Project Support Officer

Do you have the energy to transform?

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact supporting the UK Government’s strategy of Net Zero 2050?

Vulcain Engineering Group provides Engineering consultancy services across multiple Industry sectors on a global scale. With operations in 40 countries and employing over 2700 staff worldwide, our business responds to the needs of our clients by providing expertise in the form of high added value engineering services. Our UK business, is well positioned within the UK Nuclear industry. By consistently delivering exemplary outcomes for our customers the Group has seen steady growth and expansion.

We now have exciting permanent opportunities for motivated and suitably qualified Project Support Officers to join our Technical Communities based in the South West of England. Join us and be part of making a valuable contribution to the mega-infrastructure, Nuclear New Build project at Hinkley Point C (HPC).

The Role

This is a Project Support Officer position, working in a transverse role supporting several project managers to support delivery of the HPC Project engineering contract, in accordance with contract terms and conditions and in line with the overall Project schedule.

Key Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of the role of the Project Support Officer is to support the Responsible Designer (RD) Contract Project Managers to successfully manage the RD Contract and ensure that the engineering is delivered safely to cost, schedule and quality, and in line with the terms and conditions of the Contract.

Other responsibilities of the PSO include;

• To develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, co-ordinating their input to achieve project objectives
• Assist the delivery of the contract and associated activities to enable them to be achieved safely, on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements
• Monitor and manage the client governance processes - track progress against milestones, deadlines, budget
• Coordination and recording meetings, production of project documentation, producing reports and providing supporting guidance
• Anticipate, manage and resolve issues within the contract, effectively use escalation routes when necessary

Candidate Requirements

• Previous experience in Project Management or Project Engineering on large or complex engineering or construction projects is desirable
• Knowledge of and experience in working with NEC contracts
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Coordination skills and leadership
• Decision making and escalation ability for resolution of issues
• Budget and commercial awareness
• Ability to learn quickly and demonstrate evidence of using a ‘problem-solving’ approach
• Ability to build strong working relationships with and effectively manage internal and external stakeholders

Due to the nature of the work, role holders will be required to undergo a Basic Security clearance (BPSS) and hold Independent Right to Work in The UK.