Graduate Project Manager

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Culham; Hybrid; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy organization seeks a Graduate Project Manager to coordinate key projects related to fusion energy. The role includes supporting project execution, maintaining documentation, and analyzing project data. Ideal candidates hold a degree in STEM or Business by 2025 or 2026, are proficient in Microsoft applications, and possess strong organizational and communication skills. The position offers a base salary of £35,227 with additional benefits, including a pension scheme and flexible working options.

Benefits

£35,227 base salary

Final salary defined benefit pension scheme

25 days annual leave plus additional days

Flexible and hybrid working options

Qualifications

• Candidates should hold a degree in STEM or Business by 2025 or 2026.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong appetite for learning and taking on new challenges is required.
• Effective collaboration and clear communication skills are essential.
• Candidates should be well-organized and adaptable to manage workload.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support projects ensuring compliance with processes.
• Maintain key project documentation and assist in budget delivery.
• Analyze project data and produce standard reports.
• Work closely with the Project Manager for project execution.

Skills

Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Collaboration

Adaptability

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in STEM or Business from 2025 or '26

Job description

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon‑free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground‑breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid by developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

Job Description

As a Graduate Project Manager, you will coordinate and support one or more projects, ensuring compliance with processes, maintaining key project documentation, and helping deliver projects to budget, schedule, and quality requirements. These projects span maintenance and enhancement of UKAEA’s world‑class fusion devices and the development of new facilities that advance enabling technologies, all contributing to the mission of progressing fusion energy toward commercialisation. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Work closely with Project Manager on a variety of projects and ensure that they are executed to a high standard according to established project and technical management processes, leading to delivered solutions of an engineering integrity commensurate with nuclear operations.
• Responsible for the creation and management of key documentation for the project(s).
• Analyse Project Data (including finances) and produce standard project reports.
• Coordinate and be proactive in closing actions for project manager.

As part of the 20% dedicated to training and development, you will complete a core suite of activities aimed at enhancing your professional and business skills, with flexibility to tailor the programme to both your personal development and the needs of your specific role.

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM or Business from 2025 or '26
• Confident with all Microsoft applications including Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Driven, with a strong appetite to learn and take on new challenges
• Able to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Well organised and adaptable with the ability to plan and prioritise workload

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found at https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/ but highlights include:

• £35,227 base salary
• Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working options

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under‑represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

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