Total 22 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Ayr, KA7 4AA

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.
Are you a resilient and adaptable individual with a change management background? Do you have experience working in the nuclear industry or a similar environment? Do you pride yourself in your communication and interpersonal skills? If so, this could be the role for you!

The Opportunity

The vision of the Transfer & Deconstruction department is to work collaboratively with all stakeholders to transition the AGR sites from a defueling to deconstruction phase so they can safely and efficiently execute their decommissioning plans and seamlessly transfer to Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS).

The core objective of the Transition and Transfer (T&T) team is to ensure that, at the point of transfer to NRS, each site has transitioned its arrangements to be capable of safely and effectively implementing their Decommissioning Plan, whilst demonstrating compliance with all regulatory requirements.

The Business Change Lead will be key to establishing and developing specific transition capabilities and progressively deploying these at each site to ensure the programme can leverage standard approaches and embed lessons learnt.

The role will have a crucial role in supporting the development and implementation of projects and transformation activities towards realising benefits of strategic importance. This role requires a good understanding of company processes, with experience in their deployment, as well as knowledge and experience of Power Station operations.


Pay, benefits and culture

We can offer a competitive salary from £54,391 to £84,892 and you’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Nuclear Generation Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.  We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

Your responsibilities will include:

- Providing Technical Leadership to programme work activities – working with Central Support Functions, power stations and contractors to ensure work packages are agreed and delivered in accordance with the plan.
- Developing the T&T programme approach to organisational change, engaging with process owners and business functional change leads to ensure an aligned and informed delivery plan.
- Preparing and maintaining programme documentation: definition documents, scope statements, quality plans, specification and other related documents.
- Maintaining an overview of programme performance against blueprint and related content, reporting any potential deviations in the programme delivery to relevant line management and governance bodies.
- Identifying, monitoring and assessing the impact of cumulative change associated with business design and providing advice to the programme on the associated risks.
- Developing relationships with all internal and external programme stakeholders to help ensure the programme’s objectives are achieved.
- Reviewing and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in programme design and delivery.




Who you are

You will hold a HNC qualification as a minimum and have significant experience of facilitation and change management working within the Nuclear industry or another highly regulated environment, aswell as knowledge of site licence conditions and associated processes, as applicable to a nuclear installation.

You will be experienced in working effectively in a high change environment, with the resilience and ability to effectively challenge at all levels.

You will have excellent project and stakeholder management skills, as well as strong leadership qualities – able to operate across a matrix organisation.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential, and the ability to demonstrate collaborative working methods.

You’ll be proficient in the use of digital tools and their application, particularly for the purposes of data analysis.

You will be experienced in identifying effective methods for capturing knowledge to support Knowledge Transfer.

A working knowledge of the relevant health, safety and environment legislation would be beneficial.



Closing date for applications: Thursday 20th June

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Are you a natural leader who is passionate about Adult Social Care and promoting independence? Do you hold the skills and ability to manage a dedicated team who support people to live fuller lives? Sound like you? We have a great opportunity for you to join our Homelife Ayr Team as a Project Manager.

Your new opportunity

Quarriers are currently recruiting a Project Manager to join and manage our Homelife Ayr Adult Supported Living Services. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a busy and rewarding environment where people are supported to live happy fuller lives.

As Project Manager you will be the registered manager for over 25 adult supported living services which are located across South Ayrshire and responsible for ensuring contractual compliance with the Local Authority as well the terms of our Care Inspectorate Registration. You will work with the wider management team and maintain the overall high standard of care which is delivered to each person supported.

Quarriers Homelife Ayr service support’s people with a range of different needs. The team provide 24-hour care and encourage the people we support to make choices, take part in activities they enjoy and learn new skills that support them to get the most out of life.

Working pattern: This is a full time, permanent contract working 37 hours per week 5 days over 7. In addition, there will be on-call duties on a rotational basis.

What you will need to bring to the role

SVQ Level 4 in Health & Social Care (Leadership & Management)
Experience in managing a team of social care professionals.
Ability to prioritise and manage workloads to meet deadlines.
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
Ability to develop and build long-lasting relationships.
Drive and determination to deliver and support a service who supports adult independence living.
What's in it for you?

Generous holiday entitlement (annually 34 days)
HSF Health Cash Plans.
24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance programme.
£500 refer a friend scheme (t&c’s apply)
Life Assurance Benefit.
Workplace Pension.
Registered with Concert for Carers.
Access to health services free of charge (physiotherapy & occupational health)
Cycle to work scheme.
Christmas saving scheme.

