Programme Lead

Programme Lead

Help us to make a world of difference

Urenco, a global leader in low-carbon energy production, is at the forefront of driving the transition to a sustainable, net-zero world.

We are seeking a Programme Lead to join us at our Capenhurst site. In this role, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of the Chemical Processing business unit capital project programme at Capenhurst, enhancing Urenco’s project delivery capabilities across a range of diverse business assets. You’ll oversee the entire project lifecycle, from setup and initiation through to execution and project closure.

At Urenco, we are dedicated to helping you reach your full potential. If you meet some, but not all, of our qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. We value the passion and potential of our people, offering market-leading training, development opportunities, and the chance to learn from industry experts through mentorship and coaching.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, role model, and actively promote a proactive safety culture within project teams and the wider business throughout the project lifecycle.
• Advise, consult, lead, and provide feedback on developing and evolving the site’s Project Delivery Strategy to align with business objectives across the site and group capital investment portfolio.
• Oversee project delivery to meet safety, scope, cost, schedule, and business benefits objectives. Communicate strategy, objectives, and benefits to business and group while implementing organisational strategy for maximum business benefit.
• Lead Programme Managers and Project Managers to deliver the site capital portfolio, ensuring accountability and ownership for project management.
• Proactively manage resources, cost, schedule, and interfaces with site and group functions, alongside the supply chain, to ensure successful project delivery from concept to handover and commissioning.
• Support the continual personal development of the Programme Delivery Team by collecting, sharing, and applying learning from experience. Act as a mentor and coach to team members.
• Manage resources within the project management team to support the forward capital plan. Enhance team capabilities through development, training, recruitment, and succession planning, while coaching and mentoring your team.
• Line manage Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Project Engineers, including performance management and aligning talent with the capital portfolio.
• Develop the forward details of the capital plan to support the 10-year business plan, ensuring alignment between local site and group project strategies.
• Build a high-performance team, integrating sub-disciplines, internal and external functions, throughout the project lifecycle to deliver the site project portfolio.
• Enhance relationships with subcontractors, vendors, and internal functions.
• Produce regular project and programme foresight information to inform Senior Management and the business of predictability in achieving defined objectives within budget and resource constraints.
• Ensure Urenco’s commercial interests are robustly protected through best practice in contracting strategies, supplier selection, procurement, contract negotiation, and management.
• Lead innovation by leveraging industry best practices, continuously scanning the market for value-creating advancements.
• Retain and transfer knowledge across Urenco, conducting lessons learned reviews to drive continuous improvement in project engineering practices.

What You Need to Thrive in This Role:

• Degree in a relevant discipline
• Postgraduate degree (e.g., MBA or construction law) is advantageous
• Project Management Qualification/Accreditation (e.g., APM, PMI)
• Experience delivering capex projects at both individual and portfolio levels
• Full accountability for a project portfolio, with demonstrable success in project and programme delivery
• Experience across the entire project lifecycle, from concept development to handover
• On-site construction experience
• Minimum of 5 years managing people and teams
• Success in leading complex, multi-disciplinary programmes in regulated environments
• Ability to manage ambiguity, taking accountability for project outcomes
• Team-building skills for high-performing professionals, with strong strategic communication
• Expertise in leading project teams with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of Urenco’s processes, procedures, and effective senior-level communication
• Familiarity with site and construction safety legislation, security protocols, health and environmental standards (e.g., CDM)
• Understanding of the Tails Management process and associated risks
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulatory requirements, and guidance, specifically within safety, security, safeguards, health, and environmental concerns
• Awareness of the full nuclear licensing lifecycle, codes, standards, and guidance

What can you expect from us?

More than just a job, we offer a future. More than just a place to work, we provide an opportunity to prosper.  As an employee of Urenco you will receive:

Annual leave starting at 25 days, which increases by one day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days. In addition, you will accrue 13 additional days off to be used flexibly. There’s also a newly added scheme for buying and selling holiday, up to 5 days.

• A diverse range of family friendly policies.
• A generous bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme; with up to 16% employer’s contribution.
• Single private medical and dental cover.
• Flexible benefits package; including life assurance and income protection. In addition, you’ll have an opportunity to purchase additional benefits that suit your lifestyle and take advantage of tax and NI savings.
• Education and training; we take pride in helping people learn and develop by supporting, accelerating and directing your learning. As well as the completion of mandatory health and safety courses, training packages will be offered to meet your specific needs.

Creating a diverse and inclusive workforce

As a truly global company with a presence in the UK, USA, Germany, and the Netherlands, we know that our individual differences make us stronger. Putting people at the heart of our business, we strive to create an open and inclusive workplace that allows every voice to be heard and diversity to thrive. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our talent acquisition team know.

Because together, we are one Urenco. We are enriching the world. And enriching your future.

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