Graduate Profiles Detail United Kingdom

As a graduate project manager, I support and manage day-to-day activities of delivering capital projects for the business. My responsibilities include supporting a multidisciplinary project team on work packages/ activities that enable projects to meet set milestones, remove impediments to project delivery, as well as making sure projects deliver its regulatory outputs and commitment on time, in acceptable quality, and within budget.

Delivering capital projects (construction) requires extensive stakeholder management. Every day, I get to collaborate & work with technical and engineering teams, regulatory bodies, third parties, customers etc, to deliver successful projects, which requires and present to me opportunity for continuous learning, and developing my problem-solving skills, teamwork, leadership skills, and communication skills.

I also get to work with senior project management professionals and other subject matter experts, allowing me to benefit from their expertise and industry experience, which has had a significant impact on my personal and professional development. The opportunity to deliver meaningful projects while working with diverse multi-disciplinary team is exciting for me.

Studying at UWE Bristol for my MSC in project management put me at a better place in securing my role. Modules like project management fundamentals, project management methodologies and leadership came very handy for my transition from my 6 weeks internship to a Graduate Project Manager role, because I was able to demonstrate that I had the understanding and implementation of Project management competencies and skills.

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