Consultant Project Manager

Empowering projects in a complex world. Join our organisation, where we have a huge variety of projects on-the-go at any one time. So when you start this role with us, it could take your career wherever your interests lie. You will find everyone here is willing to pitch in and help because we all want you to succeed, and we are ready to help you grow. When it comes to living your life, we want you to get the most out of it. So talk to us about all our flexible and remote working policies that can support your personal priorities. Also, ask us about some of our recent pledges for Women’s Equality, as well as being a ‘Disability Confident’ and ‘Inclusive Employer.’

As a Consultant Project Manager in ‘Aerospace, Defence, Security and Technology’ (ADS&T), you will be part of our Programme Delivery Practice. In your role, you will enable organisations to achieve maximum benefits from digital transformation and innovative operations. You will work directly with clients, identifying, shaping and managing better delivery capabilities. You will be supported to lead your own work packages or Agile delivery teams across our markets.

Your purpose: You will be able to work independently or manage high performing and technical multi-disciplinary teams. You will deliver products or outputs to time, cost, and quality; often using agile delivery methodologies to meet our clients’ needs. You will be people centric, striving to create and grow partnership level relationships, ensuring our clients are at the centre of everything we do and creating a positive impact through true change.

With a focus on people, you will need to be comfortable embracing our values and our ways of working, committing to the following:

• Teamwork: Enthusiasm to work cooperatively and supportively with others.
• Communication: Based on high emotional intelligence, able to listen and question effectively, with concise verbal and written communication skills and effective questioning/listening skills. Able to communicate with confidence at higher and lower levels.
• Flexibility: Willing to deliver a range of tasking from providing advice on improving client’s delivery to ‘rolling up your sleeves’ to assist clients in delivering key projects and work packages.
• Customer focus: Keen to deliver a high level of customer satisfaction to our external and internal customers.
• Achievement: Looks to exceed client aspirations and works to goals and manages obstacles. Energy, pride and determination in meeting targets and overcoming challenges.
• Initiative: Ability to analyse data and situations; decompose work into key tasks and activities; find the elusive solution.
• Development: Not willing to stand still. Wants to continually develop new skills and undertake personal training.
• Collegiate: Manage client demands whilst contributing to the development of the Programme Delivery Practice and the wider community. Always available to support colleagues.
• Ethics and integrity: Always promote AtkinsRéalis high professional standards.
• Safety: Embrace and contribute to AtkinsRéalis focus on maintaining high standards of safety in the working environment.

What you can bring: We have opportunities for people with solid project management experience or equivalent transferable skills from other careers. As a successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate the following skills or attributes:

• Demonstrate a variety of technical project deliveries within collaborative environments.
• Project management: The ability to manage all aspects of project delivery, including forecasting, change management and risk management. There will be a significant emphasis on financial acumen.
• Experience of working in a project delivery environment with a sound understanding of structured and agile methodologies (e.g. APMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, MSP, DSDM, Scrum).
• Client engagement: You will instil client confidence in AtkinsRéalis' project delivery through your professionalism and passion.
• Problem solving: The ability to identify problems collaboratively and develop actions/solutions with our clients, communicating both to key stakeholders and presenting information through reports, dashboards and slides as appropriate.
• Commercial awareness: Providing contract management, supplier management or commercial advice to clients.
• Experience and understanding of complex IT systems, hardware, software (bespoke and COTS) and managing delivery of IT projects in a Waterfall/Agile context is advantageous.
• Market experiences working within the UK Defence & Security sector is advantageous.
• Ability to be UK mobile, including travel to and work from AtkinsRéalis offices and client sites on a regular (weekly) basis.

Why AtkinsRéalis? Looking for a place where you can engineer a better future? AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, our digital-enabled approach transforms outcomes for people and the environment. You will have a myriad of projects to choose from and endless possibilities for career growth. More responsibility, acclaimed training programmes and flexible working are part of our inclusive culture of prioritising diversity, health, and happiness. Within ADS&T, we have signed the 'Women in Defence' and 'Women in Aviation and Aerospace' charters. These pledges include providing opportunities for women to succeed at all levels. We are also committed to being a Military friendly employer and have been recognised with the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Gold Employer Recognition Award.

Security clearance: 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. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.