Junior Project Manager

Snc-Lavalin; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Birmingham is seeking a Junior Project Manager to coordinate creative projects and support senior management. This role involves planning timelines, monitoring project progress, and facilitating communication with clients and teams. Ideal candidates will have strong project management skills, experience in a creative environment, and excellent communication abilities. This position offers opportunities for professional development and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Flexible working arrangements

Training and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a professional environment is preferred.
• Understanding of project management methods and tools.
• Experience in managing client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor project progress and update schedules.
• Facilitate communication between creative teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management skills

Client management skills

Problem-solving skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Experience within a creative/digital agency

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Monday.com

Job description

Junior Project Manager page is loaded## Junior Project Managerlocations: GB.Birmingham - Chamberlain Squaretime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: R-147622### **Job Description**## OverviewWe are a multi-discipline team of over 80 talented individuals, including UX/UI designers, graphic designers, account/project managers, visualisers, motion, real-time and web developers all over the globe. By harnessing outstanding, innovative, and creative talent, we transform the way our clients communicate, connect, and engage with their projects. We’ve successfully collaborated with AtkinsRéalis clients including MoD, EDF, NationalHighways, Transport for London, National Grid and the Environment Agency to provide world-class solutions.If you want to support projects that create a better future for the planet and its people, it doesn't get much bigger than this. From Birmingham to Bangalore, Creative Design is an international team collaborating to bring tomorrow's spaces to life through pioneering digital solutions—from web and apps to virtual reality and the metaverse.When you join us, your problem-solving, people skills and ability to support and lead projects will put you right at the heart. Liaising between creatives, account managers and major clients, you'll help drive ground-breaking campaigns—like creating a new brand that aims to solve the UK's housing crisis or developing a gamified e-learning experience for the government client.Reporting to a Senior Project Manager, you'll plan and budget exciting projects from start through to delivery. Being passionate about digital innovation, you'll love every part of the creative process. Supported by the seniors in the team, you’ll interact with clients and stakeholders, and will build strong and long-lasting relationships through your excellent communication skills. You'll thrive in teams, working with PMs, AMs and discipline leads to redefine approaches, costs and timelines.Brilliantly analytical, you'll pinpoint the success of campaigns – producing reports and presenting your findings. Always looking for improvement, you'll assess processes and make appropriate recommendations based on the data and information you gather.You’ll support the co-ordination of our programs of work, working with our Project Management team to maintain back office systems (Monday.com), enabling effective planning, scheduling and monitoring of the work. You will be responsible for working with our Resourcing Manager to manager through day-to-day design requests, with the opportunity to take on multi-discipline projects as your role develops. As we're a national team with offices and resources in multiple locations, you will need to be able to coordinate local and remote teams to deliver the best solution for our clients across multiple disciplines (e.g. branding, events, print, digital, web).## Your Role## **Project Coordination*** Assist in planning project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.* Monitor progress to ensure projects stay on track and meet deadlines.* Update project schedules and status reports regularly.**Team Collaboration*** Act as a liaison between the creative team, clients, and other stakeholders.* Facilitate communication to ensure everyone understands their roles and responsibilities.* Organise and participate in meetings to gather feedback and clarify objectives.**Resource Management*** Coordinate the allocation of resources, such as designers, copywriters, or external vendors.* Track team capacity and flag potential over- or under-utilization.**Client Interaction*** Support senior project managers in preparing for client meetings and presentations.* Document client feedback and ensure it is communicated to the team.**Documentation and Reporting*** Maintain project documentation, including briefs, proposals, and contracts.* Generate reports on project status, budgets, and risks for internal review.**Problem Solving*** Identify potential risks or bottlenecks and propose solutions to mitigate them.* Escalate major issues to senior project managers or leadership when necessary.**Administrative Support*** Handle scheduling, invoicing, and procurement tasks related to projects.* Ensure adherence to the agency's standard processes and best practices.## About You* Previous experience working within a professional environment, ideally within a creative/digital agency or similar.* Project management skills, with some experience and understanding of project management methods and tools.* Strong client management skills with the proven ability to add value.* Able to use standard Microsoft office packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.* Excellent problem-solving skills to help build new opportunities and customer relationships.* Excellent written and verbal skills.* Strong problem-solving/troubleshooting skills.* Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.* A hands-on, can-do attitude with initiative to work well individually and in a team.* Ability to work under pressure and work on a range of projects simultaneously.* Experience of using monday.com (workflow management system) would be a bonus but not essential.* A curious nature – you will be someone who loves to learn and evolve your skillset, pro-active in finding out more about Creative Design, our disciplines and our clients.## Reward & benefitsExplore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.## About AtkinsRéalisWe're , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.## Additional information**Security clearance**This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.### **Worker Type**Employee### **Job Type**Regular*At* *AtkinsRéalis**, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.*