Senior Project Manager (Full Time) – Nuclear New Build

AtkinsRéalis; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Project Manager in the nuclear industry, where you'll lead diverse teams on high-profile projects. This dynamic role offers opportunities to shape the future of nuclear construction while developing your career in a supportive environment. Your expertise in project management, risk assessment, and cost control will be crucial as you navigate complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions. With a commitment to sustainability and diversity, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving sector, all while enjoying a collaborative workplace culture that values every individual's contribution.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing multi-million-pound projects.
• Strong background in risk, cost management, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex engineering projects.
• Accountable for financial performance and managing project risks.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Cost Management

Change Control

Communication Skills

People Management

Adaptability

Tools

MS Project

Online Stage Gates

Enterprise Advantage

iGate

JDE

Job description

Do you thrive off building strong relationships? Are you seeking an opportunity to have an impact in the nuclear industry? Join us as a Senior Project Manager and you'll enjoy working on a huge variety of high-profile builds, with plenty of opportunities to build your career as a well-rounded professional. Let's get your unique skills, work style and background into the mix, and start shaping the future of nuclear construction.

Your purpose:

As part of our Nuclear New Build business, our Project Delivery Capability team specializes in taking on complex engineering projects and opportunities that exist across the board, from technical leadership to project management. With existing relationships with the major stakeholders in the nuclear sector, we offer a hugely stimulating variety of work, within a team which is rapidly developing to support the delivery of New Nuclear Build. Our projects are on a global scale with opportunities across the UK, Europe, and Middle East, across a range of projects in both the Large Civil Nuclear market and the emerging New Nuclear Technologies market.

Working as a Senior Project Manager, you will be working across our Nuclear New Build business, your team will rely on your supervision in accordance with our company’s procedures and cultures. We are recruiting predominately in the Bristol and Epsom locations where you will join a team with a diverse mix of people from all around the world. Our Bristol office predominately focuses on supporting the Hinkley Point C project, the Small Modular Reactor programme, and the UK EPR design centre, while our Epsom office will focus on supporting the Sizewell C project and our UKAEA client. As we support our clients, you will be expected to travel and work from client sites across the UK as the role, project or secondment requires.

There has never been a more exciting time to join the industry as we engineer a cleaner, zero-carbon future for our planet.

What you can bring:

The opportunities we have are varied in size and nature and suit a range of project management styles and backgrounds; but as a consultancy, we are looking for enthusiastic, self-starting individuals who will thrive on being able to adapt and use a combination of best practice project management and exceptional people management skills, to identify challenges which could arise and deliver solutions.

Typically, the role and responsibilities of an AtkinsRéalis Senior Project Manager will include:

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver multi-million-pound projects.
• Being accountable for the financial performance of the project with strong experience of change control, risk, and cost management.
• Ability to comprehend and respond to enquiries whilst managing the preparation of bids across a range of expertise.

Ideally you are:

• Excellent with communicative skills and motivated by working within a dynamic and diverse project delivery environment.
• Adamant on new challenges and will be keen to learn, whilst also wanting to support others within our multi-disciplinary teams.
• Able to successfully manage the commercial and quality performance of projects and proactively deploy a range of techniques to control delivery, cost, manage risk and change.
• Competent with a range of PM tools such as MS Project, Online Stage Gates, Enterprise Advantage, iGate, JDE.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

The UK is the first major economy to legislate for a Net Zero target by 2050. To achieve this, our Energy Teams are ensuring a mix of secure and sustainable energies that can meet our industry and lifestyle demands today, and in 30 years' time. We help to power our world through exciting new technologies and intelligent cybersecurity systems on projects that vary greatly in size, scope, and scale. So, you'll be creating the right safe and resilient systems across nuclear power, renewables, decarbonisation development, new builds and energy efficiency.

We value your diversity and believe that everyone deserves to thrive – no exceptions. You'll be part of a culture committed to finding new talent from underrepresented groups. We're Disability Confident, an Inclusive Employer, and support STEM Returners. We also want to see more women in senior roles at AtkinsRéalis. In the energy sector, we've signed up to the AXIS Pledge, promising to make equal pay, equal leadership, and equal opportunities a reality.

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.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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