Senior Project Manager - Future Infrastructure Programme

AWE; England; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee a significant construction project. This dynamic role requires a proactive leader who can navigate complex project landscapes while ensuring compliance and quality. You will manage resources, monitor progress, and engage with stakeholders to drive project success. The company offers a supportive environment with a commitment to professional development and a range of benefits, including a 9-day working fortnight and a market-leading pension scheme. If you thrive in fast-paced settings and are passionate about making a difference, this opportunity could be your next career move.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Market leading pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Professional Career Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in a highly regulated industry is beneficial.
• Proven track record in managing large scale construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects focusing on governance, compliance, and reporting.
• Lead planning and resource management for project success.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Risk Management

Resource Management

Agility and Adaptability

Education

Project Management Practitioner Qualification

Equivalent Experience

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager working on our Future Infrastructure Programme.

Location: Burghfield, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: Salary starting from £64,780 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our team to support and oversee the work of a large construction project. This is a fast-paced role, where no two days are the same. Your focus will be on steering the team to meet timescales, monitoring project progress, commercially managing delivery partners, and delivering to cost, quality, and safety. You must ensure the correct work is prioritised, whilst showing adaptability and agility. You will be leading and working within a matrix team to ensure project success thus enabling AWE's critical mission.

In your role you will:

1. Manage projects with focus on Governance (compliance and reporting).
2. Management of project resources (people, money).
3. Lead the planning of the task/project or function.
4. Lead, support, and initiate change against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
5. Lead, initiate and perform risk and opportunity identification and subsequent actions.
6. The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

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

1. Demonstrable experience working within a similar highly regulated industry would be beneficial.
2. Previous experience working on large scale construction projects.
3. A Project Management practitioner qualification/membership or equivalent experience would be beneficial.
4. Demonstrating excellent stakeholder management skills and natural ability to build and maintain customer relationships across all levels.
5. Experience to manage multiple and/or complex, high value, cross-functional projects.
6. Skills to create and update all project documentation, including project management plans and supporting risks, assumptions, actions, issues & dependencies.
7. Demonstrable application of methods to track project deliverables including implementing key performance indicators and producing project progress reports.
8. Ability to lead and initiate risk techniques to manage complex project risks and interdependencies with efficient mitigation and contingency plans.
9. Experience to manage projects through a lifecycle and the associated governance, including stage gate approvals.
10. 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.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

1. 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
2. Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
3. Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
4. Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
5. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
6. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
7. Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
8. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Hybrid working is available but limited. This role mainly consists of onsite working, with typically 1 day a week working from home.

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