Mobilisation Manager

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The Role

The Mobilisation Manager is responsible for leading the structured mobilisation of a major defence and nuclear infrastructure programme, establishing a fully integrated, governance-ready organisation capable of delivering safely and efficiently from day one. Operating within a complex, highly regulated environment, this role translates programme strategy into executable mobilisation plans, ensuring alignment across multiple partners, workstreams, and stakeholders. The position plays a central role in developing and assuring mobilisation frameworks, documentation, and readiness activities that enable a controlled transition into delivery. Working across organisational boundaries, the Mobilisation Manager coordinates programme-wide inputs, manages dependencies, and maintains a strong focus on compliance, quality, and operational performance. The role supports the creation of a cohesive, high-performing programme capability, ensuring all parties are aligned, resourced, and prepared to deliver predictable outcomes.

Accountabilities

• Lead the end-to-end mobilisation of a major infrastructure programme, ensuring readiness for transition into delivery

• Develop and implement integrated mobilisation plans, including scope, milestones, dependencies, and performance measures

• Establish and maintain governance, assurance, and readiness frameworks to support programme mobilisation activities

• Coordinate mobilisation across multiple partner organisations, ensuring alignment of resources, processes, and delivery expectations

• Produce and assure high-quality mobilisation documentation, including plans, reports, and readiness assessments

• Manage risks, issues, and interdependencies associated with mobilisation, ensuring appropriate mitigation strategies are in place

• Engage with senior client stakeholders, partners, and regulatory bodies to support effective mobilisation and programme alignment

• Monitor mobilisation progress, providing structured reporting and insights to support informed decision-making

• Support the integration of delivery models, operating structures, and ways of working across the programme

Experience Requirements

Essential

• Proven experience leading mobilisation or transition activities on major infrastructure, defence, or nuclear programmes

• Experience managing multi-organisation mobilisation across large-scale programme environments

• Experience delivering work within highly regulated environments such as nuclear, defence, or public sector programmes

• Experience developing mobilisation plans, governance frameworks, and formal programme documentation

• Track record of delivering programme mobilisation activities with limited oversight

Preferred

• Experience working on UK nuclear licensed sites or within the UK nuclear sector

• Experience with integrated delivery models or partnership-based programme environments

• Knowledge of Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) frameworks or equivalent assurance methodologies

• Experience working with NEC4 contracts within infrastructure or defence programmes

Skill and Competencies

• Demonstrates strong leadership and coordination capabilities across multiple organisations and stakeholder groups

• Applies excellent planning, organisational, and delivery management skills to achieve programme objectives

• Translates strategic intent into structured, actionable and measurable delivery plans

• Communicates effectively and builds strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Maintains a high level of attention to detail, with a strong focus on governance, assurance, and compliance

• Operates effectively in fast-paced, complex and evolving programme environment

Key Attributes

• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and take ownership with minimal supervision

• Adopts a structured, disciplined and outcomes-focused approach to delivery

• Confident working in complex and ambiguous environments, demonstrating sound judgement

• Proactively identifies risks, gaps and opportunities for continuous improvement

• Demonstrates resilience and adaptability when working under pressure

• Works collaboratively, contributing positively as part of a wider team

Qualifications/Certifications Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction, or a related discipline

Location

UK (Hybrid – site-based and remote working as required)