Senior Project Manager

ZipRecruiter; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead innovative projects in the nuclear sector. This role involves overseeing customer-funded projects, managing budgets, and ensuring quality standards. You will collaborate with stakeholders, drive project governance, and mentor teams to enhance performance. With a focus on continuous improvement, this position offers a chance to work on cutting-edge technologies in a supportive environment, fostering both personal and professional growth. Join a forward-thinking company that values its employees and provides opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Experience managing cradle to grave customer funded projects.
• Excellent commercial literacy and experience in financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead programmatic and commercial input into customer requirements.
• Manage the full project lifecycle, ensuring delivery within constraints.

Skills

Project Management

Budget Management

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Microsoft Office

Education

Professional Project Management Qualification

Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Job Description

The Company

For over 50 years, Mirion has provided products, services, and software that allow our customers to safely leverage the power of ionizing radiation for the greater good of humanity through critical applications in the medical, nuclear, defence markets, as well as laboratories, scientific research, analysis and exploration. We are a global business with our corporate department in the USA.

At Mirion Technologies, we partner with industry leaders to advance radiation safety and empower the next wave of critical innovation.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Senior Project Manager to join our dynamic team. The focus of this role is solely on the design and manufacture of Nuclear and High-Temperature CCTV systems.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will take full ownership of assigned customer funded and R+D projects, typically valued between £100,000 and £800,000, leading the integrated project team daily.

You will be responsible for all stages of the project lifecycle overseeing projects from the scoping and tender stage through Engineering and production, to installation and commissioning, along with supporting the team with system specification and design.

Your role will involve driving and managing the delivery of these projects, ensuring objectives are clearly defined and achieved within agreed timeframes, budgets, and quality standards, collaborating closely with stakeholders to ensure project outcomes are delivered successfully.

This role is also instrumental in defining, implementing, and continuously improving project governance processes. It places a strong emphasis on enhancing reporting efficiency and ensuring robust project controls are established and maintained. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing monthly project revenue recognition and aligning financial reporting with the corporate financial structure.

This position is based in Farnborough, Hampshire and belongs to the Technologies Group, Europe & Asia, reporting to the Projects and Design Team Manager.

It will be primarily office based. However, the role requires occasional travel to other Mirion and customer sites as required.

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Project Management

• Lead programmatic and commercial input into customer requirements, supporting the creation of internal design specifications and tender cost information.
• Develop project plans, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), work package descriptions, and revenue forecasts.
• Manage the full project lifecycle, ensuring delivery within quality, cost, and schedule constraints, and producing all necessary project, design, and production documentation.
• Oversee financial reporting and Estimate at Completion (EAC) management, ensuring monthly project revenue aligns with agreed targets.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all customer communications related to projects.
• Maintain and manage project schedules, clearly communicating any cost or timing impacts internally and to customers.
• Proactively manage project risks, developing mitigation strategies and factoring risk exposure into project plans.
• Identify key stakeholders, build effective relationships, and maintain regular communication to support risk management, issue escalation, production start-up, and customer delivery.
• Ensure quality requirements are communicated and embedded within all project deliverables.
• Drive continuous improvement by promoting effective individual and team performance and capturing lessons learned.

Project Team Development

• Mentor project teams to foster a culture of empowerment, accountability, and skills development, enhancing the company's overall capabilities.
• Support the smooth operation and oversight of project management activities, including meeting administrative requirements.
• Comply with all company policies, procedures, and standards related to quality, safety, and environmental management.
• Implement governance structures and controls to strengthen project team performance.
• Develop, update, and improve project management processes to enhance departmental efficiency.

The Person

The key skills and qualities of the Senior Project Manager are:

Essential

• Demonstratable experience managing cradle to grave customer funded projects
• Experience in a similar role within engineering and manufacturing, preferably in a highly regulated industry (e.g. Aerospace, Nuclear, Medical)
• Excellent commercial literacy and experience managing project budgets, revenue recognition and financial reporting within a corporate structure
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in maintaining and developing project controls and governance.
• Ability to influence and inspire change in positive and impactful way
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Key programmes – Excel, Project, MS Teams)

Desirable

• Professional Project Management qualification such as PMQ/PPQ
• Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) standard
• Experience in Nuclear and High temperature applications
• Technical understanding of CCTV
• Experience working in the Nuclear industry
• Proven experience in managing departmental revenue recognition and comprehensive program reporting.

Offer

Our employees make the difference. And that's why we offer you as the Senior Project Manager:

• Salary up to £65K plus competitive benefits package.
• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in a specialised industry.
• Ongoing career growth and professional development opportunities.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Seniority level