Let’s find your next opportunity
AI Assistant: {{ chat.assistant.message }}
{{meta?.totalCount}}
results found
Sort By
{{ job.job_posting_title
}}
{{ job.job_posting_title }}
{{ job.is_cms_job ? (job.cities.split(';').length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) : (job.location_mappings.length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) }}
We are sorry there are no jobs that match your exact criteria. Try a new search term, or use the filters to continue browsing for available opportunities.
Suggested roles matches
{{ job.title }}
{{ job.title }}
{{ [job.cities[0], job.regions[0], job.countries[0]].join(', ') }}
Various locations
We are sorry there are no jobs that match your exact criteria. Try a new search term, or use the filters to continue browsing for available opportunities.
Let’s find your next opportunity
{{ job.job_posting_title
}}
{{ job.job_posting_title }}
{{ job.is_cms_job ? (job.cities.split(';').length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) : (job.location_mappings.length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) }}
On this page
Manchester, United Kingdom
Overview
Lead Delivery Excellence. Enable Project Success. Engineer a Better future!
At AtkinsRéalis, we don't just support project delivery — we elevate it. Our PMO professionals are trusted to bring clarity, structure, and confidence to some of the UK's most complex and high‑stakes programmes. As a PMO Consultant within our Secure Government practice, you'll play a central role in enabling delivery across projects that protect national security and underpin the UK's resilience.
With a global team of 38,000+ experts operating across 160+ countries, you'll join an organisation with true breadth, opportunity and impact. You'll work alongside delivery, technical, commercial and transformation specialists who value collaboration, continuous learning and delivery excellence.
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced PMO professionals to take ownership, shape delivery approaches, strengthen project controls, and influence client outcomes — all while growing your expertise in a unique, fast‑paced environment.
You'll benefit from:
- Purpose‑driven work at the heart of secure‑government delivery.
- Hybrid working, with most time onsite to build relationships, access secure systems and operate effectively in high‑integrity delivery environments.
- Clear pathways for progression, including leadership opportunities for more experienced candidates.
- Advanced training, tools and frameworks, including financial controls, risk and assurance, planning, PMO transformation and change.
- The AtkinsRéalis Certified Project Professional (ACPP) fast‑track route to APM Chartership.
- A supportive PMO community, rich in expertise, mentoring and career opportunities.
- Inclusive networks (Women in Defence, Military networks, DE&I groups).
- Meaningful work during the vetting process, if clearance is required.
Your role
As a PMO Consultant within our Delivery Optimisation sub‑practice, you'll be a central force in shaping and strengthening delivery capability across some of the UK's most complex and high‑profile secure‑government programmes.
You'll bring clarity, structure and insight to multidisciplinary teams, applying your expertise across financial management, risk and issue control, planning, governance and performance reporting to ensure projects run with confidence and precision. Working at the heart of major programmes, you'll design and embed effective delivery controls, translate data into meaningful insights, and advise teams and stakeholders on the health and trajectory of their projects. You'll collaborate closely with clients, project managers, engineers and analysts to improve delivery maturity, influence decision-making and drive continuous improvement across portfolios.
Whether refining governance frameworks, leading financial reporting cycles, developing integrated plans or shaping PMO standards, you'll play a pivotal role in enabling effective, transparent and accountable delivery. For senior candidates, this also includes opportunities to lead PMO workstreams, steer stakeholder conversations, mentor junior professionals and help shape the future of PMO capability within the Secure Government community.
All our roles are subject to a minimum of 3 days in the office, either onsite with our clients or at one of our AtkinsRéalis offices, (pro-rata'd for part-time employees). These particular roles are based in Cheltenham and Manchester, and we are looking for candidates who can commit to being onsite in Cheltenham or Manchester for a minimum of 4 days per week.
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-150595
Salary range
-
Vinayak Daddi
Hi there, I'm Vinayak Daddi and I manage this role
About you
You can bring more than just experience — you can bring energy, curiosity, and a genuine drive to make a difference. With a positive attitude and a strong team spirit, you thrive in collaborative environments and rise to the challenge when things get complex. You're someone who takes pride in delivering high-quality work, building trusted relationships, and continuously learning and growing. Whether you're solving problems, mentoring others, or navigating change, you bring a balanced mix of professionalism, adaptability, and passion for delivery excellence.
Alongside your mindset and approach, you'll also bring:
- Broad experience of project, programme and portfolio governance, and must include strong PMO leadership, financial management and/or risk management capabilities.
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Experience using a range of delivery tools such as MS Project, Primavera, Power BI, Excel etc.
- A proactive, analytical and solutions‑focused mindset.
- Understanding of PMO frameworks (P3O), methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid), and controls.
- Ability to design PMO processes, reporting structures or governance models.
- Experience coaching or developing junior team members.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis
Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
Watch this short film and imagine what you could achieve here, too.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Additional information
Security clearance
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
#LI-ADST | #LI-UK
Related jobs
Related blogs
From Aberdeen to Air Quality and Carbon: Bhajan on building a dual role in Environment
Meet Bhajan, an environmental consultant stepping across air quality and carbon, and discover how he’s driving real sustainability impact.
Building generation capacity for the grid we have now
Discover how Bennett Mountain is strengthening Idaho’s grid with 162MW of fast-start capacity designed to respond when people need it most.
From contaminated land to large-scale groundwater programmes: Erin on 20 years in environmental engineering
After close to two decades in the environmental space, Erin has built a career defined by curiosity, range, and a deep-rooted drive to protect the planet. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Erin is a senior project manager and environmental engineer whose work now spans large hydrogeological and groundwater programmes, a long way from the contaminated sites where she started out.
From fieldwork to leadership in Northern Canada: Alana’s career in environmental remediation
I’m the Team Lead for Northern BC and the Yukon at AtkinsRéalis, and a Senior Project Manager in environmental site remediation. I help tackle complex environmental challenges, and find smarter, more sustainable ways to give new life to contaminated sites.
Saeed : Designing the tools that keep nuclear work safe
Saeed is a Tooling Engineer at Candu Energy Inc., an AtkinsRéalis company, contributing to some of the largest and most technically demanding nuclear refurbishment projects.
What makes early careers at AtkinsRéalis different? Peter’s story reveals it.
Explore how Peter’s graduate journey at AtkinsRéalis was shaped by real‑world responsibility, supportive teams, and leadership access, setting the foundation for early career success.
My first 60 days at AtkinsRéalis – Gahee’s journey into people, culture, and change
From warm welcomes to meaningful impact, Gahee Jeong reflects on her first 60 days at AtkinsRéalis while navigating global HR practices, local leadership, and growth from day one.
From day one to driving impact: Haresh on his early journey at AtkinsRéalis
Meet Haresh, driving direction, strengthening delivery, and building global alignment from the very start.
Starting my nuclear engineering journey: Early experiences shaping my career
Meet Bethan and read how she’s building her career as a Graduate Electrical Engineer working on major nuclear projects at AtkinsRéalis.
Remya on nuclear design, multidisciplinary problem‑solving, and what drives her work
Meet Remya, an EC&I engineer leading nuclear design across global markets and read how variety, flexibility, and multidisciplinary work have shaped her career at AtkinsRéalis .
Ejike on joining as a graduate, leading nuclear projects in Bristol, and why no two days are the same
Meet Ejike, an EC&I engineer who joined AtkinsRéalis as a graduate and now leads complex nuclear projects.
Spains Hall Estate: What happens when you let beavers solve a flooding problem
Discover how environmental science and natural processes combined to manage flooding in Essex.