Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Do you want to work where change is happening and be part of shaping the future?

Vattenfall has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our UK Heat team in London to develop and build our growing district heating assets.

The Major Projects team is responsible for the development and construction of the heat generating assets within Vattenfall UK Heat. As Senior Project Manager for Major Projects, you will be responsible for the successful development and delivery of multi-million-pound investment projects, ensuring alignment with business drivers, objectives and governance requirements

The Senior Project Manager provides leadership across several projects and programs simultaneously, including larger or more complex undertakings. They work within a matrix organization, coordinating with regional delivery teams, engineering specialists, commercial colleagues, and external stakeholders to ensure projects are realised successfully.

Rather than line managing individual Project Managers, the Senior Project Manager provides strategic oversight, coordination, and decision-making to ensure projects are deliverable, fit for purpose, and managed through commercially and technically sound processes. They draw on the support of the PMO to embed best practice project controls and governance across all projects.

The role has authority to guide projects on a day-to-day basis, seeking approval and direction when changes in cost, time or risk present themselves. The Senior Project Manager will represent projects at governance and steering groups and will safeguard Vattenfall's interests by ensuring contractual, financial and technical integrity of all Major Projects.

Reporting to the Director of Major Projects, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the portfolio of projects in the London region ensuring they are delivered safely and to the required time, budget, and quality.

Key Responsibilities / Duties

• Leadership of a Portfolio of projects through all stages of the project lifecycle from Feasibility and business case to execution and handover to internal stakeholders.
• Lead negotiation of Delivery matters during Feasibility and Development stages of projects (i.e. Design Frameworks and Construction Contracts)
• Manage overall project budgets; authorised to spend budget within years approved plan. (in line with relevant Governance procedures)
• Effective Planning, resource allocation and management of resourcing plan from the support functions and/or regional unit
• Build strong relationship with external and internal partners and stakeholders
• Ensure best practice is shared across the regions through regular engagement with Head of Delivery, consulting with the Head of Delivery for project matters and Director Major Projects for governance, regional and stakeholder interactions.
• Leading Health and Safety; ensuring it is delivered through functional teams (i.e. Engineering) and Contractors / Consultants
• Ensure all project and works delivered are complaint with Vattenfall Heat UK management systems
• Ensuring a high standard of information/ configuration management
• Manage the project to ensure all contractual aspects between Vattenfall, clients and contractors, ensuring the compliance of all parties, particularly with respect to completion of Project prior to programmed operational start date
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with project Sponsors and the Head of Delivery, who maintains and steers the Major Projects delivery management organisation and the Head of Engineering who leads the engineering teams.
• To monitor and update the plan throughout the project period and produce weekly/monthly project progress report to the Head of Delivery

Knowledge and Skills

• End to end project experience of leading projects and teams
• Experience of leading procurement to define the project requirements and contractual needs
• Dependable team manager with coaching, development and line management abilities
• An eye for detail and for meeting the Client's expectations
• Strong experience of defining and monitoring project management tools and related technology
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (including customer presentations).
• Sensitivity to commercial development and ability to work in complementarity with the commercial team
• Knowledge of financial indicators for project follow-up
• Strong legal and contract management knowledge
• Master the risk management culture
• Flexible and organised; able to plan concurrent assignments and manage unexpected circumstances

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience in District Heating projects including project realisation, site supervision and commissioning or demonstratable transferable knowledge
• Contracting and legal management experience, preferably with UK standard form contracts
• Conflict resolution and maintaining contractor performance
• Experience working closely with business stakeholders in related industries
• Experience leading and understanding of full project or product lifecycle
• Proven experience demonstrating leadership, drive results, solving problems from prior work situations
• Strong background in safe operation of sites supported with formal training (NEBOSH/IOSH or equivalent)
• Degree or HND qualified

Our offer

Looking for a role where your strengths can be leveraged to the maximum and with limitless opportunities for growth?

The scale and ambition of our wind, battery and solar business means you can really find your element with us. We'll also provide you with all the learning and development you need to expand your horizons.

We strive to be the best place to work in the industry with highly competitive pay and conditions and an open, supportive culture. A commitment to a healthy work-life balance aims to ensure everyone plays to their strengths, whatever their background and experiences.

More Information

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Adam Hammond via [email protected]

We welcome your application in English no later than 14/12/2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!