Digital Project Manager

At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. Our 8,000 Switchers combine engineering expertise with advanced digital technologies to deliver complex infrastructure solutions. In the UK, we support major nuclear programmes including Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and future Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Our digital and engineering capabilities are central to delivering safe, efficient and innovative energy infrastructure.

We are seeking a Digital Project Manager to support delivery across a complex, high value infrastructure programme at Sizewell C. This role requires a versatile and systems minded professional capable of managing evolving digital and engineering workstreams where scope and outputs may not be fully defined. As a Digital Project Manager, you will play a key role in shaping, coordinating and delivering digital initiatives that sit at the intersection of engineering, IT and business transformation. The role requires close collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure alignment across multiple integrated systems and workstreams.

• Lead delivery of multiple digital and IT projects within agreed time, cost and quality constraints.
• Develop and maintain project delivery plans aligned with programme priorities and objectives.
• Coordinate project activities, meetings and delivery milestones across multiple workstreams.
• Manage interdependencies across engineering, IT and digital systems to ensure aligned delivery.
• Act as a key interface between technical teams and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies across project delivery.
• Provide governance oversight and ensure adherence to programme reporting standards.
• Produce clear and concise reporting on progress, risks and performance metrics.
• Support financial tracking and alignment of project delivery with budget expectations.
• Drive clarity and structure in environments with evolving requirements and priorities.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience managing multiple workstreams within complex infrastructure programmes.
• Experience delivering digital or IT projects within engineering or asset‑intensive environments.
• Strong understanding of system integration and digital transformation environments.
• Ability to operate effectively where requirements are evolving or not fully defined.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across all organisational levels.
• Confident decision‑making ability with strong judgement in complex environments.
• Proficiency in project tools including MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with structured project delivery frameworks and governance processes.
• Experience within nuclear or major infrastructure programmes such as Hinkley Point C.
• Professional project management accreditation such as APM or PRINCE2.
• Experience in engineering change management or IT system integration projects.
• Exposure to digital engineering environments such as BIM or digital twins.
• Commercial awareness within large‑scale programme delivery environments.

Join Assystem and play a key role in delivering digital transformation on one of the UK’s most significant nuclear programmes. Work alongside industry experts to shape how digital and engineering systems integrate to deliver complex infrastructure, while developing your career within a globally recognised organisation.

Benefits include:

• Hybrid Working Opportunity
• Flexible working hours
• Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
• 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
• Professional fees reimbursed
• Employee referral scheme
• Competitive Sick Pay – Support when you need it
• Income Protection & 3x Salary Death‑in‑Service Cover
• Free Digital Gym Access – Expert‑led fitness classes
• 24/7 Employee Support Line – Mental health, financial & legal help

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future!