Job Description
The salary for this role is £54,376 (inclusive of a Market Premium Payment (MPP). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is to be based at the following site; 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 and possibly a search of open source data.
The Role
The Fusion Futures Industry Capability aims to create a strong UK industry sector that leads the world in operationalising and commercialising fusion energy.
We are looking for experienced Project Managers to support delivering the Fusion Futures Industry Capability programme. They will work closely with the head of programme and various programme managers involved in the programme and ensure that the programme activities and tasks are executed to a high standard.
As Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading/managing the project and the project team on a day-to-day basis. You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost, and quality constraints. You will also play a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders, to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.
The programme is looking for people with specific experience in one or more of the following:
* Governance and reporting focus
* Benefit management focus
* Planning and resourcing focus
Key Responsibilities:
* Budget – Provide management of project(s) of budgets of up to circa £10M.
* Resource Management – Manage the effective deployment of project resources, through clear definition of roles and responsibilities, working methods and the sequencing of tasks.
* Benefits Management – Evaluate and present decisions that secure the benefits the project is tasked to deliver.
* Contracts – Complete contract project management, e.g. NEC4 contracts.
Qualifications
Essential:
* Track record of delivering complex engineering/scientific projects to budget, time and cost
* Experience of developing successful teams and individuals
* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to make sound economic decisions that maximise project value
* Experience of financial management of (£M’s) budget
* Experience in one of the following: Benefits, Planning and Resources, or Governance
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here.
We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi British, and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and neurotypical individuals. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organisation. 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.
For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.