Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Warrington, Cheshire
Compensation: £51, - £63,
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Lead Complex Projects That Shape a Safer, More Sustainable Future
At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Manager at Dalton Avenue, near Warrington, Cheshire.
The role
As a Project Manager, you’ll take ownership of delivering complex engineering projects across our consultancy portfolio. You’ll work across the full programme lifecycle—from initial planning and mobilisation through to delivery and close-out—ensuring projects are delivered safely on time and within budget.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to critical nuclear and defence programmes, while advancing your own career in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. You’ll be trusted to lead multiple projects, influence key stakeholders, and drive measurable impact on projects that matter nationally.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Managing multiple engineering projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery against scope, schedule and budget
2. Developing, maintaining and controlling detailed project schedules and resource plans
3. Leading project governance, including preparing and presenting reports to senior stakeholders
4. Overseeing project financials, including budget tracking and earned value management
5. Supporting meetings and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive performance and delivery.
This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, based at Dalton Avenue, with flexible working arrangements available.
Essential experience of the Project Manager:
6. Demonstrating experience managing project schedules, including planning and control
7. Applying resource levelling and resource management techniques across projects
8. Managing budgets across multiple or complex project portfolios
9. Using earned value management to monitor and report on project performance
10. Delivering multidisciplinary engineering or technical projects.
Qualifications for the Project Manager:
11. Relevant experience in project management or engineering environments
12. A recognised Project Management qualification (such as APM or equivalent) or willingness to work towards certification
13. Experience within a consultancy or regulated environment is advantageous
14. Familiarity with NEC contracts and project controls tools (such as Primavera P6) is desirable.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (
What we offer
15. Generous holiday allowance
16. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
17. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
18. Employee share scheme
19. Employee shopping savings portal
20. Payment of Professional Fees
21. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
22. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
23. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
24. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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