Project Planner / Coordinator Job in Leamington Spa CV31 1FQ, Midlands UK
We are seeking Project Planners / Coordinators to join our Project Management Office team at our technical centre in Leamington Spa.
Ricardo is a global world-class, multi-industry consultancy for engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy. With a century of delivering value, we employee over 1600 professional consultants, engineers and staff world-wide.
The Role:
This role will work in close partnership with Project Managers, Engineers and Finance colleagues to deliver a diverse range of projects and contribute to the efficient operation of the Project Management department.
This is a great opportunity to support the management of a wide number of projects that differ significantly in client type, size and complexity, and to contribute to the development of Ricardo’s Project Management capabilities and services. Depending upon your career aspirations this opportunity would enable you to develop your project management capability as part of a structured career path at Ricardo.
Your main tasks and responsibilities would include:
· Support Project Managers in the administration of large projects e.g. cost tracking, order book amendments, schedule updates
- Creation and analysis of project metrics
- Production of project status reports and presentations
- Project Management and administration of some small projects
- Support the generation of proposals and bids through to successful conclusion
- Interaction with customers and internal stakeholders as required
Work will be carried out in accordance with Ricardo project management systems, processes and guidelines.
The ideal candidate will:
· Be a team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
· Be a self-starter who enjoys solving problems and helping others achieve goals
· Demonstrate good numerical and analytical capability
· Demonstrate good attention to detail and organisation skills
· Be competent with MS Excel, Project, Word and Powerpoint, and ideally have experience of working with business ERP systems
· Demonstrate the potential to manage projects
· Have an understanding of generic project management processes
· Ideally hold a qualification in project management or a relevant engineering subject