Project Manager

Exolum; Aldermaston; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Exolum is seeking a proactive Project Manager to join the Asset Technology team. You will deliver multidisciplinary engineering projects across the investment programme, from concept through handover, with focus on safety, compliance and cost control.

You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, contractors and suppliers to ensure on-time, in-budget delivery, robust governance and effective risk management across multiple sites in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering multidisciplinary engineering or infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of project controls: scope, schedule, cost, risk and change.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel UK sites.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects from concept to asset handover in line with governance.
• Develop scopes, estimates, schedules and business cases.
• Manage procurement, construction and commissioning activities.
• Control expenditure and deliver accurate forecasts.
• Maintain risk and change control registers and documentation.
• Ensure safety, compliance and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & cost control

Contract management

Risk management

NEC contracts

Job description

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Title: Project Manager

Country/Region: Un

Location: Homeworker, Aldermaston, United Kingdom, 90001102

Date: 26 Oct 2026

Description: Making the world Move

Exolum are an innovative fuel storage company with the priority of a green energy future operating globally. People are at the heart our expansion plans with a focus on developing our colleagues to reach their potential while accepting everyone as they are!

Project Manager- Flexible site location- Permanent

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Asset Technology team. Reporting to the Pipeline Systems Project Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for the safe, compliant and effective delivery of engineering projects across Exolum's investment programme. You will manage projects through the full lifecycle, from concept development and business case preparation through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover and closeout.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, contractors and suppliers, you will ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and in accordance with regulatory requirements and Exolum governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Capital Project Delivery

• Deliver engineering investment projects from concept through to asset handover in accordance with Exolum's Capital Project Delivery Process.
• Develop project scopes, cost estimates, schedules and business cases to support investment decisions.
• Manage multidisciplinary engineering, procurement and construction activities.
• Ensure completed assets are safely integrated into operations and transferred to the asset owner with all supporting documentation.
• Support annual investment planning and portfolio prioritisation activities.

Financial and commercial management

• Develop and maintain robust cost estimates, annual budgets, forecasts and cash-flow profiles.
• Control project expenditure against approved funding and provide accurate monthly forecasts and variance explanations.
• Work with Procurement and Commercial teams to develop sourcing strategies, evaluate tenders and administer contracts.
• Verify supplier applications, invoices, commitments and accruals in line with delegated authority and financial controls.
• Identify and manage commercial risks, variations, claims and opportunities.

• Produce accurate project performance reporting, forecasts and management information to support governance and decision-making.
• Identify and select suppliers in line with relevant legislation and Company's procedures.

• Ensure activities are in accordance with accounting procedures. This includes the proper authorisation and timely submission of expenses.

Risk, change and assurance

• Maintain project risk and opportunity registers and ensure actions have clear owners and completion dates.
• Assess and control changes to scope, cost, schedule, design and operational requirements.
• Coordinate technical reviews, constructability reviews, hazard studies and project assurance activities.
• Escalate emerging issues promptly where they may affect safety, compliance, cost, schedule or business outcomes.

Handover and closeout

• Ensure that commissioning, operational readiness and handover requirements are defined and planned from project inception in line with Exolum's Stakeholders requests.
• Deliver complete asset records, operating documentation, training, test certification and as-built information.
• Complete financial and contractual closeout, capture lessons learned and confirm delivery of the approved project objectives.

Contractor Management

• Manage the performance of engineering consultants, contractors and suppliers, ensuring delivery against safety, quality, cost and schedule requirements.
• Act as Project Manager under NEC or equivalent contract arrangements and manage variations, compensation events and contractor performance.

About You

We are looking for a proactive and driven Project Manager with experience delivering multidisciplinary engineering or infrastructure projects within a highly regulated or safety-critical environment. You will have a proven track record of managing projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, alongside strong knowledge of project controls including scope, schedule, cost, risk and change management. You will be confident managing contractors, consultants and multiple work sites, building effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and communicating clearly at all levels. A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across the UK is essential. Experience within the oil, gas, fuel storage, pipeline or wider major hazard sector would be advantageous, as would knowledge of COMAH