Senior Project Manager

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Senior Project Manager

Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater – regular travel to other offices and occasional international travel required.

Are you a strong, passionate Project Manager ready to embark on the next stage of your career? Are you experienced in contract management with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills? Are you the type of person who likes a fast-paced environment where every day presents new challenges and opportunities to excel?

The Opportunity

As the Senior Project Manager, you’ll responsible for overseeing the delivery of engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning activities throughout the entire contract or work package lifecycle, ensuring alignment with the overall project schedule. You will ensure that all planning and delivery meet the required safety, quality, time, and cost parameters to support the project’s objectives. Additionally, you’ll provide direction and leadership for all activities associated with the complete lifecycle delivery of a major contract or contracts assigned to you.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a starting salary from £90,000, depending on experience, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.
 

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.
 

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  
 

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.
 

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

As the Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for defining and leading the scope of work within your assigned contract or package, ensuring seamless integration with other programme elements. You will maintain effective communication with all stakeholders and implement project strategies to drive successful delivery. Your role will involve closely monitoring project progress, tracking milestones, deadlines, and budgets while providing key stakeholders with regular updates. A strong focus on safety, quality, and technical excellence will be essential in achieving project objectives.
 

In this role, you will proactively identify and manage risks, resolve project issues, and escalate concerns to the Delivery Manager when necessary. You will oversee the development and maintenance of schedules, ensuring alignment with overall project timelines, and apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to track performance. With a commitment to continuous improvement, you will interface with other programmes to ensure best practices are implemented, contributing to the overall success of the project.

Who you are

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager with a strong background in delivering projects within complex and highly regulated environments, ideally within the Nuclear Energy sector or similar industries. A degree in engineering, construction, or a related field, with a professional qualification in Project Management (such as APM PPQ or equivalent). You will have experience managing engineering design, procurement, and execution strategies for multi-discipline EPCM projects, including contract management, cost control, risk management, scheduling, and Earned Value analysis. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills are essential, along with experience in overseeing contractors, consultants, and advisors on large-scale construction projects under NEC and FIDIC contracts.
 

You will demonstrate expertise in project financial management, change management, and facilitation, with proficiency in estimating, scheduling, and risk assessment tools. A thorough understanding of EPR design, CDM Regulations, and full project lifecycle management from concept to handover. Strong communication and organisational skills will be key to building effective relationships and networks, ensuring seamless project execution while maintaining the highest levels of safety, security, and environmental responsibility.
 

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

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For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.