Senior Project Manager – Construction

Company: Mace group
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Location: Bridgwater
Job Description:

Overview

As Project Manager on the Hinkley Point C programme, you will oversee delivery of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities to time, cost and quality targets. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, manage risks and stakeholders, and ensure safe, compliant execution aligned with the programme execution plan. This role sits within a world-class team delivering a nationally significant project, offering impact across scope, safety and performance. You will help translate strategy into actionable plans while maintaining lessons-learnt and best practice across the project.

Pay / Benefits

  • flexible and hybrid working options

Responsibilities

  • Secure resources and maintain SQEP, addressing shortfalls within the project team
  • Develop and implement strategies and plans aligned with the overall Programme Execution Plan
  • Maintain effective stakeholder communications and execute project strategies
  • Deliver contract/package activities safely, on time, and within budget and technical requirements
  • Monitor progress against milestones, deadlines and budget; report to key stakeholders
  • Identify and manage risks, resolve issues, update programme budget, escalate when needed
  • Collaborate with construction to develop/maintain schedules consistent with overall project timelines
  • Incorporate lessons learnt and knowledge capture as business as usual
  • Interface with other programmes to share progress and adopt best practices
  • Ensure contractual requirements are fulfilled and escalate where necessary

Key requirements

  • Demonstrated leadership in complex projects
  • Working knowledge of CDM Regulations
  • Strong numeracy, analytical and critical reasoning skills
  • Proficient in estimating, scheduling, programming, risk management
  • Excellent presentation, influencing and facilitation skills
  • Understanding of nuclear quality assurance requirements
  • Experience in engineering design, contract and field execution strategies
  • Experience with multi-discipline EPCM projects and complex contracts
  • Cost, risk, schedule and change control experience
  • Commercial claims management and negotiation experience
  • Stakeholder engagement across contractors, consultants and advisors in regulated environments
  • Experience operating under NEC and FIDIC commercial arrangements
  • leadership in complex environments
  • stakeholder engagement
  • influencing and facilitation
  • estimating
  • scheduling
  • programming

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Posted: September 14th, 2026