Senior Project Manager

About the Opportunity

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time and Permanent

Role ID: SF60403

Help Shape the Future of Nuclear Delivery

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Manager at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for all aspects of projects delivery to desired time, cost and quality restraints
• Establish and maintain governance arrangements for the delivery of the project, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities
• Deliver world-class performance by means of employee engagement, continuous improvement, and identifying and implementing the latest technology
• Lead on Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality within the project
• Plan and control finances as a means of driving performance

About You

Essential experience of the Senior Project Manager:

• Relevant Experience within a Senior Project Management role
• Extensive experience of EVM (Earned Value Management)
• Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC/NEC3, NEC4/JCT etc…)
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out

Qualifications for the Senior Project Manager:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience then we would like to hear from you.

Eligibility

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 - GOV.UK

Benefits

• 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
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organization or registered charity

About Company

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defense, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re 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 careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 02/04/26

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