Project Manager

Nuclearinst; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 51,500 - 63,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Be Kind Day

Flexible working arrangements

Development opportunities

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear in Warrington is seeking a Project Manager to deliver complex engineering programmes across our consultancy portfolio, from planning to close-out, ensuring safety, on time and within budget. This full‑time role is based at Dalton Avenue with flexible working.

You will lead multiple projects, manage schedules, budgets, and governance for senior stakeholders; NEC contracts and Primavera P6 experience plus SC clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Experience managing project schedules with planning and control.
• Experience with resource leveling across projects.
• Experience managing budgets across portfolios.
• Experience delivering multidisciplinary engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple engineering projects across scope, schedule and budget.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and resource plans.
• Lead project governance and present reports to senior stakeholders.
• Oversee project financials including budget tracking and earned value management.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling

Budget management

Earned value management

Stakeholder management

Education

PM qualification (APM or equivalent)

Tools

Primavera P6

NEC contracts

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Compensation: £51,500 - £63,500

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73794

Lead Complex Projects That Shape a Safer, More Sustainable Future

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Manager at Dalton Avenue, near Warrington, Cheshire.

The role

As a Project Manager, you’ll take ownership of delivering complex engineering projects across our consultancy portfolio. You’ll work across the full programme lifecycle—from initial planning and mobilisation through to delivery and close-out—ensuring projects are delivered safely on time and within budget.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to critical nuclear and defence programmes, while advancing your own career in a fast‑paced, highly collaborative environment. You’ll be trusted to lead multiple projects, influence key stakeholders, and drive measurable impact on projects that matter nationally.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Managing multiple engineering projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery against scope, schedule and budget
• Developing, maintaining and controlling detailed project schedules and resource plans
• Leading project governance, including preparing and presenting reports to senior stakeholders
• Overseeing project financials, including budget tracking and earned value management
• Supporting meetings and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive performance and delivery.

This is a full‑time role working 37 hours per week, based at Dalton Avenue, with flexible working arrangements available.

Essential experience of the Project Manager

• Demonstrating experience managing project schedules, including planning and control
• Applying resource levelling and resource management techniques across projects
• Managing budgets across multiple or complex project portfolios
• Using earned value management to monitor and report on project performance
• Delivering multidisciplinary engineering or technical projects.

Qualifications for the Project Manager

• Relevant experience in project management or engineering environments
• A recognised Project Management qualification (such as APM or equivalent) or willingness to work towards certification
• Experience within a consultancy or regulated environment is advantageous
• Familiarity with NEC contracts and project controls tools (such as Primavera P6) is desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC). Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 12/06/2026