Consultant Project Manager

Overview

Empowering projects in a complex world. Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? Join our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. We’re committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment and flexible working policies to create a work-life balance that truly fits your needs.

As a Consultant Project Manager in our Secure Government business, you’ll be part of our Transformation, Delivery and Consulting practice. You’ll enable organisations to achieve maximum benefits from digital and transformational change and innovative operations. You’ll work directly with clients, delivering their transformation projects as well as identifying, shaping and managing improvements to their delivery capabilities. You’ll be supported to lead your own work packages or Agile delivery teams across our markets.

You will be able to work independently and manage high performing multi-disciplinary teams. You will deliver outputs to time, cost, and quality, using waterfall and agile delivery methodologies to meet our clients  needs, with a focus on value and benefits. You will be people centric, striving to create and grow partnership level relationships, ensuring our clients are at the centre of everything we do and creating a positive impact through benefit driven change.

With a focus on people, you will need to be comfortable embracing our values and our ways of working, committing to the following:

You will play a hands-on role in supporting clients, from offering advice to actively delivering client projects and work packages. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction, you will strive to exceed client expectations by working towards goals, overcoming obstacles, and demonstrating energy, pride, and determination in meeting targets and outcomes.

You will embrace and contribute to Atkins

Réalis  focus on maintaining high standards of safety in the working environment. Leading through example, you will promote a psychologically safe delivery environment, building a team that is willing to speak up, admit mistakes and propose new ideas without fear of embarrassment.

You will be committed to continuous improvement, developing client, team, and personal capabilities through effort, new experiences, and persistence. Using your experience and knowledge, you will proactively generate new ideas to break down problems and identify effective solutions, turning them into practical, impactful outcomes.

You will work supportively with others, demonstrating enthusiasm and collaboration. With strong emotional intelligence, you will listen and question effectively, communicate clearly in both verbal and written forms, and engage confidently with clients and project stakeholders. You will balance managing client demands with contributing to the development of the practice and the wider community – remaining available to support colleagues.

You will uphold Atkins

Réalis  high professional standards, consistently doing what is right rather than what is easy, and instilling client confidence in our project delivery through your professionalism and credibility.

• Relevant experience within a project management environment or possess equivalent transferable skills from other careers.
• Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Member of or willingness to be a member of the Association of Project Management (APM).
• The ability to manage all aspect of project delivery, including change and risk management, financial management, and business change management.
• Experience of working in a project delivery environment with a sound understanding of structured and agile methodologies (e.g. APMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, DSDM, Scrum).
• Ability to flex your leadership style to suit different stakeholders.
• Confident in putting forward your views and able to hold your own with senior stakeholders.
• Strong contract management skills.
• Experience of delivering as part of a partnership / JV would be advantageous.
• The ability to identify problems collaboratively and develop actions/solutions with our clients,…