Project Manager in Somerset, United Kingdom

Amentum will 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.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive 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, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland’s first Nuclear Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Amentum are currently looking to recruit a Project Manager (Pre-Operations), who will lead the timely and quality delivery of project activities. Your leadership will be pivotal in guiding diverse project team members, identifying key resources, and ensuring clear communication of roles and responsibilities. Key responsibilities will be:

• Responsible for producing the Pre-Operations Project schedule, and accountable for timely delivery ensuring contracts are in place ready for need dates

• Responsible for co-ordinating technical teams to define and deliver project scope and manage interfaces with other programmes

• Driving the delivery of Pre-Operations project activities, ensuring they are delivered in accordance with all licensing, environment, safety, quality, time and cost parameters – whilst meeting technical and business requirements

• Monitoring and managing the progress of Project schedule – tracking progress against milestones, deadlines, budgets and providing key stakeholders with regular reports on these matters

• Develop and maintain a Pre-Operations execution plan, setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised and executed

• Identify and adopt the use of best practice within project delivery

Qualifications

• Formal project management qualification preferred but not essential (APMP / Prince2 / etc)

• Previous experience of contract procurements and contract management highly desirable

• Experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams to overcome complex technical and commercial challenges

• Typically, degree educated, in engineering or a related subject. Chartered or equivalent preferred

• Strong understanding of the need for Quality within the project environment and familiarity with the use and structure of Quality Assurance documentation

• Strong ability to understand technical, commercial and legal challenges and reach agreed workable outcomes

• Ability to manage complex technical and commercial negotiations with contract bidders or suppliers

• Must be well versed in the preparation of reports and information using packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Track record of delivering projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment whilst ensuring high levels of safety, security and environmental responsibility, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar regulated environment

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 and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, 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 centered on inclusion and diversity.

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.