Principal Information Manager in Manchester

Can you demonstrate a long and established career, with a broad array of experience and exposure to a range of sectors, ideally with specific industrial experience? Are you an expert in BIM and wider Information Management, with the ability to lean on broader digital experiences? Can you independently lead these functions and associated teams on any scale of project? If so, then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

The world is becoming increasingly information and data rich and enabled, and the requirements for our projects are no different. Information Management as a function is becoming increasingly important in ensuring that our clients get the right information in the right format at the right time, but also that we improve our internal working practices to be as efficient and effective as possible. Developing and organising information and data assets offers our business and our customers substantial benefits, through the leveraging of insights, reuse, and generation of future products. We need people who can see the potential value behind information and data and have the skills, know-how, and drive to create incremental improvements into ways of working to best yield this value.

We are seeking a seasoned employee to lead on one or more of our larger programmes and projects, whilst providing support, guidance and expertise to the wider information management team, broader delivery teams, and clients. We are seeking a senior-level Information Manager with extensive industrial experience to join our team. This role combines elements of similar roles of Digital / BIM Lead, BIM Manager, CAD Manager, Document Control Lead, Systems Administrator, normally leading or coordinating projects of medium to large scale. The role involves not only undertaking an Information Manager role at a programme or project level but also playing a crucial part in the development of our internal functional team capabilities.

You will be expected to use your existing skills and experience to drive improvements into our ways of working, both within the IM team and broader delivery teams, including to make the best use of our internal IM & digital services, to help us exceed client expectations.

• Provide leadership and direction to engineering delivery projects as the Information Manager on projects or programmes of a large to significant scale (>£1bn), following the ISO19650 process and AtkinsRéalis internal standards methods and procedures.
• Document the strategy and approach to the implementation of BIM and information management specific to project requirements and aspirations ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
• Ensure project teams (internal and external) are aware of and trained in the application of information management standards, methods, and procedures being applied.
• Draft and maintain project level reports on the implementation of BIM and Information Management.
• Drive the application, development and maintenance of business processes relating to information management (including application of BS EN ISO 19650).
• Deliver positive outcomes on projects, ensuring benefits are realised and success measured through the application of IM and facilitation of our wider digital services.
• Win work: Lead and develop proposals for discrete services of the team and contribute to proposals offering SME guidance on strategy, direction, approach around ways of working in IM related discipline areas.
• Deliver work: Consistently deliver work to a high standard, building trust and rapport with delivery teams, developing plans of work and resourcing needs, managing progress and expectations, and driving high standards throughout project teams which you lead.
• Grow team and personal brand: Network internally and externally, develop collateral, and represent the team, promote BIM and IM best practice and our standards adherence through the creation and delivery of educational and awareness materials.
• Develop insights: stay aware of common industry trends and issues, typical customer needs, and available solutions or technology. Capture lessons learned and inform continuous improvement.
• Help lead and develop new and innovative internal capabilities.
• Grow people: Develop and manage direct project reports as a both a project team lead, ensuring workloads are balanced, deadlines met, and responsibilities fulfilled. Contribute to a feedback culture aimed at development of your personal and team capability. Role model positive professional behaviours. Coach and develop others in the team, including developing skills and knowledge in IM.

About you

• Skill Set: Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to problem solve. Organised and able to manage workload, ensuring deadlines are met and responsibilities are fulfilled. Able to foster strong project collaboration, by building trust within and across teams (internally and externally).
• Passion: A commitment to advancing information management and digital transformation in the nuclear sector. A people oriented individual keen to develop their team’s capability and drive continuous improvements into AtkinsRéalis.
• Drive: A highly motivated individual with a desire to excel and make an impact, able to demonstrate initiative and resourcefulness, with an interest in continuing to develop and hone their skills through continuous learning. Driven to achieve positive outcomes not only personally, but also to help develop others in the team.

Experience

• More than a decade of experience in the nuclear sector or other heavy industries, ideally in an organization similar to AtkinsRéalis.
• Able to prove a history of success in the implementation of IM / BIM on projects.
• Exceptional knowledge and demonstrable application of Information Management / BIM, and their role in enabling broader digital transformation.
• Relevant background or education in STEM, library sciences, computer sciences, or other related fields.

Rewards & benefits

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.