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Great place to work
Consultant - Project, Programme, Portfolio Management & Delivery (Current Employee) - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - 23 June 2020
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The most useful review selected by IndeedGreat 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.
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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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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
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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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