Project Manager - Process Plant & Equipment

AWE; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A nuclear facility leader is seeking an adaptable Project Manager to deliver building services. This role involves guiding teams to meet project timelines, managing delivery partners, and ensuring project goals in terms of cost and quality. The right candidate will demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and have experience in regulated industries. This position offers a competitive salary starting from £45,110 and includes opportunities for hybrid working.

Benefits

270 hours of annual leave

Professional career development funding

Market leading contributory pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a highly regulated industry, preferably with an engineering background.
• Commercial understanding of NEC4 contract management.
• Ability to manage multiple, complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects according to operational requirements and constraints.
• Lead and develop a team to meet operational plans.
• Ensure compliance with governance and reporting standards.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project lifecycle management

Change management

Problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Project Management qualification/membership

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

We are looking for an adaptable Project Manager to steer the delivery of building services within a nuclear facility. Your focus will be on guiding the team to meet timescales, monitoring project progress, commercially managing delivery partners, and delivering to cost, quality, and safety. You will be working within a matrix team to ensure project success thus enabling AWE's critical mission.

Location: We are located in Berkshire - between Reading, Basingstoke, and Newbury. There is some potential for hybrid working in this role.

Salary: From £45,110 depending on experience and suitability.

AWE has been voted one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK. As part of our People Promise, we have a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (including bank holidays, plus every other Friday off!)
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, and access to mentors & training
• Employee assistance programme and occupational health services
• Market leading contributory pension scheme
• AWE life assurance
• Discounts & salary sacrifice scheme - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply)

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Demonstrable experience working within a similar highly regulated industry would be beneficial, ideally with an engineering background.
• Commercial aptitude with an understanding of NEC4 contract management.
• A Project Management practitioner qualification/membership or equivalent experience would be beneficial.
• Demonstrating excellent stakeholder management skills and natural ability to build and maintain customer relationships across all levels.
• Ability to be a proactive role model, leading with direction and sharing expertise through coaching, mentoring, and developing others in all aspects of project management such as leadership, methodology, tools, and people skills.
• Experience to manage multiple and/or complex, high value, cross-functional projects.
• Skills to create and update all project documentation, including project management plans and supporting risks, assumptions, actions, issues & dependencies.
• Experienced application of project management tools and techniques for budgeting, change management and project goal setting.
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload, resources, and deadlines within high pressure complex environments.
• A proven record to drive project deliverables forward through the establishment and leadership of a high performing and successful integrated project organisation.
• Demonstrable application of methods to track project deliverables including implementing key performance indicators and producing project progress reports.
• Ability to lead and initiate risk techniques to manage complex project risks and interdependencies with efficient mitigation and contingency plans.
• Experience to manage projects through a lifecycle and the associated governance, including stage gate approvals.
• Ability to solve problems, with proven delivery of results through creative solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Desire for continuous improvement through evaluation of both successes and failures.
• Positive attitude and willingness to be hands‑on in a fast‑paced, growing company.
• Dynamic and supportive approach to team management, encouraging and empowering team members to quickly adapt and respond to change and to adopt the company's vision.

Key Accountabilities:

• Deliver assigned projects in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost, and quality.
• Lead, coach and develop a team at a local level to deliver team and personal objectives safely and securely to meet our operational plans.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage projects with focus on Governance (compliance and reporting).
• Management of project resources (people, money).
• Lead the planning of the task/project.
• Manage work as defined in the Work Authorisation Document (WAD).
• Lead, support, and initiate change against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
• Lead, initiate and perform risk and opportunity identification and subsequent actions.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. It can take several months for clearance to come through.