Project Manager - Site Operations

Progressive Recruitment; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Progressive Recruitment is seeking a Project Manager to lead site operations, environmental consents, permissions and planning on major infrastructure projects in Warrington. This 12‑month contract (Inside IR35) offers hybrid working and a pivotal role across multidisciplinary teams, contractors and stakeholders within a nuclear environment.

You will manage planning, CDM compliance, HSE embedding, risk and change control while coordinating diverse contractors to deliver safe, compliant outcomes

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading complex site-based work packages from initiation through delivery.
• Strong planning and scheduling to coordinate multiple activities.
• Skilled in risk identification, assessment and mitigation.
• Experience managing scope changes and formal project controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex site-based work packages from initiation through delivery.
• Coordinate planning and scheduling across multiple concurrent activities.
• Identify and mitigate risks to safety, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Manage change control and its impact through formal project controls.
• Provide clear progress reporting and ensure governance compliance.
• Apply CDM regulations and site controls to ensure safe delivery in a nuclear environment.
• Embed health, safety and environmental requirements and support surveys and investigations.
• Coordinate contractors and multidisciplinary teams across technical disciplines.
• Support consents, permissions and site access planning.
• Administer NEC contracts using CEMAR or similar tools.
• Maintain effective stakeholder communication with key parties.

Skills

Project management

Planning & scheduling

Risk management

Change control

Reporting & governance

CDM & site management

Health, safety & environment

Contractor coordination

Environmental consenting & permitting

NEC contract administration

Stakeholder management

Job description

Project Manager - Site Operations - Site Environmental Consents, Permissions and Planning

We are working with our client in the nuclear sector to appoint a Project Manager to lead site operations, environmental consents, permissions, and planning activities on major infrastructure projects. Based in Warrington with hybrid working, this 12‑month contract (Inside IR35) will see you play a key role in enabling innovative energy solutions and supporting energy security and net-zero ambitions, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and key stakeholders across our client's organisation.

Key Skills & Experience

• Project management: Leading complex site-based work packages from initiation through delivery.
• Planning & scheduling: Building and maintaining realistic programmes to coordinate multiple, concurrent activities.
• Risk management: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to safety, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Change control: Managing scope changes and their impact through formal project controls.
• Reporting & governance: Providing clear progress reporting and ensuring compliance with project and organisational standards.
• CDM Regulations & site management: Applying CDM and practical site controls to ensure safe delivery in a nuclear environment.
• Health, safety & environmental management: Embedding HSE requirements and supporting environmental surveys, investigations, and enabling works.
• Contractor & multidisciplinary coordination: Directing contractors and consultants across varied technical disciplines.
• Environmental consenting & permitting: Supporting consents, permissions, statutory approvals, and site access planning.
• NEC contract administration (CEMAR): Administering NEC contracts using CEMAR or similar tools.
• Stakeholder management: Handling significant stakeholder interest with clear, confident communication.

Rate: £400 per day. If this aligns with your experience and ambitions in the nuclear sector, we'd welcome a conversation about joining our client's team.