Atkins Employee Reviews for Project Manager

Great work/life balance, huge variety of work and you drive your own career and path. Sometimes can feel disconnecting from Atkins when working for client.

Pros

Work/life balance

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Light touch senior management, trust in employees / contractors to just get the job done.

Project Manager (Contract) (Former Employee) - Heathrow, Greater London - 30 May 2020

Very relaxed and informal office environment Flexible working hours and working from home Atkins at Heathrow Airport is a fast paced and stressful environment Every day was a different day, always new challenges to overcome

Pros

Staff discount on Heathrow Express, WDF and restuarants.

Cons

Long working hours as needed. The airport is a 24/7 environment so phone calls at all hours.

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Insights into Atkins

Based on 18 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Time and location flexibility
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Support from manager
Fair pay for job
Trust in colleagues

Terrible management

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Epsom, Surrey - 2 August 2019

Terrible management A culture exists of using incorrect and poor reporting methods. Management and reporting is a box-ticking exercise and is not always hnest.

Pros

none

Cons

Terrible management

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Productive and friendly

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Epsom - 8 January 2018

Working to construct transmission and distribution networks both ini the UK and overseas. Enjoyable to be a part of provide reliable and secure electrical power

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variety

Project Manager (Current Employee) - Manchester, Greater Manchester - 7 November 2017

Variety of work is interesting, ability to move around the orgainisation if you wanted. Very demanding at times, have to prove you can do a role before you are rewarded with extra even if its not included in your original job title!

Pros

flexible (ish) working

Cons

demanding

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Consulting engineering

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Heathrow - 13 March 2017

Atkins specializes in consulting engineering. Friendly working environment and good work-life balance. Atkins provides many training programs for the employees.

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Great & challenging large railway projects

Project Manager (Contract) (Current Employee) - Manchester City Centre, ENG - 25 October 2014

Large company with various regional offices Large alot about multi-disciplined railway infrastructure Projects such as Stafford re-modelling Projects/Alliance.

Pros

Great offices

Cons

Project teams generally spread across the country.

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Engineering and Project Management Consultancies (Current Employee) - London, ENG - 22 October 2014

Contact me for more detail with regards to my review. You can ask me about: •a typical day at work •what you learned •management •your co-workers •the hardest part of the job •the most enjoyable part of the job

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PROJECT MANAGER (Current Employee) - Leatherhead - 19 June 2013

Joined PM Team in April 2012 to further develop my experience as a PM. Involved in preparation of ball park estimates, formal communications, consultancy services + works quotation fees, change management, budgeting & financial reporting, maintain contact with client & stakeholders via monthly progress reporting/meetings & preparation of Project Programmes among other duties. Currently (as of Dec 2012) assisting on M25 Pavement Renewals Portfolio (£15m/year) and working within PRINCE 2 Gateway format deliverables of the Life Cycle Programme. Heavily involved in the Project Management of Olympic Security Upgrade schemes (various around M25 network) among others.

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