Graduate Project Manager
7 days ago
Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid by developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.
Job DescriptionAs a Graduate Project Manager, you will coordinate and support one or more projects, ensuring compliance with processes, maintaining key project documentation, and helping deliver projects to budget, schedule, and quality requirements. These projects span maintenance and enhancement of UKAEA's world-class fusion devices and the development of new facilities that advance enabling technologies, all contributing to the mission of progressing fusion energy toward commercialisation.
Your core responsibilities:
- Work closely with Project Manager on variety of projects and ensuring that they are executed to a high standard according to established project and technical management processes, leading to delivered solutions of an engineering integrity commensurate with nuclear operations.
- Responsible for the creation and management of key documentation for the project(s).
- Analyse Project Data (including finances) and produce standard project reports.
- Coordinate and being proactive in closing actions for project manager.
- Degree in Science or Engineering from 2025 or '26
- Confident with all Microsoft applications including Excel, Word and Powerpoint
- Driven, with a strong appetite to learn and take on new challenges
- Able to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Well organised and adaptable with the ability to plan and prioritise workload
A full list of our benefits can be found here but highlights include:
- £35,227 base salary
- Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution
- 25 days annual leave, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
- Flexible and hybrid working options
UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.
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