Project Manager

Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits package

Job summary

A leading provider in the energy sector is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee complex nuclear decommissioning and new build projects in Whitehaven, UK. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in a relevant STEM field and significant project management experience, ensuring safety and quality compliance throughout project execution. This role offers an opportunity to lead critical infrastructure projects and contribute to the nuclear industry.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in a regulated engineering environment.
• Ability to provide strategic project guidance.
• Demonstrable expertise in engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex nuclear decommissioning projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Develop and maintain accurate project baselines.

Skills

Project Management

Safety Compliance

Risk Identification

Education

Degree level qualification in a relevant STEM subject

APM ChPP

Membership of APM or PMI

Job description

Competitive Salary and Benefits Package on Offer

Altrad are a market-leading provider of products and services to the energy, industrial and petrochemical sectors. Our success is built on the quality of our people, our reputation for technological expertise and best-in-class execution, and the collaborative relationships we establish with our clients. We believe in delivering exceptional value for our clients and creating unrivalled opportunities for our people.

Continuing our success in the nuclear industry, we are now growing our team in Cumbria, delivering more crucial, decommissioning activities and major infrastructure projects.

We’re actively looking for experienced Project Manager’s to lead complex nuclear decommissioning and new build works.

As an employer, Altrad can offer unrivalled career opportunities across the UK. We’re deeply embedded and respected within the UK’s vibrant Nuclear industry, a respect forged over 65 years of work, from providing technology for the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant, to the decommissioning of the UK’s legacy nuclear infrastructure, and everything in between. Outside of Nuclear, our Thermal, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, and Asset Management services, deliver equally crucial work for an even wider range of clients. As a business, we can offer opportunities across multiple markets, sectors and geographies, giving you the chance to work on some of the UK’s most complex and challenging projects, as a part of the ever growing and ever talented, Altrad team.

Responsibilities

• Identifying, implementing and complying with applicable safety, environmental and quality, company procedures, policies, legislative, regulatory, requirements.
• Developing, maintaining, reporting and trending an accurate project baseline.
• Maximising within the project the use of Learning from Experience and disseminating new
• LFE to the relevant functions.
• Implementing and maintaining the project and supporting functions interfaces and shared services.
• Leading, coaching and supporting the delivery team to ensure that the Project Delivery Fundamentals and required company practices are implemented and complied with.
• Assigning and maintaining competent project team members and acting promptly to industrial relations and HR issues.
• Providing accurate and timely information and reports regarding the project status, activities and performance.
• Identifying risks and implementing effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Implementing and maintaining effective integrated project execution strategies and plans.
• Implementing and maintaining effective communication to the project team and stakeholders.
• Meeting the specified project functional criteria.
• Controlling scope and cost to the agreed project baseline.

Accountabilities

• Delivering the project in a safe manner to the specified functional criteria, goals and objectives, compliant with appropriate legislation, Project Execution Procedures and within the approved project baseline, scope, cost, schedule and quality requirements.
• Applying an appropriate level of priority for safety and quality to ensure that Nuclear Safety is not compromised by delivery.
• Implementing and maintaining a competent, effective and efficient Integrated Project Team.
• Minimising the project risks (threats) and maximising opportunities.
• Maximising the project efficiency and effectiveness.
• Early identification of issues, concerns that either have the potential or will impact the project baseline and sanction.
• Proposing, agreeing, implementing and reporting corrective actions to secure the project baseline.
• To perform the client duty holder role, where appropriate, on behalf of Sellafield Ltd for all tasks & projects defined as construction within the Construction (Design & Management) regulations, (not applicable for PPP).
• To the Head of Projects with support from Project Management Function as required, to ensure that the Project Delivery Fundamentals are embedded and complied with in their projects.
• To the Head of Projects with support from the Project Management Functions as required, to identify any shortfalls in the use of the Project Management Fundamentals and to ensure that appropriate mitigation and improvement plans are develop and agreed with the HoP.
• To the Head of Projects and the SPA for ensuring compliance with Sanction limits.
• To the Head of Projects and the Project Management Function to apply procedures proportionately relating to project complexity.
• To Heads of Functions for disseminating relevant LFE.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications:

• APM ChPP
• Degree level qualification (2:1 minimum) in a relevant STEM subject
• Member of APM or PMI

Experience:

• Typically 5 years experience where knowledge of engineering was a key attribute.
• Worked within a highly regulated and quality assured system where design, construction and engineering judgement was a major part of the role.
• Expertise demonstrable in one or more specific specialist areas relevant to the engineering discipline with a track record of successful application of specialist knowledge or skills.
• Ability to provide leadership in a key area within an engineering function and act as a custodian of resource and expertise.
• Engineering experience demonstrating a record of successful delivery, including positions influencing professional engineers in the definition, implementation and delivery of engineering work packages.
• Ability to provide strategic guidance based on knowledge and experience of projects across a portfolio to inform and direct projects and programmes.

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