Project Digital Lead

-; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering organization in the East Midlands is seeking a digital strategist to drive innovation and improvements in major projects. The successful candidate will engage stakeholders, influence project direction, and prioritize internal development efforts. This role requires strong leadership skills, problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to thrive under pressure. The company offers competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven ability to influence and drive project direction.
• Experience in articulating solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to thrive under delivery pressure.

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation and improvements in projects.
• Identify client pain points and opportunities.
• Strategically prioritize internal development efforts.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Problem-solving

Innovation

Job description

Overview

Are you the catalyst that transforms traditional engineering teams into future‑ready, digitised powerhouses? Can you drive the digital strategy that will redefine how major engineering projects deliver? Can you pioneer the integration of advanced technologies into working practices, securing client and other stakeholder buy‑in?

Our purpose is Engineering a better future for the planet and its people. We are facing the biggest complexities of our generation, to deliver safe and economically viable nuclear energy and its sustainable legacy well into the future. We have a significant pipeline of exciting opportunities across the full nuclear lifecycle and need to fulfil this purpose.

To support this purpose, we are looking to develop stronger digital leadership on our major projects to drive positive change, embracing digital into our delivery teams. This role is primarily about connecting the client and internal customers to our internal digital capabilities, creating a pull signal, whilst also identifying opportunities for us to transform and improve central ways of working based upon practical learning from experiences as a push signal. At Atkins Réalis 'Digital' embraces modern and parallel technologies and ways of working to innovate, improve, and fundamentally transform the business to deliver safer, better, faster, cheaper.

Your Role

• You will have the responsibility to drive innovation and improvements in your project and make a real impact. You will therefore be expected to selectively embrace and adopt the right methods and technology for the right job, and simultaneously constructively complexity the status quo, positively influencing stakeholders with your vision.
• You will join the dots, by identifying the pain points or opportunities of your client(s) and projects with the digital services of the wider group.
• You will be a key player in helping to strategically prioritise our internal development efforts in new digital products and technologies, as well as give practical feedback and learning from experience in implementation.

About You

• You are a leader, with ability to shape, influence and drive a direction towards a positive outcome. You excel at architecting and articulating simple solutions to complex complexities.
• You are energised by engaging stakeholder groups within your client or project to understand their requirements and aspirations, and love to articulate and influence a vision and narrate potential benefits of embracing new ways of working.
• You thrive under delivery pressure and directly responsibility to find the right solutions to drive the most positive impact into your project, motivated through benefits tracking to really see the impact of your changes.
• You will be able to operate within the Atkins Réalis corporate culture, fostering strong working relationships, leveraging personnel and business strengths, and embodying courage, care, curiosity, and community.

Reward & 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.

About Atkins Réalis

We’re Atkins Réalis, 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.

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.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

EEO Statement

At Atkins Réalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.