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.

Project Control Lead

Do you have experience leading the planning, estimating, monitoring and Cost Control of a project? Do you have strong leadership experience? Are you keen to have the opportunity to shape the development of the Project Controls capability in EDF?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

Pay, benefits and culture

We can offer a competitive salary ranging from £54,391
- £84,892 and you'll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Nuclear Generation Company Agreement, as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself.  We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.  We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed. 

What you'll be doing

As a Project Control Lead, alongside reporting into the Project Controls Group Head, you will:


- Ensure full compliance with the Investment Delivery Process (IDP) requirements as well as ensuring consistency, coherence and adherence to planning and control standards
- Lead a Project Control Team, consisting of Planning and Cost Engineers to ensure consistency, coherence and adherence to planning and control standards across the portfolio
- Support the estimating process to ensure a control estimate is in place for cost monitoring purposes
- Carry out routine review/analysis of project controls and monthly reports
- Analyse trends within the portfolio and deliver feedback on areas of risk and opportunity
- Facilitate and maintain the Project change control and risk management processes
- Conduct forward planning and proactively contribute to the ongoing development of Project Control processes and tools to meet requirements


Who you are

As a Project Control Lead, you’ll ideally hold a HNC as a minimum requirement in a relevant subject, and have come from a Multi-Discipline, Engineering Project Management or Project Control environment, ideally within a highly regulated environment.

Project Control Lead’s will have a high level of analytical and numerate skills being proficient in the use of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools.

You’ll have a detailed understanding of Cost Management methodologies, techniques and relevant systems and tools including Primavera Planning Software Tool. You’ll also be proficient in the application of Earned Value concepts and tools, as well as working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation.


Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.

Applications for this role close: Wednesday 22nd May

Join us as a Technology Vendor Manager

• This is an opportunity to put your specialist technology and project management skills to the test
• You’ll be responsible for coordinating the relationship with our key outsourced technology partner
• It’s a fantastic chance to hone your existing programme management skills and advance your career in this critical role

What you'll do

You’ll be responsible for the vendor management of our key partner and making sure the delivery is in line with wider programme plans and controls.

You’ll also:

• Work with the Product Management and Delivery functions to ensure that Vodeno are delivering the required software in line with Agile milestones and against a budget set out in our contractual relationship
• Track issues and progress with a view to facilitating resolution involving others as needed
• Coordinate teams across Product, Engineering, Design, Commercial, Go-to-market within Vodeno and NatWest Boxed assisting with meeting coordination and issue escalation
• Recommend process improvement to make the relationship work better

The skills you'll need

You’ll need strong experience and understand of UK Fintech - ideally within an embedded finance or BaaS context

You’ll also need:

• Proven experience with managing key outsource partners
• Strong coordination, planning, project management and admin skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly at all levels of the organisation knowing who to involve at the right time and when to escalate issues
• Able to support Finance in tracking vendor budget forecast and actual spend
• Agile and current technology ways of working expertise and confidence to recommend process improvements to accelerate delivery and facilitate the removal or roadblocks
• Firm but fair approach with suppliers and internal teams - ensuring that teams collaborate to meet working obligations in line with the Supply Agreement - an ability to spot and correct bad behaviours in order to ensure a good working relationship
• Bright outlook and ability to keep team spirits high

Join us as a Project Manager

• This is an opportunity for a driven Project Manager to join the Basel 3.1 programme within Finance’s Chief Operating Office (COO)
• Within your first year in the role, you’ll lead the planned Basel 3.1 programme bank-wide dry runs, testing the bank’s Basel 3.1 adoption readiness ahead of regulatory compliance dates
• You’ll be joining an innovative and inclusive culture where you’ll have access to fantastic development opportunities, hone your existing project management skills and advance your career

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll support the delivery of the bank’s strategic response to Basel 3.1 standards.

You’ll drive the planning and execution of dry run exercises supporting Basel 3.1 adoption readiness testing across end to end impacts, including the preparation of entry criteria, execution runbooks, governance and reporting of progress to stakeholders.

