Job details

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission: to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks

As a Handover Manager, your main responsibilities will be

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for management of Handover aspects of a Portfolio of projects or a single large project.
• Accountable for reporting to the Handover Team Leader in line with operating procedures.
• Accountable for providing handover status reporting and resource forecasting to the Handover Team Leader against project programmes.
• All - maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
• Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system.

Key Responsibilities

• Comply with the AWE procedures, processes & standards and ensure that all project team personnel comply with the specific procedures relating to Handover.
• Effectively and accurately communicate relevant project Handover information to the client and project team.
• Communicate ideas for improving company processes with a positive and constructive attitude, and for developing this attitude in others.
• Keep Senior Portfolio Project Managers and others informed about project status and issues that may impact client relations and Handover.
• Implement and chair project acceptance meetings.
• Ensuring sufficient resource has been agreed with the Handover Team Leader.
• Assuring deliverables and arrangements between all participating stakeholders are agreed and appropriately accounted for.
• Provide notification of Risks, Issues and Mitigating actions to the Project Manager and Group Leader Commissioning and Handover.
• Ensure that supply chain framework understand the AWE Handover Processes and are aware of Awe’s expectations in relation to Handover.
• Provision of final acceptance of completed documentation.
• Review the Handover Management Arrangements; Handover deliverable lists; and Functional Breakdown Structures of projects within the portfolio.

Essential skills

• Leadership experience - Will be task managing co-ordinators.
• H&S Compliance background
• Experience leading projects/workstreams.
• Project Manager background within facilities / infrastructure (NOT IT)
• Quality Manager experience
• Knowledge of BSRIA / RIBA
• PowerBI, Trackers, Meridian (in-house system), knowledge of RIBA or BSRIA (PM Frameworks – Nuclear and/or Construction)
• Previously responsible for a project within the handover phase
• Qualified PM with Engineering degree / HNC or above

Desirable skills

• Construction/Engineering/Infrastructure/Facilities background

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with lincoln.freeman@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

AWE’s ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.

Armed Forces Covenant  

AWE is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, AWE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.