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Project Manager – specialist in business change and transformation

We’re looking for a driven and experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of business change and transformation initiatives across the business.

Working closely with senior leadership, clients, and cross-functional teams, you’ll play a key role in delivering structured, high-quality projects – ensuring outputs are on time, within budget and aligned with NIS strategy, governance and values.

Below is an outline of duties and responsibilities: –

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of business change and transformation projects, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, quality and governance requirements are achieved through structured project management.
  • Manage client and stakeholder relationships, ensuring expectations are clearly understood and consistently communicated throughout the project.
  • Own project governance by proactively managing risks, issues, opportunities and change control.
  • Maintain accurate and transparent project reporting, contributing effectively to governance forums and project reviews.
  • Manage project scope, budgets, quality and timelines, identifying and challenging variances to drive performance and delivery improvement.
  • Coordinate and manage project resources, including performance, capability and duration.
  • Support Safety, Health, Environmental, quality and Security, including NCR status and lessons learned (LFE) dissemination.
  • Work closely with the Project Controls team to ensure effective delivery against requirements.
  • Enable Subject Matters Experts (SMEs) to focus on their technical expertise by coordinating project delivery activities.
  • Promote best practice in project management, governance and Operational Excellence across the business.
  • Maintain effective resource management in line with NIS project management procedures and delivery lifecycle.
  • Ensure alignment with NIS business plan, nuclear safety requirements and organisational objectives.

Closing date for applications is 12th June 2026

Security clearance

We request that before applying for this position that you review the requirements necessary for the Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) clearance (available here) and [Security Check (SC) clearance (available here)] OR [Developed Vetting (DV) clearance (available here)] to ensure that you satisfy the relevant criteria. Any offer of employment will be strictly subject to the relevant security requirements for the role being met. This means that you will need to be able to obtain, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and if applicable a Security Check (SC) OR Developed Vetting (DV) clearance as set out above. These applications will be funded by us.

Location
Chorley
Reporting to
Project Portfolio Lead
Salary
Competitive
Contract
Full time

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