Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF 73303

Shape The Future of Complex Projects In A Role That Makes A Real Impact

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Project Manager at Dalton Avenue, in Warrington, Cheshire.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering critical consultancy projects that support national infrastructure and energy security.

This role is based in Warrington, Cheshire and operates on a 37-hour working week, with flexible working arrangements in place.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Supporting project delivery by contributing to planning, scheduling, financial tracking and risk management activities
• Developing and maintaining project schedules, including resource loading and cost forecasting
• Monitoring and controlling work packages delivered by internal and external teams
• Producing governance packs, project reports and performance metrics such as SPI and CPI
• Engaging with stakeholders to support communication plans and ensure project alignment

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager:

• Working within a project environment with exposure to project lifecycle activities
• Developing or supporting project schedules and plans, ideally using recognised tools such as Primavera P6
• Supporting financial tracking, cost control or project reporting
• Collaborating with stakeholders and contributing to project communications
• Applying structured project management methodologies and governance processes

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager:

• Degree in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience)
• APM Project Fundamentals Qualification or PRINCE2 Foundation (desirable)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• 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.
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 21/05/2026

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