Senior Delivery Effectiveness Consultant

Amentum; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical cover

Professional development reimbursement

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Senior Delivery Effectiveness Consultant to join the Delivery Management Team and drive improvements across major infrastructure programmes. You will partner with senior leaders to enhance performance, productivity and delivery outcomes in a complex environment.

The role emphasizes embedding best practices, governance and the adoption of new tools, processes and ways of working to strengthen delivery capability across the SZC portfolio.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of project delivery principles, governance, and controls.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, risk management, and performance reporting.
• Change management and adoption of new processes and tools.
• Continuous improvement and performance optimization in large-scale programmes.
• Familiarity with digital delivery tools and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery teams to improve performance and productivity.
• Ensure governance, controls, quality, and risk management are applied.
• Drive adoption of new processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Provide performance insights to guide decisions.
• Align stakeholders around common delivery objectives.

Skills

Project delivery

Governance frameworks

Change management

Performance improvement

Digital delivery tools

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all. We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

• free single medical cover and digital GP service
• family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes
• reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us.

• hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Delivery Effectiveness Consultant to join the Delivery Management Team and play a pivotal role in improving performance, productivity, and delivery outcomes across multiple programmes within a complex major infrastructure environment. The role will work at the heart of programme delivery, partnering with senior leaders, project teams, and stakeholders to drive sustainable improvements and embed best practice. Also, works with E2E Managers to drive effectiveness into multi disciplined teams, and drives transforming Infrastructure Project via Modern Methods of Construction.

The Delivery Effectiveness Programme has now moved from design and development into implementation, adoption, and embedding. The primary objective of this role is to improve programme performance, strengthen delivery capability, and drive productivity across the SZC portfolio through the successful implementation of the frameworks, tools, processes, and behaviours developed by the programme.

Principal Accountabilities - you will ensure that:

• Delivery teams are supported to achieve improved performance and productivity.
• Programme governance, project controls, quality, and risk management practices are consistently applied.
• New processes, tools, and technologies are successfully adopted and embedded.
• Performance insights and reporting are used to drive informed decision-making.
• Stakeholders are aligned around common objectives and delivery outcomes.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Knowledge of project delivery principles, methodologies, and governance frameworks.
• Understanding of project controls, including planning, scheduling, reporting, risk management, and performance management.
• Knowledge of change management principles and the successful implementation of new processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Understanding of organisational performance improvement techniques and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of digital delivery tools, reporting solutions, dashboards, and business process improvement.
• Understanding of the challenges associated with delivering major infrastructure, engineering, construction, or regulated industry programmes.
• Degree qualified or equivalent relevant experience

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and we're more creative.

We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

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