Project Manager, Project & Program Management

Vacancy

Title:

Project Manager Contract Type:
Permanent

Location:

Ellesmere Port Industry: TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING Project Controls Salary: £75000 - £90000 per annum, Benefits:
Private medical, 15% bonus, 10% pension

Start Date:

: J Contact Name:
Charlie Ward Contact Email: ch Vacancy Published: 28 days ago

Are you an experienced project Project Manager? Would you like to be involved with some of the UK's biggest energy upgrade projects? Are you a strong stakeholder manager who can manage multidisciplinary engineering teams?

Project Manager (Project Based)

Lead major construction projects at the heart of the energy transition Join a major UK energy business helping shape the North West's low-carbon future.

With over 800 colleagues, we offer a safety-focused, technically challenging environment and strong opportunities for development.

As Project Manager, you'll lead a team of multidisciplines engineers and inspectors, overseeing EPC construction delivery and contractor performance while ensuring projects meet safety, quality, cost and programme requirements.

You'll provide construction and constructability input from design through commissioning, working within a complex COMAH-regulated, high-hazard environment.

As a Project Manager, you will play a key role in delivering major capital investment projects that support our operational and strategic growth ambitions. Reporting to the Head of UK CAPEX Project Delivery, you will lead the safe, efficient and predictable delivery of complex projects and work packages, initially supporting enabling activities for HPP1 and CHP. Working across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning, you will collaborate with stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget and to the highest quality standards.

Following the initial assignment, you may support other strategically important CAPEX projects across the business.

• Lead CAPEX projects and work packages from scope definition through construction, completion and handover.
• Manage engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities to achieve safe, successful project outcomes.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, contractors and stakeholders to ensure effective project execution.
• Drive performance against key objectives, including safety, schedule, cost, quality and delivery readiness.
• Establish work front readiness by securing permits, materials, access requirements and stakeholder approvals.
• Manage project interfaces across operational assets, engineering teams, contractors and wider business programmes.
• Own project controls, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, opportunity and change management.
• Provide visible leadership in office and site environments, promoting safety, collaboration and accountability.
• Ensure compliance with HSSE, process safety, governance and assurance requirements.
• Support the successful delivery of future priority CAPEX projects across the business.

• Significant experience delivering major CAPEX projects in refining, energy, power, hydrogen, chemicals or other high-hazard industrial environments.
• A degree in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or a related discipline; chartered status or a recognised project management qualification is advantageous.
• A proven track record managing complex brownfield modifications, infrastructure projects, utilities and construction activities on operational sites.
• Strong understanding of project controls, including cost forecasting, scheduling, risk management and change control.
• Leadership experience managing EPC contractors and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence…