Project Manager (Commissioning).

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Compensation:  £60,000- £70,000 + Benefits

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re dedicated to creating a safe and secure world, together. If you join us as a Construction Project Manager at our Hinkley Point C (HPC) site, you’ll have the chance to be part of something truly special. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on the prestigious HPC Nuclear project.

The HPC Commissioning Programme is responsible for testing installed systems and plant to validate their functional and safety performance before they are handed over for commercial operation. As a member of the Commissioning Alliance, we work as part of the HPC Commissioning Programme to deliver commissioning activities and provide project management expertise. Recently, the first permanent electrical system was handed over to the HPC Commissioning Programme with the first stage of commissioning successfully executed. This marks a significant milestone for the HPC project as we move closer to achieving our next goal: Unit 1 Auxiliary Transformer energisation.

The role
As a Construction Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary working on a major project with national significance. You'll play a pivotal role in delivering projects to support the lead into operations. The projects will be varied from supporting fit out of permanent building, workshops, labs and office areas to responsibility for delivery of bespoke requirements to support operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Be responsible for producing the Pre-Operations Project schedule, and accountable for timely delivery ensuring contracts are in place ready for need dates. 
• Responsible for co-ordinating technical teams to define and deliver project scope and manage interfaces with other programmes.
• Driving the delivery of Pre-Operations project activities, ensuring they are delivered in accordance with all licensing, environment, safety, quality, time and cost parameters – whilst meeting technical and business requirements.
• Monitoring and managing the progress of Project schedule - tracking progress against milestones, deadlines, budgets and providing key stakeholders with regular reports on these matters.
• Develop and maintain a Pre-Operations execution plan, setting out how the programme of work will be managed, organised and executed.
• Identify and adopt the use of best practice within project delivery

This role is full time role, 37 hours per and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2/3 days in the office/on site and 2/3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Construction Project Manager:

• Previous experience of contract procurements and contract management highly desirable
• Experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams to overcome complex technical and commercial challenges.
• Typically, degree educated, in engineering or a related subject. Chartered or equivalent preferred.
• Formal project management qualification preferred but not essential (APMP / Prince2 / etc).
• Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
• Strong understanding of the need for Quality within the project environment and familiarity with the use and structure of Quality Assurance  documentation.
• Strong ability to understand technical, commercial and legal challenges and reach agreed workable outcomes.
• Ability to manage complex technical and commercial negotiations with contract bidders or suppliers.
• Must be well versed in the preparation of reports and information using packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint
      

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
•  ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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