Junior Project Manager

Location : Based Corby with frequent travel to Nuneaton and occasional international travel

Contract Type : Permanent

The Opportunity

Identification of project opportunities, preparation of Investment proposals, and management of capital projects typically up to £1 million with varied timescales which support the development of facilities within the group relating to both office and warehouse environments.

What You Will Be Doing

• Identification of opportunities, development of proposals, and implementation of solutions that deliver tangible improvements to office facility and logistics problems.
• Management of contractors and suppliers including allocation of work, preparation of required specifications and ensuring the contractor delivers to the agreed specification.
• Preparation and management of project plans to time, cost and quality targets.
• Preparation of Investment Proposals for the development of facilities in accordance with Group Strategy.
• Ensure all projects adhere to CDM, Health & safety guidelines, policies, and requirements within the business.
• Direction and co-ordination of project members as required by the project.
• Ensure adherence to Group Policies and local legislative requirements by contractors and Suppliers
• Participating in the coaching, training, mentoring and sharing of experience and best practice to other Engineers within the department.
• Optimisation of warehouse and office capability throughout Group operating companies via specific projects or by supporting local Management
• Interpretation of business forecasts and analysis of current and future warehouse and office demands in order to develop capacity plans for warehouses and offices.
• Recommending, sharing and implementing group and industry best practice regarding warehouse and office design and the optimisation of group facilities
  
  

Scope of Role

The role has a global responsibility although much of the work will be in the UK

• Prioritisation, quality and financial decisions within projects being managed.
• Project communication at all levels
• Technical decisions regarding equipment and process improvement
• Health and safety management for projects being management
• Responsible for making a number of cost/benefit decisions – leading to investment requirements, project implementation, investment delay or prevention.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Experience of using CAD
• Project Management or Engineering qualification to an equivalent Level 3 (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulations (OFQUAL)
• Facilities Management experience and / or qualification.
  
  

We Are RS

We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.

We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact.

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values
  
  

Ready to Make Amazing Happen?

Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.

Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.