Project Manager

This role can be based at can any of the following sites: Culham, Oxfordshire.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) , including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

Are you seeking an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact? Join our team and help shape the future of fusion energy as a Project Manager for large, complex UKAEA projects. In this role, you'll lead the successful delivery of high-impact projects, making critical decisions on scheduling, budgeting, and resource allocation. You'll oversee the strategic deployment of resources, defining roles, responsibilities, and workflows to ensure efficient execution. Additionally, you’ll evaluate and present key decisions to secure project benefits, manage stakeholder communications, and support the sponsor in defining project milestones and deliverables.

You will need strong commercial awareness and the ability to make sound economic decisions that maximize project value, along with a solid background and understanding of working in a technology and/or engineering environment

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Report on milestones, changes, budgets, and key performance indicators while ensuring project SHE culture and documentation align with UKAEA Quality Assurance standards.
• Capture lessons learned and hold regular sessions to embed them, while inspiring and mentoring team members to promote best practices and knowledge sharing.
• Resolve obstacles to strategy delivery by leading the identification and implementation of creative solutions.
• Ensure systematic execution of project activities using a Systems Engineering approach, overseeing successful project handover with all necessary documentation.
• Set and monitor standards, manage risk effectively, sign off on specialized work, and liaise with other departments to ensure effective coordination across interfaces and manage project budgets up to £25M.

Essential Requirements:

• Significant experience leading complex engineering projects, delivering business improvements on time, within budget, and managing risks effectively.
• Engineering degree or equivalent, with strong knowledge of UK safety compliance in design and project management best practices.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to produce clear reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build effective relationships across diverse roles and levels of responsibility.
• Familiarity with modern Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality Assurance standards.

Desirable

• Professional project management qualification or working towards.
• Good background knowledge and understanding of fusion science.
• Chartered status in relevant STEM discipline.

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.