Assistant Project Manager: CV, Cover Letter, Application Form

This assignment presents a complete application package, including a curriculum vitae (CV), a cover letter, and an application form, tailored for an Assistant Project Manager position in civil engineering. The CV highlights the candidate's educational background, including an M.Tech in Structural Engineering, and professional experience with companies like Galliford Try, Kier, and Laing O'Rourke, detailing responsibilities and achievements. The cover letter expresses interest in the Assistant Project Manager role, emphasizing the candidate's skills and experience, and aligning them with the requirements of the position. The application form showcases the candidate's understanding of the role, skills, and experiences, using the CAR model (Context, Action, Result) to demonstrate their capabilities. The document also includes sections on skills, interests, and training, providing a comprehensive overview of the candidate's qualifications and suitability for the role. The assignment also includes the person specification for the role, and the steps taken to evaluate and improve the application.

Curriculum vitae
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Person Specification...............................................................................................................3
Curriculum vitae....................................................................................................................3
Cover Letter..........................................................................................................................7
Application Form....................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Curriculum vitae is a written overview of the qualification, experience and academic
information of an individual. It mainly include information such as awards, achievements, work
experience and any more. Resume is used to apply for the vacant job position in the organisation.
It is important for an individual to have attractive and effective CV that assist in building a good
impression in front of the employer. The report covers a CV for Assistant project manager. In
addition to this, a person specification is develop in a proper manner. Moreover, the cover letter
will develop for the position of project manager which include background and experience as
well. Later, an application form is develop that is develop by the help of supporting statement.
MAIN BODY
Person Specification
Person specification
Position: Project Assistant manager
Functional unit: Civil engineer
Attributes Essential Desirable
Qualifications & Experience Candidate is required to have
graduation and post graduation
degree with 65% marks from a
well known university within M.
Tech (civil engineer).
Candidate requires to have 1
experience in the field so it will
help in the growth and
development in the near future.
Skills and knowledge Must have practical knowledge
and effective communication
skills so that they can
communicate all the information
in an effective manner.
Applicants must have effective
problem solving and decision
making skills so that they can
take required decisions within
given time frame.
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In addition to this, person must
have knowledge about the roles
and responsibilities which need
to be performed by them.
Furthermore, candidate must
have IT skills which will assist
them in attaining desired targets
effectively.
Curriculum vitae
Name: Johnson M. kelyon
Address: B-lane, London, United Kingdom
Telephone number:
Email Address: [e-mail]
Personal profile
Emerging engineer an M. Tech degree in civil engineering & a proven record of accomplishment
of productivity. Practical and Educational experience developing solutions to meet requirements
of a project effectively. Good leadership and communication skills, including willingness to
solve technical problems. Ability to track & monitor project schedules and budget in an effective
manner. Moreover, willingness to work effectively with the members of a project.
Education
 M. Tech (Structural engineering) in Civil engineering stream.
 B. Tech
Job Title: Assistant project manager
Company: Galliford Try
Company is having strong presence within housing as well as residential redevelopment
industry. They construct various residential areas where Galibrad is Britain’s biggest serving
contractors.
Responsibilities
 Creating detailed designing’s.
 Developing as well as executing effective project plans.
 Analyzing needs and requirements of customers.
 Work according to the government rules and regulations.
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 Maintaining the confidentiality with customers and other contractors.
Achievements:
 Enhance my performance in a positive manner which provides me opportunities in near
future.
 Gain knowledge and experience about the work culture which gives me benefit in future.
 Skills and capabilities have been increased as compared with my past performance.
Company: Kier
Company creates various types of residential properties, which are of all sizes, shapes and
design. It is an organization, which is socially responsible as well as highly active and
motivated.
Responsibilities
 Provide clear picture to the higher authorities
 Perform various management related duties
 Estimating the overall budget
 Regular monitoring and analysis
Achievements:
 Greatest achievement of a Civil engineer is to develop a well Planned residential area
 Satisfaction of customers provides advantages for the growth.
