Project Operations Lead - New Nuclear Development

Your role

Leadership & Strategic Alignment:

• The Project Operations Lead will provide day‑to‑day leadership to the project organization by exemplifying AtkinsRéalis core values and ensuring alignment with safety, quality, schedule, cost, and contractual requirements.
• Working closely with the New Nuclear Development (Incubator) PM, the Project Operations Lead shall support execution of projects to achieve strategic objectives of the organization. This may include customer‑driven or internally funded feasibility studies, consulting assignments, early project works, and other tasks that contribute to the new nuclear team's'overall goals.
• Support one or more projects within the mandate.

Project Planning, Scope Definition & Execution:

• Develop project scope, WBS, deliverables and project estimates in compliance with governing contract documents, quality requirements, and any additional customer requirements.
• Develop and implement detailed project execution plans and monitor execution through comprehensive reporting to clients and senior management.

Contract, Commercial & Supply Chain Management:

• Support contract development and negotiations, including scope and change control, requirements management, subcontractor and supplier management, and governance of flow‑down requirements from the parent contract to subs and vendors.
• Ensure project procurement and subcontract management - including subcontractor and supplier oversight, and supply chain strategies—ensuring alignment with risk management, quality, schedule, budget, and overall performance standards commensurate with the project and customer requirements.

Cost, Schedule, Project Controls & Performance Reporting:

• Apply appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor project health and performance and to establish rigorous reporting protocols that meet all requirements of the contract, corporate standards and project-specific oversight as established by senior management or customer.
• Apply project controls methodologies related to planning and scheduling, baseline management, cost control, cost/revenue forecasting, and resource management.

Risk Management:

• Support risk analysis in accordance with corporate standards and industry best practices, including Monte Carlo methodology and contingency draw‑down curves.

People Leadership & Resource Management:

• Make effective decisions and/or recommendations with respect to resourcing requirements on the project.

Safety, Quality & Regulatory Compliance:

• Comply with all aspects of nuclear and industrial safety, including adherence to corporate and customer safety programs, development and enforcement of necessary training and requirements, adherence to corrective action programs and enforcement of performance standards for all the above.
• Ensure all project activities are performed in accordance with corporate standards for ethical compliance, cyber‑security, import-export regulations, intellectual property protection, and security clearance protocols.

Proposal Development & Business Support:

• Support the proposal process by driving the proposal development as per submission deadlines and internal review governance processes.