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Form of workWe are hiring a Sub-Project Manager to join our RACER team at Nuclear Waste Services.
RACER ensures the Nuclear Waste Service site assets are renewed, refurbished, upgraded and improved where appropriate. Working closely with the Sites main stakeholders the Programme delivers Tasks and Projects ranging from £10k to £25 million and above. The Tasks and Projects could cover a wide range of complexity and can include study work through to significant design packages and construction of new plant or building.
As a Sub-Project Manager, you would be responsible for day-to-day management of Work Packages, low complexity Projects or parts of more complex Projects under the supervision of a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager.
- Defining Project or team objectives, critical success factors, dependencies and constraints.
- Consolidating and documenting the fundamental components of Projects or Work Packages (scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities and issues, and quality requirements), ensuring that appropriate and robust Project controls are in place whilst talking into account safety and the environment.
- Establishing and maintaining Project or team governance arrangements, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities.
- Applying appropriate Project or Work Package management life cycles, processes, methods, techniques and tools, tailoring them to the specific needs of a Project.
- Planning a Project or Work Package in sufficient detail to ensure integration of all activities, identification of dependencies, and understanding of critical paths and key milestones.
- Preparing the Integrated Assurance and Approval Plans for a Project.
- Managing the production of the required Deliverables, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiating exceptions and taking corrective action where necessary.
- Ensuring that quality activities relating to the Project or Work Package are planned and performed correctly and are within tolerance defined by the Plan.
- Managing Project or team reviews at appropriate points throughout the Project or Work Package lifecycle which will inform governance decisions of projects by providing evaluations of progress, performance, risk, contingency, and continuing relevance.
- Defining, producing, authorising and overseeing the management of Work Packages.
- Identifying stakeholder expectations and managing them, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests, establishing effective working relationships with them.
- Actively identifying and managing threats and opportunities including instigating mitigation actions, identifying risk responses and contingency plans and managing then through to conclusion.
- Recognising, anticipating, and managing dependencies between tasks, people, processes, and systems.
- Reviewing changes for potential impact on the Project or Work Package Baseline and actively managing changes to Project delivery, scope and costs, updating plans and maintaining appropriate and detailed records.
- Ensuring all necessary Project resources are identified and that justification for such resources is clear.
- Ensuring that limited resources are managed effectively and efficiently, developing strategies to address gaps.
- Ensuring that a comprehensive Project or Work Package budget is prepared, reflecting the plan and all resource needs.
- Managing the integration of Project or Work Package outputs into business-as-usual, addressing the readiness of users, compatibility of work systems and the realisation of benefits.
- Ensuring a smooth hand-over to the operational team and any other supporting functions identified.
- Evaluating the success of the Project or Work Package against its Baseline and sharing lessons or best practice with the P3M community and business functions.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Hold or currently working towards APM (Association of Project Management)
- Relevant experience in a similar role
- Experience and knowledge of E&I projects
- Experience in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management (P3M) disciplines would be advantageous
Who are we?
Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK's nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.
Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world
If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you'll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms - scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory - to name a few.
We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
We areaction orientated - We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.
We arecollaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.
We are ambitious - We are problem solvers who embrace and act upon new challenges.
We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is a joint trading name of LLW Repository Limited and Radioactive Waste Management Limited.
This role will be employed by LLW Repository Limited unless the successful candidate is currently on Radioactive Waste Management Limited terms and conditions. In this situation the employee will continue on their current terms and conditions.
NDA group appointments: the NDA Group Mobility Principles will apply.What's in it for you?
- On appointment to an RWM, full-time staff are entitled to a generous annual holiday allowance of 38 days' annual leave. LLWR up to 43 days in addition to a buy/sell scheme
- Rewarding performance (bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous above average pension scheme
- learning and development support
- payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment
Equal Opportunities
We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.
In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy.
Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email
