Senior Project Manager; Major Projects

At Associated British Ports (ABP), we proudly serve our customers and our communities in pursuit of our ambitious missions which are ‘Keeping Britain Trading’ and ‘Enabling the Energy Transition’. These are underpinned by a strong commitment to safety, sustainability and our people.

To help deliver this transformation, we are expanding our Major Projects team and have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to lead the development and delivery of a major regeneration initiative in the energy sector currently in its early stages:
Associated British Ports | Future Port Talbot . a programme that will further support our twin missions of Keeping Britain Trading and Enabling the Energy Transition.

The purpose of this role is to ensure optimal delivery of the business case through strong cross‑functional project management, with the returns of the project optimised throughout its lifecycle. This position offers a long-term career path for project professionals that enjoy the challenge of varying project and geographical environments.

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll provide leadership to the client-side delivery team working on a nationally significant port infrastructure project, with a capital value in excess of £500m. You will support design development, consenting, delivery and the operational handover, achieving time, cost and quality targets throughout.

The aim of the role is to bring major commercial opportunities to life, unlock efficiency in delivery and optimise the return on investment. The nature of infrastructure development means flexibility to travel across the UK to project locations is required.

Lead a complex major infrastructure project from feasibility through to operational handover, ensuring integration across commercial, technical, environmental, legal, and operational work streams by:

• Establishing and maintaining proportionate project governance, working with internal boards and external stakeholders to ensure transparent decision-making and rigorous assurance.
• Overseeing development of DCO (or equivalent planning) applications, including environmental impact assessment, statutory and non-statutory consultations, stakeholder engagement, and legal drafting.
• Leading interface with statutory bodies, local authorities, and community stakeholders to secure project support and resolve objections.
• Working with procurement and commercial teams to develop packaging strategies and contract models aligned to customer requirements, risk profile, consenting constraints, and market engagement outcomes.
• Establishing and actively managing project-level risk registers and change control processes, including interface risks with external parties and internal functions.
• Leading baseline development and actively manage change tracking across scope, time, cost, and benefits; ensure accurate performance reporting to internal governance and external stakeholders.
• Working with asset team, engineering teams, customers and operators to ensure operational requirements are embedded in design and that safe, effective handover is achieved.
• Leading multi-disciplinary delivery teams (internal and consultant) with a focus on safety, accountability, delivery confidence, and capability development.
• Contributing to the development of ABP’s project delivery capability, knowledge sharing across projects, and supporting more junior members of the team.

• Demonstrable track record of the successful development of complex capital infrastructure projects with a value in excess of GBP 50 million.
• Knowledge of infrastructure consenting routes, including experience in managing a project through the planning process (e.g. pre-application,…