Managing Consultant - Nuclear Energy Sector

Jacobs; Chard; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting an experienced Managing Consultant in the Energy Sector, who can support such project with their expertise. You will play a key part of our team, supporting a wide range of advisory and delivery projects for a variety of clients across the nuclear industry, including new build projects, SMR and AMR's, existing civil and defence plant, fusion reactor design and decommissioning.

Amentum has a long track record at the forefront of technical, scientist and project management support across the nuclear lifecycle. We are increasingly supporting our clients in planning, strategy and business case support for their projects, including major power plant construction, associated infrastructure, and projects concerned with new nuclear reactor designs (SMR, AMR, Fusion). These skills are vital to our clients to inform decision making, build confidence and progress nuclear programmes.

We are a business that is growing quickly and supporting a variety of exciting projects to various clients in the nuclear industry. The ideal candidate would be someone with a good, broad ranging background across the energy sector, and ideally the nuclear industry, who is used to taking the lead, can provide clear direction and leadership, and has a demonstrable track record of contributing to projects effectively within a highly regulated environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading/supporting on project strategy and planning across the nuclear lifecycle.
• Establishing and managing relationships with clients to ensure buy-in to an agreed approach or solution.
• Having an awareness of our broader capability, with an ability to draw on these skills to further enhance our client offer.
• The development and compelling delivery of high impact presentations to clients and their stakeholders.
• Providing coaching and guidance for other staff, ensuring that capability and knowledge is sustained for our business.
• Supporting business development and contribution to bids and proposals.

At Amentum, we operate a hybrid working model, and the role can be based at any of our UK offices, e.g. London, Bristol, combined with working from home. Some regular presence in our North-West offices in Warrington would be preferred. There will be a need for periodic visits to client offices, depending on project requirements.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Understanding of our markets, predominantly energy and defence.
• Experience with business planning and estimating.
• Understanding of programme/project delivery lifecycle, target operating model, risk and opportunity management, cost, and schedule.
• Experience of developing strategy with clients, and managing key stakeholders, including influencing the strategy for the delivery of programmes, business/benefits case, commercialisation and decision analysis.
• Experience in application of the HMT Green Book methodology.
• Experience of strategy, planning and deliverability around major infrastructure schemes.
• Clear Leadership qualities with an ability to lead diverse teams towards an outcome.
• An ability to apply innovative thinking, and the ability to quickly and efficiently acquire and apply new knowledge.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written - able to explain complex problems readily to a diverse audience, in a compelling manner, including leading high-profile presentations and production of high-quality reports.
• An undergraduate degree in a suitable discipline (or equivalent experiential learning) - this role could suit scientific, engineering, or more general financial, commercial and managerial disciplines.

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.