Senior Project Manager

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Flexible UK

Compensation: Attractive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF72231

Lead Complex Projects That Power National Security

At Cavendish Nuclear were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a Senior Project Manager at any of our key locations including Warrington (Cheshire) Bristol Newbury (Berkshire) or Leicester (Leicestershire).

The role

As a Senior Project Manager you will take a leading role in the successful delivery of complex high-value infrastructure projects that are critical to both nuclear defence and civil decommissioning and fuels programmes. Youll be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered safely efficiently and to the highest quality standards.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week. We offer flexible hybrid working patterns with typically 23 days per week onsite alongside occasional travel to other UK locations as required.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

• Lead governance arrangements establishing clear roles responsibilities and accountabilities across the full project lifecycle
• Drive project performance through robust financial planning cost control and the effective application of Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques
• Champion continuous improvement by engaging project teams and adopting innovative tools practices and technologies
• Ensure the highest standards of health safety security environmental and quality (HSSEQ) compliance across all project activities
• Manage and inspire multidisciplinary teams spanning engineering procurement and commercial functions to achieve project objectives

Essential experience of the Senior Project Manager:

• Proven experience delivering major infrastructure projects with values exceeding 50 million
• A strong track record of managing full Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) project lifecycles from concept and design through to construction and commissioning
• Demonstrated leadership of large multidisciplinary teams (typically 50 people) within complex and highly regulated environments
• Practical expertise in applying Earned Value Management to enhance project control reporting and decision-making
• Experience gained within regulated industries such as nuclear defence utilities petrochemical or aerospace sectors

Qualifications for the Senior Project Manager:

• Project Management certification or accreditation (such as Association for Project Management or Project Management Institute) is advantageous

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ()

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish

Were Cavendish Nuclear a team of c5000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here youll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy defence and civil decommissioning your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together were shaping a future that lasts not only through the impact we make but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please email with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 14/07/2026

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