Senior Project Manager

Role: Senior Project Manager

Digital/Non-Digital: Non

Contract Length: Up to 18-months - until 31/03/2026

Location: Aldermaston (Mostly on site - 1 day per fortnight remote depending on business needs)

IR35: In Scope

Client qualifies for GIS: Yes (Disability Confident Scheme and Armed Forces Covenant)

Top essential evaluation criteria:

1. 5+ years Project Manager experience
2. Infrastructure Project experience
3. Experience reviewing/providing assurance on Projects.

Key Accountabilities:

• Deliver assigned projects in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost and quality.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of leaders and influence others at specialism or functional level to create and deliver operational plans.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage projects with focus on Governance (compliance and reporting).
• Management of project resources (people, money).
• Lead the planning of the task/project or function.
• 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.

This role is for an experienced Infrastructure Senior Project Manager who will NOT BE delivering the Projects.

• They will use their expertise to review other projects, to assure and provide feedback/suggestions.

Core Day to Day Duties

Assuring and Reviewing Projects NOT delivering or Managing projects themselves.

Majority of Projects are in the infrastructure space.

Essential

• 5+ years of Senior Project Manager experience
• Experience delivering Complex Infrastructure Projects in complex environments.
• Experience reviewing projects managed by others.
• Infrastructure experience
• There are a lot of new build projects, construction and re-kit projects being undertaken.
• Has led a team.
• Stakeholder Management skills
• Able to lead reviews.

Desirable

• Project Manager qualifications/Membership of Professional bodies
• Experience is more important than qualifications.
• Nuclear/highly regulated environment background would be beneficial.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.