now looking to expand our team with an Assistant Project Manager
to play a key role in our delivery team at Fawley Refinery. This position reinforces an established, successful team with a breadth of expertise.

• Assist in developing project plans, schedules, and resource allocation.
• Support day-to-day coordination of site and engineering activities.
• Monitor project progress and highlight potential delays or risks.
• Assist in ensuring projects meet technical, safety, and quality requirements.
• Assist in tracking project budgets, costs, and forecasts.
• Drive productivity, maintain standards and champion continuous improvement.
• Help identify and report commercial or financial risks.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and records.

• Support the identification, assessment, and mitigation of project risks.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and client standards.
• Support quality assurance, inspections, and commissioning activities.
• Assist in monitoring Health, Safety, and Environmental compliance on site.

• High degree of client and subcontractor engagement.
• Maintain communication with internal teams regarding project progress.
• Help prepare project reports, presentations, and progress updates.

• Assist in coordinating site engineers, designers, and subcontractors.
• Support collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across the project team.
• Aid in the development and training of junior staff as required.

• Project Manager / Contracts Manager.
• Site Engineers / Site Managers.
• Operations & Engineering Teams.
• Commercial / Contracts Teams.
• Quality & HSE Teams External Interfaces.
• Clients / End Users.
• Subcontractors / Suppliers.
• Consultants / Technical Advisors.
• Regulators / Authorities.

• Uphold and promote the Company’s Core Values – Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

You may be required to undertake additional duties, consistent with the responsibilities and level of this role, beyond those specified above.

• Degree, HND, HNC, or equivalent in Construction, Project Management and Civil Engineering,
• Experience of working in High-Risk environments.
• Knowledge of UK engineering, construction, and regulatory standards.
• Experience supporting engineering or construction projects, ideally in Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Energy, Water or Utilities.
• Experience assisting with project scheduling, reporting, and documentation.
• Experience in coordinating teams or liaising with site staff.
• Awareness of Health, Safety, and Environmental regulations in high-risk environments.

• Experience of working in a Refinery or safety critical environments.
• Familiarity with project management software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, or similar).
• Experience supporting multi-site projects or complex project logistics.
• Professional body membership (ICE, CIOB RICS etc)

At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure – shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.

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