Project Assistant

Job Title: Project Assistant Location: Bristol or Newbury + Hybrid Working Arrangement Compensation: Up to £36,200 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF63554

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Assistant, at our Bristol or Newbury sites.

The Role As a Project Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Operating at the entry level for the project manager structure, supporting the Process, Plant and Equipment (PP&E) project.

Day-to-day, you’ll be supporting the development and monitoring of project schedules, as well as implementing the stakeholder and communications management plan:

Communication and reporting of risk management activities on the project. Configuration management and change control activities on the project. Communication with internal and external resources to manage their delivery. Development of requirements, project scope and solutions for specific outputs and work packages. Monitor and control of schedules.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Bristol or Newbury, on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Project Assistant:

Awareness of the full project lifecycle experience. Strong stakeholder management / communication skills. Ideally, have experience in a similar sector but, this is not essential.

Qualifications for the Project Assistant:

APM Introductory Certificate (Project Fundamentals Qualification, PFQ) is highly desirable but, not required.

Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we Offer:

Generous holiday allowance Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+ Employee share scheme Employee shopping savings portal Payment of Professional Fees Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 14/05/2025

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