Principal Project Manager
Location: Derby or Newcastle
This role focuses on influencing strategic outcomes, shaping capability across the business, and ensuring the delivery of mission‑critical projects with precision, accountability, and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Support efficient management of projects and PMO, resolving issues to improve overall delivery performance
- Lead project governance and programme performance reporting across safety, time, cost, quality and relationships while embedding innovation
- Contribute to approvals, budget planning, financial cycles and provide strategic advice to the Defence Programme Manager
- Ensure effective use of programme management tools and techniques, including developing and reviewing business cases and benefit realisation plans
Leadership & People Development
- Inspire, lead, and line manage project and PMO team members, helping them reach their full potential
- Provide coaching, direction and mentoring to improve delivery capability across the function
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- 8 % company pension contributions
- Healthcare cash‑plan for dental, medical and physical care
- Employee assistance programme with free mental health support and virtual gym classes
- Professional and industry membership fees paid for
Qualifications
Essential
- Proven track record of delivering large, complex or high‑volume projects in structured environments
- Strong leadership skills with ability to guide multi‑disciplinary, cross‑functional and virtual teams
- Excellent communicator and influencer at all levels, including executive stakeholders and clients
- Chartered status (or working towards)
- In‑depth knowledge of risk, budget management, cost control, scheduling and reporting tools
- Expertise in change management, contract management and strategic delivery frameworks
Desirable
- Experience in the Nuclear Defence sector or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with the NEC4 contract suite and delivery within frameworks or joint ventures
- Technical engineering understanding (Mechanical, Electrical, EC&CI)
- Previous involvement in developing project bids or client proposals
Equal Treatment Statement
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
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Location: Derby or Newcastle
This role focuses on influencing strategic outcomes, shaping capability across the business, and ensuring the delivery of mission‑critical projects with precision, accountability, and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Support efficient management of projects and PMO, resolving issues to improve overall delivery performance
- Lead project governance and programme performance reporting across safety, time, cost, quality and relationships while embedding innovation
- Contribute to approvals, budget planning, financial cycles and provide strategic advice to the Defence Programme Manager
- Ensure effective use of programme management tools and techniques, including developing and reviewing business cases and benefit realisation plans
Leadership & People Development
- Inspire, lead, and line manage project and PMO team members, helping them reach their full potential
- Provide coaching, direction and mentoring to improve delivery capability across the function
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- 8 % company pension contributions
- Healthcare cash‑plan for dental, medical and physical care
- Employee assistance programme with free mental health support and virtual gym classes
- Professional and industry membership fees paid for
Qualifications
Essential
- Proven track record of delivering large, complex or high‑volume projects in structured environments
- Strong leadership skills with ability to guide multi‑disciplinary, cross‑functional and virtual teams
- Excellent communicator and influencer at all levels, including executive stakeholders and clients
- Chartered status (or working towards)
- In‑depth knowledge of risk, budget management, cost control, scheduling and reporting tools
- Expertise in change management, contract management and strategic delivery frameworks
Desirable
- Experience in the Nuclear Defence sector or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with the NEC4 contract suite and delivery within frameworks or joint ventures
- Technical engineering understanding (Mechanical, Electrical, EC&CI)
- Previous involvement in developing project bids or client proposals
Equal Treatment Statement
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
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