Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to deliver and manage large/complex projects across a portfolio for key clients in Canada and the US. The successful candidate will need to Ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality and driving the programme of work to make sure the client needs are met. You will also need to identify areas for improvement and ensure Ricardo's process' and governance is adhered to.

Key Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of large value projects across a portfolio, implementing and promoting Project Management principles such as change control, risk, financial and documentation management.
Plan and manage the implementation of projects within the agreed requirements budget, time-lines and customer satisfaction.
Manage the project, team members and suppliers. Ensure staff involvement, optimal and safe working conditions.
Ensure delivery of contracted outputs to the required quality, evaluate project and supplier performance identifying lessons for future improvement.
Understand the customers goals and how Ricardo can contribute to achieve them both within and in addition to current project activity.
Manage project in accordance with Ricardo's processes and procedure and in line with Ricardo's governance.
Drive project management practise within Ricardo, delivering, developing and using best practices tools and techniques for effective and consistent ways of working.

Key Competencies and Experience

Experience of working in a business/ client services environment.
Flexible and results-oriented approach to meet varying and competing client and business demands.
Strong organisational skills to be able to work on multiple tasks and to tight deadlines.
A proactive approach to problem solving with strong communication and diplomacy skills to negotiate and influence internal and external clients.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent English oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with many audiences.
Proficient in the use of Word, Excel, Project, and Power point.
Be able to learn and proficiently operate Ricardo Rail's project management software tools.
Project Management qualifications.
Versatile and adaptable, able to operate under pressure to meet deadlines and for project success.

Progression criteria -- Project Manager

Implementing and promoting Project Management principles such as resource planning.
Project cost analysis.
Support the growth of a project organisation, recruit necessary staff and resources and makes agreements for this purpose with internal and external suppliers, if required.
Monitor project progress, making adjustments and negotiating changes with the customer.
To be the primary customer interface for the project, establishing strong and effective customer relationships. Ensure a high level of customer service is maintained throughout the project teams.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, creed, gender identity. sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital or parental status (IL only), height, weight, national origin, citizenship status, age, domestic violence victim status, arrest record or conviction record (MI only), genetic information, military or veteran status or disability, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or municipal law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via *******@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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