Project Assistant

Preston - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Project Assistant

Location: Warrington Cheshire and Preston Lancashire

Compensation: Attractive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69443

Make an Impact Where It Matters

At Cavendish Nuclear were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a Project Assistant at Warrington Cheshire and Preston Lancashire

The role

As a Project Assistant youll have a role that is out of the ordinary. Youll support our Senior Project Manager and Programme Manager on the RepU project within Civil Decommissioningcontributing to complex engineering design work that safeguards communities and the environment.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

Support recruitment onboarding and resource coordination for the programmeensuring new starters are set up efficiently and for success
Assist with project planning scheduling actions-tracking and lowlevel project management activities including tracking of KPIs
Prepare concise project reports dashboards and documentation to keep leadership and customers informed.
Engage with stakeholdersinternal teams suppliers and clientsto progress actions and resolve queries.
Coordinate meetings and deliverables maintaining accurate records and following up on decisions.

This is a permanent position working 37 hours per week with an early finish on Fridays. This role is based in Warrington Cheshire and Preston Lancashire with an initial even split across both sites; the team plans to relocate to Chorley in due course.

Essential experience of the Project Assistant:

Awareness of the project lifecycle and how projects move from design through delivery.
Demonstrable stakeholder engagement experience including clientfacing responsibilities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint) and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications for the Project Assistant:

We value skills and experienceno specific formal qualification is essential for this role.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ()

What we offer

Generous holiday allowance
Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
Access to a Digital GP annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare
Employee share scheme
Employee shopping savings portal
Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry Cavendish Nuclear part of Babcock International Group provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together were innovating to make nuclear safer faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group from Canada the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please email with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 11/12/2025

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Job Title: Project AssistantLocation: Warrington Cheshire and Preston Lancashire Compensation: Attractive Salary BenefitsRole Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF69443Make an Impact Where It MattersAt Cavendish Nuclear were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you j...