Job Description

Overview

Bring your skills and expertise to our wider Transformation, Delivery & Consulting Practice as a PMO Consultant, where you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring excellence and certainty across end-to-end project lifecycles. As a PMO Consultant, you’ll be at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions for our clients and internal teams as part of our Secure Government business unit directly contributing to our Core market.

This is a dynamic and rewarding role that calls for a broad range of capabilities. You’ll be at the forefront of enabling effective delivery across highly complex projects and programmes, where you’ll apply your expertise in financial management, supporting project financial reporting cycles with precision and insight. Beyond financials, you’ll contribute to establishing and maintaining robust project governance and controls, Develop and manage risks, issues, and dependencies, support with Planning and scheduling across complex programmes and strive to embed best practices and driving continuous improvement.

You’ll work closely with client teams and internal stakeholders, embedding best practice and ensuring delivery excellence across a diverse portfolio of high-value programmes. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply and grow your capabilities in a supportive, forward-thinking environment — where your contribution truly matters, as this role will contribute towards ongoing Project Delivery Transformation.

We welcome applications from both full time and part time candidates, and while we offer flexible working arrangements, due to the nature of this role the majority of your working time will be spent onsite, either at client locations or at our AtkinsRéalis premises in Cheltenham.

Your role

• Contribute to the delivery of PMO functions across complex, multi-disciplinary programmes by providing coordination, reporting, and advisory support as part of a collaborative team, ensuring alignment with delivery standards and programme objectives.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of governance frameworks and delivery controls by contributing to process documentation, coordinating stakeholder input, and ensuring adherence to established standards across project teams.
• Work closely with project teams and stakeholders to gather, analyse, and share data-driven insights, supporting informed decision-making and helping shape strategic priorities.
• Champion continuous improvement and innovation in delivery practices.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, and senior Stakeholders.
• Apply your network and knowledge to support project delivery, including identifying relevant contacts, sharing insights, and helping connect teams with resources that enable successful outcomes.
• Mentor and support junior PMO professionals, contributing to a culture of excellence.

About you

You can bring more than just experience — you can bring energy, curiosity, and a genuine drive to make a difference. With a positive attitude and a strong team spirit, you thrive in collaborative environments and rise to the challenge when things get complex. You’re someone who takes pride in delivering high-quality work, building trusted relationships, and continuously learning and growing. Whether you're solving problems, mentoring others, or navigating change, you bring a balanced mix of professionalism, adaptability, and passion for delivery excellence.

Alongside your mindset and approach, you’ll also bring:

• Proven experience in PMO, project support, or other delivery disciplines.
• Experience in Financial Management.
• Good understanding of project delivery methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
• Experience using tools such as MS Project, Primavera, Power BI, or similar.
• Strong people and communication skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for making a difference.
• Manage client demands whilst contributing to the development of the Delivery Optimisation sub-practice and Core Market.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.