Assistant Project Manager

Assistant Project Manager - Transport

**Country**:Saudi Arabia**Position Location**:Riyadh, KSA**Contract Type**:Permanent**Work Pattern**:Full Time**Sector**:Transport**Discipline**:Project programme and commercial management**Job Ref**:3088**Recruiter Contact**:Salem Alnahdi**About the Job**:

- Mott MacDonald is looking for an Assistant Project Manager to manage and administer the delivery of a portfolio of Transport projects and future opportunities (proposals).**Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below**:
- Assisting and supporting the Project Manager in Managing the full life-cycle of the project and ensuring the project is successfully completed from beginning to end including project kick-off, designing, execution and completion, all whilst ensuring compliance with Mott MacDonald’s internal controls and policies,
- Control, monitor and manage project costs and schedule, scope, quality of work and project controls,
- Monitor the Key Performance Indicators for the projects,
- Manage risks and mitigation measures identified by the project team,
- Manage change that is identified by the project team,
- Prepare monthly reports on project performance and progress for the client and internal stakeholders,
- Support presentations of monthly progress to clients and internal stakeholders,
- Supporting the management of bids through the full life cycle and ensuring the bid is successfully completed,
- Mentor and develop staff, providing leadership and a positive working environment,
- Monitor and review compliance with the requirements of the Group’s management system and report findings,
- Identifying, building and maintaining key relationships both internally within Mott MacDonald and externally with key clients.**Role Requirements**:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an established university; a Master’s Degree in Project and/ or Programme Management would be a distinct advantage,
- Member of an internationally recognised professional body; membership of an accredited, recognized Project Management Institution would be a distinct advantage,
- Prior experience of working on a diverse range of infrastructure projects including highways, metros and rail, airports, land development projects etc,
- A strong practical approach to project management with the ability to work in a collaborative and cooperative manner with both the project team and Client to ensure that the project KPIs are achieved,
- Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects,
- Using leadership skills to build and nurture relationships and also creating effective working environments,
- Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds on geographically and culturally diverse teams,
- Adopting an adaptive mindset and using strategic and critical thinking to approach problems in a new way,
- Ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately,
- Advanced level proficiency with all MS Office products, including: Outlook; Word; Excel; and PowerPoint,
- A dedicated team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written,
- Ability to effectively communicate at all levels including external stakeholders,
- Adopting a proactive approach towards complex tasks and overall delivery,
- Sound knowledge of professional and international standards**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**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