Job Description

Overview

Lead Delivery Excellence. Enable Project Success. Engineer a Better future!

At AtkinsRéalis, our Delivery Assurance capability plays a critical role in helping secure-government clients understand the true health, strength and resilience of their programmes. Our assurance professionals work across major, complex and high-integrity delivery environments, providing expert assessment, constructive challenge, and actionable recommendations that improve delivery confidence and drive better outcomes.

This is an opportunity for an experienced P3M professional who enjoys analytical thinking, stakeholder influence, evidence-based assessment and supporting clients to deliver with clarity, control and confidence. You'll bring together delivery expertise, structured review methods and professional curiosity to identify risks early, strengthen governance, and improve performance across some of the most important programmes in the UK.

You'll join a growing community of PMO, planning, risk, delivery and digital specialists within our Delivery Optimisation practice - working together to embed maturity, improve standards and enhance delivery across our Secure Government portfolio.

You will:

• Work on mission-critical secure-government programmes that protect national interests.
• Lead delivery reviews, health checks and assurance activities using robust frameworks and recognised best practice.
• Shape the development of assurance capability across the Secure Government market.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across risk, planning, PMO, commercial, finance and delivery.
• Influence senior client stakeholders and provide assessments they can trust.
• Access structured development, including assurance frameworks, leadership pathways and advanced delivery training.
• Operate in a culture that values psychological safety, constructive challenge and evidence-based thinking.

Your role

As a Delivery Assurance Consultant, you'll act as a trusted, independent voice within complex secure-government programmes. You'll lead or contribute to structured reviews, deep-dive assessments and assurance activities that evaluate performance, governance, risks, controls and delivery confidence. Working across multiple programmes, you'll apply analytical thinking, professional judgement and delivery expertise to identify early warning signs, uncover root causes, and highlight opportunities for improvement.

You'll work closely with project leaders, PMO, planners, risk managers and technical specialists to understand delivery dynamics, challenge assumptions and triangulate evidence from multiple sources. You'll lead the development of assurance outputs - from findings and recommendations to maturity assessments and action plans - ensuring they are clear, pragmatic and tailored to each client environment.

You'll also support the ongoing development of the Assurance capability within Delivery Optimisation, helping refine methods, build templates, mentor junior colleagues and strengthen best practice across the business. Your work will directly influence delivery outcomes and improve the reliability, predictability and transparency of major programmes.

In this role, you will:

• Lead or support structured delivery reviews, health checks and assurance activities across projects and programmes.
• Assess delivery performance using recognised frameworks, best practice standards and AtkinsRéalis methodologies.
• Review governance structures, controls, plans, financials, risks, issues, dependencies and reporting quality.
• Conduct interviews, workshops and evidence reviews with key stakeholders at all levels.
• Analyse delivery data, triangulate information and form evidence-based conclusions.
• Produce clear, concise and actionable findings, recommendations and improvement plans.
• Provide constructive challenge and advisory support to programme leaders and sponsors.
• Monitor progress against recommendations and help embed improvements in delivery environments.
• Influence and collaborate with PMO, Risk, Planning, Digital Insights and Delivery colleagues to ensure assurance is holistic.
• Contribute to the growth of the Delivery Review & Assurance capability, developing guidance, tools and approaches.
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues involved in assurance activity and delivery diagnostics.

All our roles are subject to a minimum of 3 days in the office, either onsite with our clients or at one of our AtkinsRéalis offices, (pro-rata'd for part-time employees). This particular role is based in Manchester and we are looking for candidates who can commit to being onsite in Manchester for a minimum of 4 days per week.

About you

Experience & Expertise

• Extensive experience in project, programme or portfolio environments, ideally within secure-government or high-integrity sectors.
• Strong understanding of delivery controls, governance, planning, risk, commercial and performance management.
• Experience conducting reviews, audits, assurance activity or deep-dive assessments (formal or informal).
• Ability to quickly understand complex delivery environments and identify underlying risks or performance challenges.
• Skilled at interviewing, evidence gathering, analysis and triangulation.
• Strong report-writing and storytelling skills - able to distil complex information into clear, actionable insight.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and providing balanced, constructive challenge.

Attributes & Behaviours

• Curious, analytical and comfortable asking difficult questions.
• Independent-minded, objective and committed to evidence-based conclusions.
• Collaborative, supportive and able to build trust quickly.
• Able to balance critique with empathy, pragmatism and solutions-focused thinking.
• Composed and professional within sensitive or politically complex environments.

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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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

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.