Graduate Project Manager
Overview
Shape a sustainable tomorrow.
Do you want to join a team that asks questions and dares to see things differently?
We are AtkinsRéalis, a world-class Real Estate, Infrastructure and Construction Cost, Programme, Design and Engineering services organization. When you join us, you'll help create world-class sustainable solutions that connect people, data, and technology. We're transforming buildings, infrastructure and energy systems, growing partnerships with our clients, and bringing the most complex projects across the globe to life. Join us and engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Our global team of 36,000+ employees speak over 70 languages and represent 130 nationalities across six continents. Our work covers a variety of sectors, including transportation, infrastructure, buildings and places, environment, water, energy, defence, technology and aerospace.
On our Graduate Development programme, you take the driver's seat in your career. Grow personally and professionally, guided by inspiring managers. Say yes to opportunities that spark your interest, knowing you'll have training and the support you need to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and feeling like you belong. Find out more about our global programme Different makes a difference.
Where you could work:
As a graduate project manager, you'll enjoy variety, working on large and small projects with the opportunity to explore different career pathways with exposure on a wide variety of schemes, in all sectors for both public and private clients. This includes new university campuses, commercial office developments, refurbishment of listed buildings and museums, large residential scheme, Infrastructure projects, the list is endless. We strive to build strong relationships by understanding the challenges our clients face, sharing their vision and helping them transform their visions into reality. Our cutting-edge independent advice and support enables our clients to turn bold ideas into reality and deliver their most important projects and programmes.
Our Project Managers are involved in some of the world's most prestigious and complex projects, requiring meticulous planning to ensure successful delivery to our clients and stakeholders.
Your role
- Assist in the delivery of projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with client objectives, project scope, and quality standards.
- Develop and manage detailed project programmes, ensuring alignment with key milestones and statutory approval timelines.
- Monitor project performance, proactively identifying and managing risks, issues, and changes through structured change control procedures, risk workshops, and the maintenance of comprehensive risk registers.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure effective communication, collaboration, and smooth project delivery.
- Coordinate and facilitate client meetings and site visits, ensuring that all actions are accurately recorded, tracked, and implemented in a timely manner.
- Assist in preparing essential project documentation, including execution plans, schedules, budgets, procurement documentation, and progress reports.
- Support contract and commercial administration activities.
- Professional Development: Learn and apply project management tools, techniques, and best practices, contributing to continuous improvement and personal growth.
About you
- Minimum Level 8 or above in a Project Management related degree or any subject for those who can demonstrate commercial or technical acumen.
- Championing a culture where everyone belongs.
- A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
- Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.
- Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
- Comfortable embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
- Commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent). Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and development.
Training and development:
Our graduate development programme is designed to give you an insight into many areas of work, and the chance to explore where your own skills and interests lie. It features a series of training events and modules, professional development, mentoring and on-the-job experience as well as practical skills development.
From day one, you'll work on real projects that offer scale and variety, collaborating with colleagues and creating meaningful impact on the world around us. You'll work towards your professional accreditation (where applicable) - whichever path you take, your future starts here.
We're proud to have been an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited employer since 2021. This means you'll be supported by a true learning and development organization dedicated to your future.
Our deadline for applications is Sunday, 4th January 2026. However, as our graduate development programmes are incredibly popular, we recommend that you apply early as some roles may close sooner.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries and a brilliant range of health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle benefits. 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, international remote working opportunities, and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
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.
Additional information
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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