Assistant Project Manager

Closing Date

21 / 02 / 2025

Job Title : Assistant Project Manager

Location : Hampshire – Hybrid and Working from Sites (Driving licence is required)

Salary : up to £45,000 depending on skills and experience

Job Overview

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Assistant Project Manager (APM) to join our dynamic team and assist in delivering key projects in the water and infrastructure sectors. If you have 12 months of experience in an Assistant Project Manager role, alongside 12 months of experience in the water or infrastructure industry, we want to hear from you! This is an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to build their career within project management, offering the chance to work on a variety of high-impact projects.

Responsibilities will include :

• Project Support : Assist the Project Manager (PM) in the daily management, supervision, and coordination of projects, ensuring they meet time, cost, and quality objectives.
• Site Inspections : Attend project sites to monitor progress, ensuring adherence to Health & Safety (CDM), Quality, Environmental, and Security standards. Carry out inspections and provide reports on your findings.
• Project Documentation : Help with the preparation of monthly status reports, cost analysis forecasts, and commercial communications, using systems like CEMAR.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Support the PM in liaising with stakeholders including Developers, Clients, Service Providers, and internal teams to ensure smooth communication and project progression.
• Project Delivery : Assist in managing small and medium-sized projects or components of larger schemes, ensuring all activities are delivered efficiently and to a high standard.
• Regulatory Compliance : Conduct Domestic Water Regulation Inspections and assist in commercial works. Ensure compliance with water industry regulations.
• Governance & Reporting : Support the production of project documentation, including risk and change management reports. Update and maintain project systems for monitoring project progress and performance.

About You

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week.

Southern Water operate a hybrid approach to working between our Testwood or Otterbourne office and home.

We are offering a salary of up to £45,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including :

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24 / 7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement :

Please note : If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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Salary : $45,000