Assistant Project Manager Placement Newcastle 2024
Henry Riley is an international property and construction consultancy, who for the last 130 years have been industry leaders in cost management, project management, health & safety, and digital services. We are delighted to be accepting applications for our exciting 2024 Placement Project Manager role in our Newcastle office.
This is an 11-month, fully paid placement scheme. Targeted specifically at undergraduate students seeking employment for a year in industry as part of their current degree course. Candidates will need to be available to work the period between August 2024 to June 2025 to be eligible for this role.
Whilst working with us you will receive structured, hands-on experience in the consultancy Project Management role. All the time learning and developing your understanding of the key responsibilities of a Project Manager and gaining further insight into the construction industry. You will learn how an established construction consultancy operates and gain invaluable experience in working to proven and successful systems and procedures.
We take pride in our working culture and environment. We have exemplary track record for supporting and developing talent within our business. You can expect to work alongside experienced and highly qualified colleagues with a proven track record at mentoring junior staff. You will do this in professional and personable office environment. We offer hybrid working as standard practice across the business and regular office and regional social events.
If you feel as strongly as we do, that Henry Riley can offer you the best start to your career in construction, then we would love to receive your application for this role.
Duties & responsibilities
Within your role, we expect you to gain exposure to pre and post contract duties within a consultancy, client-facing Project Management role. Some duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Stakeholder management
- Value engineering
- Tender management
- Procurement
- Contract Administration
- Attending meetings and recording minutes
- Preparing financial and progress reports
- Strategic decision making and problem solving
- Programme management
About you
We’re looking for individuals who are:
- Currently studying a Degree/Masters course and seeking a placement year in industry for the 2024 – 2025 school year.
- Eager to and quick to learn.
- Share our values of Passion, Integrity, Ambition and Excellence.
- Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
- Excellent communicators.
- Enjoy working in a team environment.
- Can follow process driven systems and procedures and work well under pressure.
- Have a passion to pursue a career in a construction project management.
- Organised, punctual and generally well prepared to work in a full-time office environment.
How to apply
We ask that all applications include an up-to-date CV and a Covering Letter which states:
- Which office(s) you would be interested in working from
- The dates which you would be available to work with us
- Why you would like to work for Henry Riley
- Why we should hire you for this role
Interviews for this role will take place in January and February 2024.
About Henry Riley
Investors in People accredited since 1998, Henry Riley is a privately owned international property and construction consultancy, who, for the last 130 years have been industry leaders in cost management, project management, health & safety, and digital services.
Our success isn’t solely down to our ability to be visionary, innovative, and forward thinking, but our people who strive to be ambitious, creative, progressive and aspire to make a difference.
Our Vision is to become a more diverse and sustainable business, so we are delighted to learn from our 2021 Diversity & Inclusion survey our people reported we are a great place to work, scoring above our competitors in opportunities for growth, development, and leadership. This sets us in the spotlight for supporting our people with their growth and development in their careers, excellent work life balance and new hybrid working.
High on our agenda and key to our diversity and inclusion targets, is supporting our people’s mental health and wellbeing. To help us achieve this, we have partnered with Mates in Mind who will be in raising awareness of mental health within our business and the construction industry.
As a business we are working hard to actively reduce our carbon footprint and endeavour to undertake all activities in an environmentally responsible manner. We are very proud to have achieved CarbonNeutral® company certification, in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol, the leading global framework for carbon neutrality.
Henry Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer.