Project Manager (R&D) – Maternity Cover (9–12 Month Ftc)

Company: National Physical Laboratory
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Location: Tewkesbury
Job Description:

At NPL, we set the standards that enable innovation. As the UK’s National Measurement Institute, our work underpins scientific discovery, industrial progress and confidence in data.

Addressing climate change, meeting targets such as net zero and creating a sustainable future for humanity are among the biggest challenges that society faces today. Scientific measurement plays a key role across the board, to understand the Earth system, to identify the potential for innovation, to assuring innovations do deliver as intended. The role holder will have a great opportunity in learning NPL’s capability across environmental science, with the potential to work across atmospheric monitoring and emission measurements, to climate and Earth Observation

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join one of our science teams on a fixed-term maternity cover. Reporting to the Group Leader and supported by a central Project Management Office (PMO), you will deliver customer funded and grant funded R&D projects through the full lifecycle.

You will bring structure, clarity and control to technically complex work, ensuring projects are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality, while remaining transparent, proportionate and compliant.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of science, delivery, and customer impact, contributing to projects that have real-world significance.

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Posted: July 31st, 2026