Project Manager - ESH

Project Manager – ESH (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 18 Months

Contracting Authority: AWE

Location: Hybrid & Aldermaston, Reading ( 2 days on site & 3 days WFH)

What if you could work on something that you can’t test… but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge.

That’s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day: delivering important work, in support of the most important mission – keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission: to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

Please note that, due to the nature of this requirement, active SC Clearance is a pre-requisite and application without cannot be considered.

As a Project Manager, your main responsibilities would be to: 

• Deliver assigned projects in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost and quality. Lead, coach and develop a team at a local level to deliver team and personal objectives safely and securely to meet our operational plans. Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player. Provision of support to the Environment, Safety & Health improvement initiatives, which includes the delivery of the Learning from Experience project. Manage projects with focus on Governance (compliance and reporting). Management of project resources (people, money). Lead the planning of the task/project. Manage work as defined in the Work Authorisation Document (WAD). Lead, support and initiate change against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). Lead, initiate and perform risk and opportunity identification and subsequent actions.

Essential:

• Please note that, due to the nature of this requirement, active SC Clearance is a pre-requisite and application without cannot be considered. Familiarity with LFE / knowledge management, experience implementing change initiatives. Experience in end-to-end Project management Experience in complex transformation Experience in change management Extensive stakeholder engagement at all levels and cross departments/ external suppliers

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

AWE’s ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.