 Personal as well as professional development which provides opportunities at the
competitive marketplace
Company: Laing O’ Rourke
It is a multinational engineering enterprise and have almost 164 years of experience. it is a
British organization, perform its business in Australia, Far East & elsewhere.
Responsibilities
 Examine and report the status of sites on a regular basis
 As a project assistant manager, it is required to submit daily reports to the head
 Examine the whole construction site and determine the estimated time and cost required.
Achievements:
 Enhance analytical, problem solving skill which provides future opportunities
 Increase experience in the field of civil engineering which increases knowledge
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 Analyze performance on the basis of key performance indicator, which raise my level of
confidence.
Training and courses
 Training of 4 months in kier under the project manager. The responsibility is to prepare
the budget of project with the help of project manager and to develop the reports of
activities associated with the project.
 I have done the course of Microsoft access and Oracle due to which I learn how to
maintain and make the reports of data in a proper manner.
 Online course of communication in order to learn the professional language of 6 months.
Additional skills
 Proficient with Microsoft Access, SAP, Oracle Primavera, Microsoft project.
 Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
 Effective knowledge of IT projects along with willingness to explain information and
data to nontechnical personnel in a proper and understandable manner.
 Detailed-oriented with effective organisational abilities to create feasible and efficient
project schedules.
Interests
 Enjoying maintaining and reading books.
 Spend weekends hiking & exploring local trails.
 Like to be working as a volunteer in seminars.
 Learning about new and advanced technology.
 Interacting and communicating with new people.
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Cover Letter
Mr. Johnson M. Kelyon
Senior manager
HC one
Darlington, United Kingdom
Dear Mr. Johnson,
I am writing this letter in order to express my interest in securing an Assistant project Manager in
your organisation. I am a master of structural engineer at Boston school, specialising in civil
engineering. I come from technical background along with an interest in projects of business & a
passion towards project strategies. My area of interest and focus is vary from analysis of
quantitative data to project management. I have a well-structured program of study, that is
technically and analytical by nature which help to develop team building and leadership
qualities. I believe in that my industry experience, business knowledge and academic background
have provided me with the credentials which is required to thrive as an assistant project manager.
A position in your organisation would help me to apply my skills and knowledge in order
to implement the project within the budget and schedule as well. It would also allow me to
facilitate the success and develop my personality. In addition to this, working in HC one which is
a health care company help me to be more effective and sympathetic towards people. Moreover,
it allow me to gain an understanding about different information technology tools and apply my
knowledge about software and hardware on it.
From defining objectives and coordinating logistics to performing research & developing
relationships, this background has developed me to excel or apply for the role assistant project
manager in your organisation. I have good communication skills which will help me to share and
carry out project activities in an effective manner. With a good knowledge about principles and
concepts of project management as well as IT thrive me to apply for this position.
Earning a degree of M. Tech in Civil engineering with a concentration in project
management from the Boston University, London. Administrative superior skills such as
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scheduling, resource allocation, budgeting, team coordination make me believe that I am fit for
the job of project assistant manager. With my academic experience and training in project
management activities, coupled my dedication and enthusiasm to attaining success, I believe I
can surpass of fulfil your expectations for the role of project assistant manager.
I am available on phone and email in order for the interview and attached my CV as per your
request. I would appreciate the opportunity to interview with HC one for the project assistant
manager. I am looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
In the meantime, thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Johnson M. Kelyon.
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Application Form
Step 1: What will I be doing in the role?
As being the civil engineer for work for as the project assistance, I will be performing
range of roles. The first and foremost role of mine within the company is to create, protect and
improve the working environment so that all the associated people can easily perform their
assigned jib role in adequate manner. Along with this, it is also highly important for me to look
after the construction and rebuilding projects that is being planned by the company. This
construction work simply includes maintenance of tunnel, dams, bridge, power plant, harbours
and others. Also, project assistance is also required to maintain appropriate coordination among
team members so that they can perform the assigned work within the provided time limit.
