Senior Principal Project Manager

Job Description

Our Energy Networks team within our Energy unit is looking for a Principal Project Manager to lead our energy infrastructure design and energy advisory projects in a growing portfolio, supporting our clients in the transition to decarbonisation in the UK and across Europe as part of the energy transition.

As well as contributing to these new and existing projects, this position will play an active role in improving our project management processes and approach, driving both delivery excellence and efficiency in our business.

This role will provide an excellent opportunity to further develop your career in a highly supportive and collaborative environment across the Energy sector and provide exposure to some exciting energy transition projects that will protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions. There will be a specific emphasis on supporting and growing our project management capabilities, and on developing initiatives to improve our service delivery.

Your key responsibilities will include

• Deliver Project Management for complex transmission & distributions projects including feasibility, FEED and detailed design;
• Delivering project scope to time quality and cost;
• Building and managing strong relationships with senior client representatives as well as internal stakeholders;
• Establishing effective communications across our multidisciplinary the whole project delivery teams;
• Taking the lead on problem solving and decision making;
• Controlling internal and external commercial aspects of the project under the contract arrangements;
• Managing risk to the business and to the client;
• Work effectively on several projects concurrently to deliver to tight deadlines.

Candidate specification

• Relevant engineering or project management degree or relevant successful experience in project management of energy sector projects;
• Proven success in the delivery of Transmission or Distribution design projects working for a designer, a contractor, or major industry client within the energy sector;
• Project Management experience;
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Experience in contract administration, ideally NEC contract forms;
• Knowledge and experience in approaches to change management, risk management, schedule and cost management, along with all other aspects of project management;
• Ability to make complex decisions, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to, accepting responsibility for own actions;
• Creating a work environment which promotes health, safety, and wellbeing;
• Previous experience in electrical infrastructure projects e.g. Owner's Engineer, Lender's Engineer, or other role;
• Experience of CDM 2015 Regs;
• Appreciation of commercial sphere of project work including contract terms;
• Ability to adapt and work on multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic and fast-paced environment;
• Collaborative skills: the job of Project Manager requires that they work with cross-functional teams, so it is vital that they can work with people from various backgrounds.

Preferred but not essential

• Experience within the Transmission and Distribution sector;
• Experience across all stages of the project lifecycle;
• Relevant PM qualifications (eg PMQ, Prince 2).