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Amentum Senior Project Manager in Winnersh, United Kingdom
At Amentum, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Amentum offers 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 Amentums’ 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, 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 Amentum. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
In partnership with the AWE Amentum is working to deliver the Non-Nuclear Engineering Partnership (NNEP) which is a programme of works involving all aspects of the AWE’s built environment portfolio outside of the critical nuclear facilities AWE develops, owns and maintains.
To ensure a successful outcome for NNEP we are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager who will be responsible for ensuring the successful project delivery of one of our programmes of works on the Framework. This is an important programme to our client and to the Amentum business and as such requires an experienced professional to work with the Head of Programme to deliver on the associated expectations.
You will ensure the successful planning, management, execution and close out of all projects of varying complexity being delivered within the NNEP programme. You will balance the delivery objectives of the NNEP, removing blockers, managing risks, commercial elements, budgets and people. An important role will be to develop strong and collaborative relationships with Stakeholders to create mutual trust and drive the values and behaviours we have collaboratively developed in our Charter.
Key Tasks: (accountabilities)
Lead the delivery of key projects through excellent project controls ensuring they are delivered on time and to budget or better.
Responsible for performance of Health and Safety, Quality and overall performance of the control account, providing strong leadership and development of the integrated team in line with NNEP vision and values.
Support the Head of Workstream in managing the stakeholder engagement and reporting with AWE and the internal Amentum business, seeking to ensure trust and collaboration with key stakeholders.
Ensure appropriate resources are motivated, available and fully trained to be able to carry out their tasks.
Identifies and mitigates risks associated with the programme managing them out and reporting on them when required.
To ensure framework commercial and contract governance, deputising for the Head of Programme in leading Project Board meetings for the account, and holding people to account on delivery of associated activities relating to the successful delivery of the projects
Track and reporting on project delivery milestones and project status NNEP leadership and stakeholders.
Essential Qualifications and Experience:
Demonstrably project and programme management experience and experience of working in a highly regulated environment.
Leadership and behavioural management qualities with proven experience of leading change, and in building multi-disciplinary project and programme teams.
Strong understanding and practical experience of NEC (and other contract forms) and CDM.
Proven experience of end-to-end programme delivery, with excellent knowledge and understanding of design and construction in a highly technical environment - preferably in contractor and/or programme delivery partner roles.
Subcontractor management experience, particularly in mechanical, EC&I or civils construction
Strong planning skills together with the flexibility and resilience required to maintain momentum of delivery of projects.
Attendance at site 3 days per week.
Any offer of employment will be strictly subject to the relevant security requirements for the role being met. This means that you will need to have, or be able to obtain, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and either Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. The security clearance process may require non-British nationals or dual nationals (i.e. those with British and another nationality) to be subject to additional evaluation, depending on nationalities held and the nature of the work to be carried out.
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 are committed to offering a career within one company and recognise the exceptional talent we have in our people. As our business evolves, we want to inspire and empower you to develop your career so you too can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow.
Work-life balance and flexibility are key focus areas. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
We’re invested in you and your success, and we value the transferable skills you can bring to a new role. We want to support you in expanding and diversifying your experience so you can develop your career and help deliver the boldest solutions in a changing world.
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 ‘Recruiter’.
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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.