Project Manager

Job Introduction

• This post will be responsible for delivering a mixture of Capex and Grant funded Projects, mainly out of Central Laboratory.
• The Projects will be category 3 and 4 (the more complex and novel in nature)
• Collective annual budget responsibility will be up to  £4M per year.

Job Context & Challenges:

• The position requires the successful candidate manage a Program of both related and unrelated Projects. The successful candidate will benefit from experience in knowing when to manage the Projects as groups and when they need to be managed separately.
• The post sits within a small CapEx team with no excess capacity. The successful candidate will be expected to cover for their colleagues during periods of leave / sickness.
• The post sits within a team that is still trying to improve on its delivery process / procedures.
• The CapEx team struggles to meet its annual turnover requirements / commitments

Role Responsibility

• Ensuring that financial performance is managed to achieve maximum revenue and profitability of the project (supported by the Project Controls function).
• Engagement and management of a competent, effective and integrated Project Team, including management oversight , motivation and monitoring of the team’s performance;  quality assurance; and addressing areas of under-performance (as required).
• Establishment of clear and robust communications and meeting strategies to ensure effective communication across the project team and key stakeholders; implementing regular reviews and controls to monitor project progress.
• Provision of accurate and timely information and reports regarding the project status, activities and performance, both in terms of work activity and financial performance, including CPI & SPI statistics (via the Project Controls function).
• Ensure that change control processes and procedures are fully understood by all project delivery staff, and are rigorously enforced as required throughout the project lifecycle. 
• Ensuring robust risk management protocols are in place to effectively managed and mitigate project risks to secure the project baseline costs and schedules; creation and maintenance of risk / RAIDS schedules; and the escalation of risks where appropriate (supported by the Project Controls function).
• Management of the Client Expectation (CES) & Satisfaction Survey (CSS) process (via the Customer Experience Function); managing feedback; acting upon; sharing and implementation of learning from experience (LFE).

The Ideal Candidate

• Project Management professional qualification (e.g. APMP, Diploma APM, IPMA Level D).
• Demonstrable experience in a Project / Programme Management capacity.   
• Demonstrable experience of successfully leading and delivering medium-large scale / complex projects, in a Project or Programme Management capacity.  
• Demonstrable knowledge of project delivery processes; life cycle management methodologies, and value adding tools, processes and practices.
• Experience of delivering a range of projects in a nuclear environment, ideally including technical, infrastructure, and capital projects, including installations; commissioning, and management of safety case and/or regulatory requirements.
• Experience of delivering projects under different contracting models, e.g. NEC, JCT, etc.
• Demonstrable experience of team leadership.
• Strong understanding of typical project delivery procedures, tools protocols and systems within a nuclear environment or equivalent regulated industry.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to engage stakeholders and build strong collaborative relationships

About the Company

Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.

Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.

Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.

We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory