At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex infrastructure projects and mentor project management professionals.
- Company: AtkinsRéalis, a global leader in engineering and project management.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on major projects while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in project management with relevant professional accreditation required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Job Description
Overview
Atkins Réalis is a leading global professional services and project management organisation, delivering complex infrastructure, engineering and programme management solutions for clients across the UK and internationally.
Within Atkins Réalis, our Project Delivery Practice (PDP) brings together project and programme management professionals who lead the successful delivery of multidisciplinary commissions across sectors including Transportation, Water, Defence, Energy, Nuclear, Buildings and wider infrastructure markets.
In the Midlands region, PDP supports a diverse and growing portfolio of clients and projects, drawing on local relationships, regional knowledge and the wider technical strength of Atkins Réalis.
We are looking to introduce and grow Associate / Associate Director roles within our PDP and wider Atkins Réalis Midlands team (based in Birmingham, Derby and Peterborough).
This is an important opportunity to strengthen our local project management capability, support the continued growth of our regional delivery teams, and provide experienced leadership across a broad portfolio of infrastructure, design and programme delivery commissions.
The role will help establish a strong Associate / Associate Director presence, creating greater resilience within our delivery model while supporting client relationships, project governance, commercial performance, and team development.
Working closely with PDP and Atkins Réalis colleagues, the successful candidate will play a key part in embedding best practice, mentoring project management professionals, and shaping a clear pathway for future leadership growth within the office.
We are looking for an experienced project management professional with a strong delivery background and, recognised professional accreditation through an appropriate industry body.
Your role
- Provide strategic leadership as an Associate, with the opportunity to operate at Director level on major, complex, and multidisciplinary infrastructure projects and programmes, overseeing delivery from inception through to completion.
- Lead the successful delivery of projects against agreed objectives, ensuring alignment with client requirements, Atkins Réalis business priorities, and market sector strategies.
- Establish and maintain robust governance, programme controls, and delivery frameworks to achieve project outcomes relating to scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and sustainability.
- Act as the primary client interface, building trusted relationships and providing strategic delivery advice to support long term client engagement and business growth.
- Identify, assess, and manage contractual, commercial, operational, and delivery risks, ensuring appropriate mitigation measures are implemented to protect the interests of Atkins Réalis, clients, and stakeholders.
- Lead, inspire, and develop high-performing multidisciplinary teams, fostering a collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement, inclusion, innovation, and excellence.
- Provide direction, coaching and mentoring to Project Managers and developing project professionals, supporting capability growth and succession planning across the business.
- Drive effective communication, stakeholder engagement and coordination across internal teams, clients, supply chains, partners and regulatory authorities.
- Develop and maintain integrated delivery programmes, resource plans and project execution strategies, ensuring clear coordination across multiple disciplines and workstreams.
- Manage and report on project financial performance, including forecasting, revenue recognition, cost management, risk allowances, profitability, cash flow, and Earned Value Management reporting.
- Support business development activities, strategic pursuits, and framework opportunities, contributing to bid preparation, client account management, and growth objectives.
- Lead project close-out activities, ensuring successful handover, lessons learned capture, knowledge sharing, client feedback collection, and continuous improvement across the organisation.
About you
- Relevant degree, professional qualification, or equivalent experience in project management, engineering, science, construction or a related discipline.
- Professionally qualified, recognised professional accreditation, such as Chartered Project Professional (Ch PP), Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Scientist (CSci), or equivalent membership/accreditation through an appropriate professional body.
- Substantial experience leading the delivery of large-scale, complex infrastructure projects and programmes across one or more major infrastructure sectors.
- Willing and flexible to travel to our projects.
- Demonstrable experience leading multidisciplinary design and construction teams through all stages of the project lifecycle, from inception and design through to construction, handover and close out.
- Extensive experience administering and delivering projects under NEC3 and NEC4 contracts, with str
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