By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment. 
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, 
• Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Wide range of career development opportunities
• A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive

The salary for this role is £54,376  (inclusive of a Market Premium Payment (MPP)) 

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that projects are delivered to budget, schedule and quality standards, procedures are followed, and that all key project outcomes are met. This role will manage medium (<£10M) projects with varying risk and complexity, they may also provide co-ordination and support to one or more larger projects.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Providing management of project(s) of budgets of up to circa £10M.
• Evaluating and presenting decisions that secure the benefits the project is tasked to deliver.
• Resolving obstacles to strategy delivery and supporting the identification and employment of creative solutions to overcoming them.
• Managing project document development for a project lifecycle in compliance with the UKAEA's Quality Assurance requirements.
• Reporting of progress against milestones, changes, exceptions, budgets and other key performance indicators.

Essential Requirements:

• Chartered status in relevant STEM discipline.
• Track record of delivering complex engineering projects to budget, time and cost.
• Passion for ensuring good project management practices and culture.

Typical professional qualifications include:

• APM Project Management Qualification
• APM Practitioner Qualification
• Prince 2 Practitioner
• Agile Project Management Practitioner

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.