Project Manager - Framework Management

Candu Energy; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a proactive project governance professional to join the Nuclear New Build team within the Project Delivery Capability group. You will coordinate framework governance, performance reporting, and assurance activities while supporting pipeline opportunities and mobilisation plans.

You will build strong client relationships, balance time, cost and quality targets, and help drive continuous improvements across the nuclear sector.

Qualifications

• Commercial and financial awareness relevant to cost, margin, risk, and change management.
• Ability to bring structure and coordination to frameworks, programmes, or projects.
• Strong relationship-building with clients and cross-team collaboration.
• Experience supporting governance activities across framework, programme, or commercial domains.
• Able to coordinate opportunities, pipelines, bids, and proposals while juggling priorities.
• Clear communication turning performance data into insights for various audiences.
• Proactive, adaptable, and solutions-focused in delivery challenges.
• Eager to identify improvements and promote consistent standards in nuclear projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate framework governance activities, performance reporting, action management, and assurance processes.
• Support development of pipeline opportunities, bids, and mobilisation plans.
• Assist in delivery of projects ensuring time, cost, margin, quality, and performance targets.
• Build and strengthen relationships with clients, delivery teams, and stakeholders.
• Monitor risks, issues, changes, and resource constraints with escalation and resolution.
• Capture lessons learned and identify opportunities to improve performance and ways of working.
• Contribute to business development and growth across the nuclear sector.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Governance experience

Communication

Proactive problem-solving

Job description

Overview

Do you enjoy building strong client relationships, creating alignment across teams, and helping deliver consistent outcomes across complex programmes? Are you motivated by bringing structure, coordination, and collaboration to strategically important frameworks that support the future of the nuclear industry?

Your role

• Be part of our Nuclear New Build business within the Project Delivery Capability team, supporting strategically important client frameworks.
• Coordinate framework governance activities, performance reporting, action management, and assurance processes.
• Support the development of pipeline opportunities, bids, and mobilisation plans in line with business objectives and client needs.
• Assist in the successful delivery of projects and work packages, ensuring alignment with time, cost, margin, quality, and performance targets.
• Build and strengthen relationships with clients, delivery teams, and internal stakeholders to support effective collaboration.
• Monitor framework risks, issues, changes, and resource constraints, ensuring appropriate escalation and resolution.
• Capture lessons learned and identify opportunities to improve framework performance, efficiency, and ways of working.
• Contribute to business development activities and support the growth of future opportunities across the nuclear sector.

About you

• You bring commercial and financial awareness, with an understanding of cost, margin, risk, and change management.
• You are motivated by bringing structure, coordination, and clarity to framework, programme, or project environments.
• You enjoy building trusted relationships with clients and collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• You have experience supporting framework, programme, project, or commercial governance activities.
• You are comfortable coordinating opportunities, pipelines, bids, and proposals, while balancing multiple priorities.
• You communicate clearly and confidently, turning performance data into meaningful insights and reporting for a range of audiences.
• You take a proactive, adaptable, and solutions-focused approach to resolving challenges and supporting successful delivery.
• You enjoy identifying improvements, promoting consistent standards, and bringing curiosity, resilience, and a desire to contribute to impactful projects within the nuclear sector.

Rewards & 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.

Rewards and benefits - Careers at AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , 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.

Additional information

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.

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