Change Manager

AtkinsRéalis; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Flexible holiday allowances

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A global engineering firm in Manchester is seeking a Change Manager to lead transformative projects and support client engagements. The ideal candidate will possess proven experience in delivering change initiatives in complex environments and strong stakeholder management skills. Responsibilities include strategy delivery, risk management, and team guidance. This role offers flexible working arrangements, but candidates must be prepared for onsite collaboration when necessary. A competitive salary and benefits package is provided.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering change initiatives within complex or secure digital environments.
• Demonstrable experience delivering communication and engagement activities end-to-end.
• Ability to design and implement change strategies, plans, and communications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of change activities to support successful client transformation.
• Produce high-quality change artefacts and documentation.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver clear, evidence-based outcomes.

Skills

Change initiative delivery

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Communication planning

Agile methodologies

Facilitation skills

Job description

Overview

Empowering Projects in a complex world.

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head‑on. It’s a diverse and inclusive work environment where world‑class talent knows no distinctions.

Step into a rewarding role in our Secure Government division. As a Change Manager, you'll stay challenged, providing key clients with day‑to‑day advice. You'll be trusted with technical delivery, using emerging innovation and data analysis to develop client recommendations. Everyone here is up to the challenge, and you'll enjoy leading and building up our diverse, talented and supportive teams.

Your role

• Lead the design and delivery of change activities to support successful client transformation.
• Shape change strategies and assess impacts across complex or secure environments.
• Plan and coordinate stakeholder engagement activity.
• Act as a trusted adviser to stakeholders.
• Produce high‑quality change artefacts and documentation.
• Manage risks, dependencies and support structured delivery.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver clear, evidence‑based outcomes.
• Work autonomously while collaborating with senior change leaders.
• Drive the change agenda forward across projects.
• Ensures adoption of change through a structured, people‑centred approach.

About you

• Proven experience delivering change initiatives within complex or secure digital environments.
• Demonstrable experience delivering communication and engagement activities end‑to‑end, including shaping messaging, planning stakeholder engagement, and ensuring communications support successful adoption of change.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering Change Impact Assessments and Training Needs Analysis.
• Ability to design and implement change strategies, plans and communications.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills.
• Confidence in advising clients, shaping recommendations and presenting insights.
• Experience working with structured and agile methodologies.
• Ability to analyse data and translate it into meaningful client‑focused change actions.
• Strong facilitation skills, leading workshops and engagement sessions with minimal support.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and contribute to solution shaping.
• Strong written communication skills — able to produce clear, high‑quality deliverables.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of delivery risks, impacts and dependencies.

We support flexible working and welcome applications that align with our policies. While hybrid working is part of life at AtkinsRéalis, many Secure Government projects require more onsite collaboration due to security and client requirements. For these positions, candidates must be able to work onsite at least four days per week.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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