What skills will I be using?
As being the project assistance within the company I will be using range of skills as my
work cannot be performed with the single skill. This simply includes communication, risk
management, team building skill, explaining overall designing idea to the team members in
detailed manner, analytical skills, coordination skill and others. Usage of all the skills would
definitely help me out in achieving organisational goals and objectives in quicker manner.
When have I used these skills before?
I have personally used these skills in post graduation time when I got opportunity to
assist project lead during the internship period. From the experience of internship i have also
learnt many others skills too.
Step 2: CAR model basically stands for C Context, A action and R results. The respective
framework is commonly is by many project in order to execute overall project work effectively.
It include three stages a context stage project head determine the actual issue related to its. At
action stage proposed action are taken to resolve the same issue. At the last stage results
developed with the implementation of the work are specified in appropriate manner.
Step 3: It refers to the third stage of the supporting statement in which all the Do’s and Don’ts
are included which need to be considered by the candidate while preparing themselves for a
interview.
Do’s: There are some elements which need to be perform by a candidate while going for an
interview session. It is essential to show your accountability with the skills so that it becomes
more authentic and reliable. Along with this, it is also very necessary to provide all the
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information related to your skills and knowledge. This will create positive impact in front of the
people.
Don’t: Avoid lengthy descriptions so that accurate and required information will be given
to the management. Along with this, it is also very essential to keep all the details simple and
concise so that exact meaning will be gain in an effective manner. Sometimes, while going for an
interview, it is essential to follow the guidelines and speak according to the requirements so that
they can showcase their skills.
Step 3: After doing the above step it is required to self evaluate things to analyze the
performance as well as statement given by me. For this, it is essential to examine all the
statement as well as examples and identify where it is required to improve myself so that positive
outcome will be produced. Also it is required to identify whether all the actions taken by me or
all the things said be me are similar or not and does this affect the result.
Step 4: Therefore, after doing all the analysis it is the time to amend and implement all the
actions so that improvement can be done in an effective manner. This will improve the overall
skills, knowledge as well as capabilities. Redefining all the essential elements help in grabbing
ample number of job opportunities in an effective manner.
Step 5: Another way to improve the performance and learning, it is said that getting feedback
from different people help in identifying actual flaws, so that all the skills, actions and tactics
will be improved. Implementing all the things in an effective manner help in improving the
efficiency and skills in an effective manner.
Step 6: Apart from this, examining different types of supporting statement help in modifying all
the work and get best and most suitable.
Step 7: At the end of this supporting statement, it has been identified that by working with
colleagues and peers help in developing and improving the efficiency and skills related to
supporting statement.
Additional Information
I have done my training under the project manager in a well reputed organisation and
after that I find the work more interesting such as project scheduling, project budget and many
more. I also learned how to divide the overall project activities by using different tools such as
Gantt chart and work break down structure in an effective manner. I have good interpersonal
skills due to which I easily convinced others in a proper manner. Moreover, I have the ability to
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manage the conflicts in a proper manner which will help the organisation to cope up with the
uncertainties in an effective manner. Along with this, I believe that I have team building skills as
during my graduation I work in many projects. It will help the company to maintain good
relationship with all the team members and also develop positive working environment. In
addition to this, I have good knowledge about various software which help me to make
systematic data about projects in a proper manner. Furthermore, for the job I have to be a
presentable and for this I attend personal development classes during the college.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it is concluded that a CV represents the qualification, past experience
and skill of an individual. It is important for an individual to build an attractive CV and include
all the information in an effective manner. In addition to this, nowadays companies are prefer to
take CV along with the cover letter for the designation which is going to be applied by the
person. The Application form has all the information about company and the responsibilities
which is going to be assigned to the people who applied for the vacant job position. In order to
get a better and effective jobs, it is essential to have good communication, problem solving an
team building skills which will help an individual to get job as per their interest effectively.
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