About the role
Project Manager: Consents, Permitting and Licensing (CEZ Programme)
We’re looking for a Project Manager to lead and deliver Consents, Permitting and Licensing activities across our CEZ programme. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring the successful delivery of planning and regulatory requirements within a highly regulated environment. You’ll bring structure, leadership, and clarity across complex workstreams, helping to enable programme success.
Key responsibilities
- Plan, manage and deliver consents, permitting and licensing activities aligned to programme objectives
- Support delivery of key regulatory frameworks including Development Consent Orders (DCO), TCPAs, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Environmental Permits
- Collaborate across engineering, architecture, operations and logistics teams to ensure timely submissions and compliance
- Lead delivery and monitoring of consents, permitting and licensing activities
- Manage project plans, risks, dependencies and reporting (including RAG status updates)
- Work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders including regulators, local authorities and partners
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, cost and quality targets
- Drive continuous improvement and embed best practice across delivery
Essential skills & experience
- Experience managing complex engineering or infrastructure projects
- Strong capability in planning, risk, budget and change management
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast‑paced environment
- Fluency in Czech language
- Willingness to undertake frequent international travel
- Experience within nuclear, energy or other highly regulated sectors
Desirable skills
- Exposure to UK or European consents, permitting or licensing frameworks
- Familiarity with Primavera P6, MS Project, SAP, Excel, Power BI or similar tools
- Professional accreditation (e.g. APM PMQ or equivalent)
Qualifications
- Engineering degree (or equivalent experience)
- Project Management qualification (or equivalent experience)
Location & flexibility
Any Rolls‑Royce SMR location
Flexible and part‑time working options available
Frequent international travel required (including travel to the Czech Republic)
Salary & benefits
- Pay range: £50,650 - £66,500
- £2,200 flexible benefits allowance
- 12.5% bonus opportunity
- 6x pensionable life assurance
- 50% income protection
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
- £250 new joiner payment
- Flexible and part‑time working options available
Equal opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
