Project Manager - Nuclear

Company Description

"Empower the Future of Nuclear: Lead Projects with Precision and Purpose!"

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

“Are you ready to lead a team of talented engineers and shape the future of the Nuclear Industry?”

As our Nuclear Team continues to expand, we're seeking a dynamic Project Manager with a proven track record in managing projects to join us on a high-profile project. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your career with a leader in the industry.

Ideally, you have experience working on nuclear projects. This client-facing role requires strong written and verbal communication skills. Additionally, you should be adept at managing multiple projects, coordinating with various stakeholders, and handling numerous moving parts simultaneously.

In this high-profile role, you will be one of the first points of direct contact with the external client for issues resolution, reporting and commercial and contractual responsibilities on the project, working closely with the AECOM Project Engineering Manager and Project Director.  

You will join an exciting and diverse team, playing a crucial role in successfully managing and delivering the project. You will be a primary point of contact for external clients, overseeing project progress, commercial aspects, and contractual responsibilities.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Collaborate with a vibrant and diverse team to manage and deliver projects successfully.
• Serve as one of the main points of contact with external clients, handling progress updates, commercial matters, and contractual responsibilities.
• Work closely with AECOM Senior Project Managers to ensure the project's success.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, and resource allocation plans to ensure timely and cost-effective project delivery.
• Identify and mitigate potential project risks, implementing solutions to address any issues that may arise during the project lifecycle.

Come grow with us.

Become part of our dynamic nuclear team, which boasts a team of leading and innovating industry experts. Collaborate with top-tier civil, mechanical, electrical, and process engineers to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.  At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Relevant professional client-side project management experience. 

• Strong experience in performing the role of the Project Manager on high profile projects. 

• Experience in effectively delivering projects on time and on budget, meeting quality and client expectations. 

• Co-ordinate project schedules, key milestones to ensure a firm scope-baseline schedule is established and properly resourced. 

• Ability to implement an effective project management process throughout the lifecycle of projects. 

• Clearly communicate with all internal and external project stakeholders, including the preparation of weekly and monthly progress reports. 

• Prepare Change Requests for notifications detailing potential /actual changes to the project’s scope / delivery timescales and support negotiations with the client as required. 

• Ensure development and adherence to the projects approved scope of work. 

• Provide Project Management support to the Project Engineering Manager, Project Director and Lead Design Engineers as required. 

• To operate as the main point of contact for all commercial, financial requests for the project, with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and internal team members. 

• Establish, track and report status against key performance indicators or contractual metrics on a routine basis. 

• Work as a key team player that can work within an integrated multi-disciplinary project delivery team ensuring a collaborative environment. 

• Work as a results-driven motivated individual with a client focused approach to project delivery. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Degree Qualified with a Project Management Qualification (APM). 

You will also be self-motivated with an ability to work both autonomously where required, with a strong sense of commitment, a willingness to learn and a desire to work in a dynamic deadline driven team environment.

Security Clearance

Please note that our offer of employment is conditional upon your ability to meet UK security clearance requirements. This is necessary for you to work on the full range of projects requiring security clearance at AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited.

Additional Information

Application Support

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

“Want to find out more about the role or what working at AECOM is like?”

You can learn more about us here: Candidate Brochure & Energy Brochure

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.