Project Manager - Nuclear Sector

Your Growth Path

Whether you're working toward chartership, expanding into new sectors, or refining your expertise—Egis provides structured development support and real opportunity to advance your career. We’re invested in your journey.

Role Responsibilities:

Project Preparation

• Support preparation of initial strategy, scope development, cost estimates, schedules and feasibility assessments
• Embed safety is all activities and outputs
• Lead in compiling business cases, governance, tender documents and reviewing submissions
• Contribute to risk identification and mitigation strategies
• Confidently participate in stakeholder engagement during all phases
• Keep multidisciplinary teams aligned to schedule milestones and report progress to governance forums
• Mapping requirements and cross-functional dependencies to maintain an integrated project view

Delivery, Monitoring & Oversight

• Manage and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, aligning outputs to schedule
• Support cross-functional readiness
• Monitor project progress, cash flow, and expenditure and provide regular updates to senior leadership and through governance forums
• Support delivery through facilitating and managing change control and variation(s)
• Support excellent organisational management and final account preparation
• Ensure appropriate record keeping and contract compliance
• Ensure project activities are executed in accordance with governance, safety standards, and regulatory requirements
• Participate in dispute avoidance forums and support resolution activity

Contract & Commercial Delivery

• Administer NEC3/4 contracts from the client side
• Support budget control, forecasting, and defined cost planning
• Collaborate with commercial teams on monthly valuations and payment certificates
• Assist in drafting contractual communications (EWNs, CE notifications, etc.)

Operational Support & Process Improvement

• Develop processes, templates, and tools to support project delivery and mitigate risk(s)
• Help identify opportunities for process improvement and implementing best practice
• Maintain project databases, visuals, and supporting collateral
• Contribute to internal reporting, governance, and delivery reviews
• Provide support to ensure capability development, readiness activities, and cross-functional integration is delivered to client requirements

Why You’ll Thrive Here?

• Collaborate within a high-performing team that values delivery excellence
• Access projects across sectors with real social and environmental impact
• Hybrid working flexibility and varied client exposure
• Structured development pathways, whether you’re targeting chartership, sector mobility, or sharpening delivery capabilities

• Bachelor’s or master’s Degree qualification in a related subject
• Experience of success in the delivery of projects, acting as Project Manager.
• Understanding of the application of NEC 4 forms of contract
• Experience of stakeholder management.
• Knowledge and application of CDM
• Knowledge of Safety and Environmental legislation, practices and policies.

What you will bring

• Strong eye for detail and problem-solving skills
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Confident communication skills across functions.
• Proactive, collaborative, and delivery-focused mindset
• Good commercial acumen
• Knowledge and/or experience of public procurement activity is desirable
• Experience operating within client organisations over 5 years
• Sector experience in nuclear, water, environment, defence, rail, highways or other major/complex regulated infrastructure sectors
• Ability to integrate inputs across people, process, technology, and regulatory interfaces
• Knowledge of CDM regulations and risk management
• Familiarity with the full construction lifecycle
• A strong appetite for continuous learning and self development
• Fully conversant with all commonly utilised office IT packages as well as industry specific systems (e.g. contract management)
• Experience of common PM methodologies and systems (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, Prince2)
• Chartered or desire to pursue chartered membership (e.g., APM)
• Working knowledge of NEC3/4
• Valid CSCS card
• Right to work in the UK
• This role is subject to client interview and acceptance

Location

We're open to basing these roles out of any of our major offices, however travel to client sites may be required

Right to work in the UK

This role is subject to client interview and acceptance

We are committed to our planet

In each project we design, engineer and operate we care deeply about the legacy we’re leaving behind. As part of our team, you’ll have a unique opportunity to use your skills and expertise to shape a better future for our communities in the UK, and all around the globe.

Our commitment is translated in the work carried out by our Egis Foundation, which funds concrete actions to address the climate crisis and is focused on educational and social initiatives that will help in the responsible and sustainable shift towards a sustainable world.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.