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Governance and Assurance Lead

  • Defence
  • Contracting / Project Management
  • Derby
  • United Kingdom
  • 22/11/24
  • On site
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Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.


Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.


We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.


Drawing on more than 55 years’ experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.


To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all


Job Description

Assystem Energy & Infrastructure are recruiting for a Governance and Assurance Lead to work at our customers site in Derby on a contract basis.

Role details: 

  • Job title: Governance and Assurance Lead
  • Contract length: 12 months 
  • Location: Derby  
  • Contract type: PAYE via Umbrella solution

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Working with the Programmes and Central PM community to help develop the future state of PM assurance.
  • Conducting 2nd Line of Defence Portfolio assurance across the RRSL business
  • Conducting targeted assurance activity to provide confidence, ultimately to the RRSL Executive, that Programmes and projects are being governed appropriately and that their Programme management capability (people, process, and tools) is adequate.
  • Carrying out assurance activities on  Oracle Primavera P6 plans
  • Delivering of the Defence RRSL Total Assurance Plan.
  • Acting as a single point of contact for Programme Lifecycle Management and PM Assurance.
  • Providing the 2nd Line of Defence assurance that the business has established, and is maintaining, Programme control systems, with performance and compliance metrics.

My profile

Experience:

  • Be experienced in a project and/or programme delivery roles.
  • Experience in Oracle Primavera P6
  • Experience in Assurance and/or Auditing functions.
  • Experience and understanding of Project Controls.
  • Experience in Risk Management

**Security clearance**

This role requires the successful candidate to hold a minimum of a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance.

Due to the nature of work this role will be delivering and for the protection of certain assets, the successful candidate has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non-ITAR country.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Are you a prospective or recent graduate?

Assystem offers you the opportunity to join our Switch to Grow UK Graduate Scheme, where you’ll gain hands on experience in engineering, digital services, and project management by working on some of the world’s most critical energy projects.

Be part of the challenge of the century; accelerating the switch to low carbon energy!

Discover more about our graduate programme

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