Overview In this Senior Project Manager role, you will lead complex, regulated electricity transmission projects for a strategic client, ensuring delivery on time, cost, and quality. You’ll manage multi-disciplinary teams, coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, and navigate optioneering, consenting, and safety requirements. The position centers on delivering transformative value through responsible project execution and compliant performance. This role offers leadership across the project lifecycle with significant impact on energy infrastructure.
Pay / Benefits - flexible and hybrid working options
- part-time arrangements considered
- competitive full-time package
- support for professional development
- discretionary bonus potential
- inclusive employer culture
Responsibilities - Lead programmes, budgets, and risk management across the project lifecycle
- Ensure health, safety and environmental compliance and CDM adherence
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and external stakeholders to meet project outcomes
- Support tendering and contracting strategies with procurement and commercial teams
- Oversee design stage reviews, risk and deliverability assessments
- Manage project delivery, commissioning, turnover, and post-completion requirements
- Chair progress and cost review meetings and maintain frequent site attendance
- Develop early-stage project concepts including optioneering and consenting
- Interface between project and internal/external teams to align on delivery
- Drive innovations and optimize strategies to achieve time, cost, and quality targets
- Mentor and coach team members to achieve potential
- Engage with land, consents, grantors, and community stakeholders
- Ensure thorough handover records and project closure activities
Key requirements - Experience in electrical infrastructure projects
- Knowledge of HS&E management systems and legislation
- Experience in environmental management and control
- Understanding of NEC contracts in project delivery
- Knowledge of risk management for schedule and cost
- Experience with procurement related to complex projects
- Degree with ≥5 years’ relevant regulated industry experience or HNC/HND with ≥7 years’ experience
- Member of a relevant professional institute
- Health, safety, environmental qualifications (e.g., NEBOSH, SMSTS, IOSH)
- Experience with project handover records
- Understanding of complex project procurement mechanisms
- Leadership and people management
- Stakeholder management
- Strong communication and presentation
- Optioneering and consenting processes
- CDM regulations
- NEC contract management
