Associate Project Professional

Job Title: Associate Project Professional

Contract Type: Permanent 

Flexibility: This role is available part-time, job-share or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time, however the nature of the Project Manager role often drives regular engagement with project teams daily.

Location: BMT’s projects are spread across our various sites in the UK, with emphasis at the present time on our facilities across Bath, Weymouth, Fareham, Plymouth and London, but we operate flexibly according to the nature of the project and the relationship with the Client.  We therefore typically operate from these base locations, but can include other BMT offices, home-working or working at Client sites – which may include overseas locations.  Travel and subsistence to and from the base location to Client sites or other BMT offices will be provided in line with BMT’s policy.

About BMT
BMT is dedicated to tackling the most crucial engineering challenges of our era, fostering an environment where individuals with exceptional technical expertise provide meaningful, practical solutions. Committed to creating a safer, more efficient, effective, and sustainable future, BMT values diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognisng their pivotal role in achieving our business purpose. Learn more about BMT at www.bmt.org.


At BMT, we pride ourselves on being a verified flexible workplace, providing freedom and choice. We understand not everyone has the same needs in order to make work work for them and their lives - we'd love you to discuss any requirements for flexibility with us - we can't promise to fulfil every request but we do promise to listen to what matters to you. Learn more about our flexible status at Flexa Careers

Joining BMT means gaining access to a comprehensive set of employee benefits designed to empower your success. In addition to a competitive salary, our offerings encompass health, family, finance, and personal development, including:

As an Associate Project Professional in BMT you will be able to enjoy working in a varied project environment as you help to define and support projects where key outcomes are delivered successfully for our clients within contractual service-based relationships.  You will be responsible for your contribution to a critical element of BMT’s ability to continually deliver insight, innovation and results across multiple domains. 

An Associate Project Professional in BMT is required to undertake a range of supporting tasks and duties related to: 

·       The administration and control of multiple projects or work packages supporting a Project or Programme Manager. 

·       Leadership of the delivery of simple projects or work packages in a Delivery Project Manager role.

·       Supporting other project-related activities throughout the bid and project delivery lifecycles, with particular attention to the management and reporting of commercial and financial aspects of the project and providing support to teams creating a bid/proposal for a client.

·       Supporting the development of the Project Management Function and best practice within BMT.

·       Advising and guiding other staff undertaking project delivery tasks.

We are looking for people who are enthusiastic and as passionate as we are about delivering projects successfully, and who want to contribute to growing a robust project management community and capability not only within the UK, but across BMT global operations.  

Ideally you will be familiar with delivering or supporting projects in an engineering service environment which is built upon managing contractual relationships and a strong financial performance perspective. This also includes the awareness of the project definition elements of bids and their relationship to subsequent project delivery. But we thrive on diverse backgrounds and experiences and learning from each other, so this is not obligatory. We want to hear from people who can recognise, understand and undertake project management supporting duties across a spectrum of predictive (plan-based) to adaptive (iterative) approaches. Whether you are familiar with the delivery of products or systems, engineering services, new capabilities, software applications, IT systems, cyber services, environmental systems, or business transformations, we would love to hear from you.

To provide operational flexibility an Associate Project Professional will be expected to operate across the different delivery domains within BMT – which could give rise to some varied challenges for you - but ideally will have some knowledge and experience in one or more specific domains where the nature of the project demands it for maximum effectiveness. More information on the range of BMT services is available at www.bmt.org.

You will be able to undertake project delivery responsibilities equivalent to SFIA8 Responsibilities Level 2 (Assist). The expectation is that in supporting roles in projects your competency in project management skills should be at or equivalent to SFIA8 Portfolio, Programme and Project Support (PROF) Skill Level 3. 

An Associate Project Professional in BMT will be on a personal career journey to be able to achieve, or may already hold, one or more of the following Project Management-related qualifications (or their equivalent): 

·       APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ), 

·       PMI Certificated Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), 

·       Agile Business Consortium/APMG AgilePM Foundation, 

·       Axelos PRINCE2®, P3O© Foundation

·       Praxis Framework™ Foundation. 

We love to develop our people, so if these are not held right now, we will help you to achieve a recognised reflection of your capabilities. We recognise that project management careers develop through a myriad of different journeys, but degree- or diploma-level qualification(s) in a project management or engineering-related discipline would be desirable. You will be self-motivated with a proactive approach to continual professional development and looking to develop yourself in the field of project management. We value professional qualifications and membership of appropriate bodies such as the APM or PMI and we can provide support, training and tailored experience for you to achieve these, if not already held, as well as paying for membership of one professional body.

Due to the nature of the work, this position will require full UK Security Clearance and you must have resided in the UK for more than 5 years. No applications will be considered if you are not able to either attain or transfer the security clearance.

If you are ready to contribute your skills and passion to a dynamic team addressing impactful challenges, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity with BMT. Join us in shaping a safer, more efficient, and sustainable future.

A message to recruitment agencies:  We receive applications exclusively via our ATS. Please note that we do not accept CVs submitted via email to the HR department or staff within our Operational teams. We will not progress CVs shared on a speculative basis by email and you accept our right to pursue such candidates with no obligation to third-party terms and conditions or liability to a fee