Project Manager - Major Hazards Research & Testing

DNV Germany Holding GmbH; Brampton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV's Spadeadam Research & Testing Centre seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams in delivering high‑hazard research and testing programmes. You will coordinate engineers, scientists, technicians, subcontractors and clients to ensure safe, effective and commercially successful project outcomes.

This role requires strong technical judgement, collaboration across disciplines and the ability to navigate complex, high-stakes projects with global impact from concept

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management within engineering/technical delivery.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams including engineers, scientists and technicians.
• Strong judgement, risk management and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary delivery teams to plan and execute complex projects.
• Manage customer relationships, governance, and delivery commitments.
• Maintain delivery schedules, monitor performance and support decision-making throughout the lifecycle.

Job description

Some projects demand more than plans and schedules. They demand leadership, judgement and delivery.

When the consequences are significant and confidence matters, industry often needs evidence. For 50 years, organisations from around the world have come to DNV's Spadeadam Research & Testing Centre to find those answers.

Spadeadam is one of the world's leading major hazards research and testing facilities. Our engineers, scientists and technical specialists design, build and operate unique experimental facilities that help industry understand some of its most challenging safety and resilience questions. From hydrogen and alternative fuels to high-pressure gas releases, fire and explosion hazards, pipeline safety and critical infrastructure resilience, the work undertaken here helps shape engineering practice, inform major investment decisions and improve safety around the world.

As our business continues to grow, we are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Major Hazards Research & Testing team.

A Different Kind of Project Management Role

This is not a conventional project management position. Many project management roles focus primarily on coordinating activities from behind a desk. At Spadeadam, project managers become integral members of multidisciplinary delivery teams, helping engineers, scientists, technicians, subcontractors and clients successfully deliver some of the most complex and unusual research and testing programmes in the world.

Our projects span some of the most important challenges facing the energy, industrial and critical infrastructure sectors. Programmes may involve hydrogen and alternative fuel safety, high-pressure gas release studies, full-scale fire and explosion research, battery energy storage systems, pipeline safety, infrastructure resilience, industrial process safety, energy security and defence-related applications. Many projects require the design, construction and operation of bespoke experimental facilities created specifically to answer questions that have never previously been addressed at full scale.

One week you may be helping a multidisciplinary team plan a major hydrogen safety research programme. The next, you could be coordinating preparations for a large-scale fire or explosion test, managing commercial and programme risks, hosting international clients on site or helping resolve practical delivery challenges involving engineering design, fabrication, construction and commissioning activities. At Spadeadam, no two projects are the same.

Unlike many project management roles, you will spend time on a large operational research and testing site, working closely with technical teams as projects move from concept through construction, commissioning, testing and final delivery. Success depends not only on planning and governance, but on communication, collaboration, practical judgement and the ability to bring diverse teams together to achieve a common objective.

The Opportunity

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering projects safely, effectively and commercially while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage customer relationships, oversee project governance, maintain delivery schedules, monitor commercial performance and support decision-making throughout the project lifecycle. You will regularly engage with engineers, scientists, technicians, subcontractors and clients, helping ensure that complex programmes are delivered successfully from concept through to completion.

The role provides significant responsibility and visibility, offering the opportunity to influence projects that have global impact while working alongside recognised technical specialists.