Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics
Senior Construction Project Manager
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Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
Company: Altrad UK
Altrad UK is looking to recruit an exceptional Senior Project Manager / Construction Manager with a mechanical engineering background and extensive experience delivering major multi-million-pound nuclear projects.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for an individual with a proven track record of successfully managing complex programmes from concept through to completion within the nuclear sector. You will be responsible for leading high-performing teams, driving commercial performance, and ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of critical infrastructure projects at Sellafield.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of complex, high-value, multi-million-pound mechanical projects within the nuclear industry.
- Provide strategic leadership across all phases of project execution, ensuring safety, quality, programme and commercial objectives are achieved.
- Take full accountability for project delivery, including profit and loss (P&L), forecasting, budgets and resource planning.
- Manage multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors and supply chain partners to achieve successful project outcomes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, senior stakeholders and delivery partners.
- Identify, manage and mitigate project risks while ensuring compliance with all regulatory, quality and safety requirements.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence and behavioural safety.
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Essential Experience
- Extensive experience as a Senior Project Manager or Construction Manager within the nuclear sector.
- Demonstrable success delivering complex multi-million-pound engineering or construction projects.
- Strong mechanical engineering background with experience managing large construction and installation packages.
- Previous experience working on Sellafield projects is highly desirable.
- Proven responsibility for commercial management, including project profitability, cost control and P&L.
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
- HNC/HND or Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or a related discipline).
- SMSTS (or equivalent) and a strong understanding of CDM and nuclear regulatory requirements.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Sellafield security clearance.
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If you are an accomplished senior project leader with the expertise to deliver major nuclear projects safely, efficiently and profitably, we'd like to hear from you. Join Altrad UK and play a key role in delivering some of the UK's most significant nuclear programmes.
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