4019 - Assistant Technical Project Manager

The Property Infrastructure Division’s vision is to help create modern and connected property infrastructure (sites and premises) to meet the needs of business in all parts of Wales to maximise regional economic benefits. The Division is a commercially focused, customer facing team with skills in a range of built environment professions. The Property Delivery Plan seeks to deliver a rolling programme of 300,000 sq ft p.a. of new premises together with investment ready sites with an estimated capex of £200M over the next 10 years. Recent examples include the delivery of a new 50,000sq ft advanced build employment premises at Rhyd y Blew, Ebbw Vale, and 32,500 sq ft of employment premises at Cross Hands in Carmarthenshire. Both developments achieved Net Zero Carbon in Use Standard.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting the delivery of key capital and property projects on behalf of the Welsh Government. Projects may involve the construction, extension or alteration of commercial and industrial buildings, delivery of civil engineering projects and mains services and remediation of contaminated sites. The post-holder will support technical, delivery and assurance decision making on a range of technical programmes and projects which achieve an impact for the economy and assist in monitoring and evaluation of those projects and programmes and associated budgets.

The post holder will work closely with more senior Technical Project Managers and share knowledge in construction, engineering, procurement and project delivery and support recommendations to the Property team and to other parts of the WG.

The post holder needs to be an experienced in the built environment discipline, including in the delivery of construction/infrastructure projects. Knowledge of contract law is beneficial and must operate credibly both within Welsh Government and with external stakeholders.

Working towards or prepared to work towards being a Chartered member of an appropriate professional body (see below), or working towards becoming chartered, with broad based experience, preferably in the field of land/property development.

This will be tested at stage 1: Application Form - Statement of Suitability.

Association of Project Management

Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT)

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE)

Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOthiM3)

Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

Royal Institution of British Architects

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

This will be tested at Stage 1 Application Form

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:2 stage process

Stage 1Application Form

Stage 2Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.