Project Manager

Sector: Nuclear New Build / Major Infrastructure & Energy

Location: Bristol, England (with Hinkley Site interface / Office-Based)

Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent

The Opportunity:

We are partnering with a premier Tier 1 technical services and project management consultancy to recruit a Project Manager to lead complex engineering packages for one of Europe''s largest infrastructure developments at Hinkley Point C (HPC).

Reporting directly to the Senior Project Manager, you will take end-to-end operational responsibility for the full lifecycle (design, manufacture, and supply) of a designated contract or work package. Leading a multidisciplinary team, you will ensure that planning and delivery meet strict safety, quality, schedule, and budgetary parameters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Package Leadership: Anticipate, manage, and resolve execution issues within the assigned contract. Identify risks, facilitate problem resolution, manage the package budget, and escalate critical variances to senior leadership.

• Contract Administration: Execute all contract administration activities in collaboration with commercial managers, overseeing variations, claims, technical queries (TQs), and project instructions under structured frameworks (NEC/FIDIC).

• Supply Chain Oversight: Provide robust client oversight of Tier 1 contractors and their deeper international supply chains (potentially involving over 100 Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers per package) to guarantee nuclear safety compliance.

• Manufacturing Quality Assurance: Drive the resolution of manufacturing issues, non-conformance reports (NCRs), and technical bottlenecks to protect factory schedules and quality benchmarks.

• Change Control Management: Manage contract scope changes from initial definition and business justification through to final implementation in line with rigorous project governance.

• Integrated Scheduling: Oversee the development and maintenance of Level 3 project schedules, ensuring complete alignment with the master project timeline.

• Nuclear Qualification: Coordinate formal Qualification for Nuclear Safety activities where required to validate equipment performance criteria before delivery.

• Logistics Coordination: Liaison with site teams to ensure all pre-shipping clearances, inspections, and readiness activities are complete to facilitate seamless site delivery.

• Resource & Team Management: Support resource planning to meet project demands, ensuring all team members are Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP) while proactively identifying resource gaps.

• Commercial Reporting: Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and standard cost-performance reporting mechanisms to track package health.

What We''re Looking For:

• Technical Project Management Track Record: Proven experience delivering complex engineering packages within a highly regulated, dynamic, and safety-critical environment (Nuclear Energy sector or similar heavy infrastructure is highly preferred).

• Contractual Experience: Strong experience managing contractors, consultants, and fabricators under standard institutional contracts, such as NEC or FIDIC suites.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional communication and management skills, with a proven ability to engage and influence diverse internal and external stakeholder networks.

• Project Tools Proficiency: Practical capability in financial management, change control, estimating, scheduling, and risk analysis tools.

• Education: Minimum of an HND or equivalent higher qualification in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, or a related technical field.

What''s on Offer (Package & Benefits):

• Salary: Competitive base salary aligned with senior market rates.

• Healthcare: Comprehensive private medical cover and digital GP service access.

• Family Benefits: Enhanced parental leave structures and family support programmes.

• Professional Development: Financial support and reimbursement for relevant professional engineering or project management memberships (e.g., APM, IMechE).

• Culture: A collaborative, inclusive environment with dedicated mental health initiatives and paid volunteering time.