You’ll also:

• Support testing aspects of dry runs for stakeholders bank-wide, including management of success criteria, execution tracking, defects management and reporting
• Work with other Finance COO project managers within the programme to ensure that dry runs are integrated with the other delivery workstreams
• Act as a conduit between bank-wide downstream customers and the Basel 3.1 programme
• Build, manage and maintain a positive working relationship with stakeholders across multiple franchises and functions across the bank, managing appropriate governance and other regular and ad hoc forums with stakeholders to ensure change is delivered in partnership with technology and business stakeholders
• Create and maintain project documentation, as well as support controls and quality assurance for key stakeholders and suppliers
• Develop your understanding of the Basel 3 and CRR3 regulations which will go live next year

The skills you'll need

We’ll expect you to be an experienced Project Manager and hold a project management qualification, as well as demonstrate relevant expertise in appropriate project management methodologies and tooling.

You’ll have experience of delivery in a high pressure environment within a large scale change programme, or within a programme delivering mandatory regulatory change within fixed deadlines.

You’ll also need:

• A track record in managing large and diverse stakeholder groups towards a common goal
• Experience of applications for systems and delivery
• Knowledge of flexible working environments and strategies

Due to expansion, our client, a provider of highly creative sensory rooms for the education and healthcare sector, seek a highly creative, enthusiastic and engaging Business Development Manager to cover the UK.

They are offering a basic salary of £50k, a car or car allowance, an OTE of £65k and healthcare and pension.

The Role
As a Business Development Manager, you will have several appointments made for you by the internal sales team. Your role will be to attend meetings with Head Teachers and SEN leaders within schools to find out their requirements and provide a solution. Key parts of the role include:

• Consult with Head Teachers and sell to them in a highly consultative manner.
• Understanding their requirements and making recommendations that ensure the school meet requirements.
• Measuring the room and creating basic sketches with ideas of what would work.
• Liaise with in-house designers to come up with room concepts.
• Write proposals and follow up on them.
• Perform the customer service duties ensuring the project runs effectively from start to finish.

The Person
Our Business Development Manager will ideally have experience of selling into the education sector. In addition you will need

• The ability to travel across the UK
• Good communication skills
• Organised in leading project orientated sales
• Commercial Acumen
• A flair for design or creativity - with excitement going with it.

The Company
Since their inception in 2004, this family organisation have gone from strength to strength with a Turnover of circa £5m a year. They are fast growing - hence the need for this role and can provide the right person with an upward career, growing into Management and other Leadership roles.

To apply please send your CV to the link below.

Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Join us as a Trading Wind Down, Recovery & Resolution Planning Integration Lead

• You will be responsible for leading the integration of our Trading Wind Down (TWD) capabilities into the NatWest Group Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP) framework, ahead of the 2025 regulatory deadline
• To facilitate this integration, we'll look to you to play a central role in collaborating with the TWD Project Team, SMEs and an array of stakeholders at all levels of seniority across NatWest Group
• You will also help to ensure we have strong recoverability, with high quality recovery plans and bank-wide awareness of recoverability and its importance
• This is a role of high importance, in which you'll benefit from excellent exposure to senior management with the opportunity to raise your profile across the bank

What you'll do

As a Trading Wind Down, Recovery & Resolution Planning Integration Lead, you’ll be driving initiatives across the bank to embed TWD capabilities with RRP, in line with TWD regulatory requirements. We’ll look to you to deliver the solutions required from a RRP perspective to meet these regulatory expectations, leveraging and enhancing the existing BAU frameworks where appropriate.

You’ll be outlining how the TWD capabilities can be used to support the requirements for RRP and defining the key requirements for the TWD workstreams and SMEs to ensure timely delivery of TWD RRP Options.

As well as this, you'll be:

• Coordinating across the TWD workstreams to support the delivery of the information required for assessing credibility, viability and valuation of the TWD recovery options
• Providing input to the TWD operating model and playbook to ensure the coverage of TWD capabilities with the RRP framework to support ongoing testing
• Preparing materials for TWD and senior bank committees to provide updates and ensure effective governance of any key decisions
• Collaborating with Risk and Internal Audit
• Encouraging continuous development in RRP, drawing on input and best practice from related areas, such as stress testing and scenario analysis
• Coordinating efforts across our functions and franchises to support RRP testing

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with an accounting, CFA or MBA qualification and experience in treasury, risk, strategy or finance. With an analytical mindset, you’ll have the ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements, reflecting these in business design and translating them into clear implications for recovery plans.

You'll also have:

• Good influencing and negotiating skills
• An ability to understand derivative and corporate banking products and resulting cashflow, liquidity and capital impacts
• A proven ability to present to and engage with senior stakeholders, explaining complex concepts and documentation in clear and coherent proposals
• Experience of identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives
• The ability to prepare for, present and contribute to committees