Senior Project Manager
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Engineering
Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Operations Management -
Management
Project & Program Management, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Operations Management
Join Us Join us and you'll join one of the UK's largest construction, engineering, and infrastructure company. As a Senior Project Manager, you'll work alongside a team delivering exceptional outcomes—for our people, the built environment, and a truly sustainable future.
Job Title:
Senior Project Manager
Location:
London Power Tunnel 2
Join Us Join us and you'll join one of the UK's largest construction, engineering, and infrastructure company. As a Senior Project Manager, you'll work alongside a team delivering exceptional outcomes—for our people, the built environment, and a truly sustainable future.
OverviewWe are seeking an experienced HV Substation Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of a major GIS high‑voltage (HV) infrastructure project, located in Lancaster, from concept through to commissioning. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical knowledge of HV environments, experience with NEC4 contracts, and a track record of managing subcontractors, programme delivery, cost control, and risk/opportunity management.
What You Will Do Project Leadership- Lead the end-to-end delivery of a two stage HV substation project, ensuring compliance with safety, technical, and contractual requirements.
- Plan and manage project programme, milestones, interfaces, and deliverables to meet customer and business objectives.
- Administer projects under NEC4 contract governance, including early warnings, compensation events, change control, and communications.
- Maintain robust cost management practices: forecasting, cost tracking, budget control, and financial reporting.
- Oversee construction activities within HV environments, ensuring safe working practices and adherence to relevant standards.
- Manage subcontractors effectively: performance, quality, progress, and compliance with contractual obligations.
- Coordinate with engineering, commissioning, and operational teams to ensure quality of delivery.
- Lead risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Drive opportunity realization to improve programme, cost, or technical outcomes.
- Maintain and report on project risk registers and mitigation strategies.
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal teams.
- Ensure strong communication and collaboration across engineering, commercial, HSE, and operational teams.
- Prepare and present project progress reports, dashboards, and performance updates.
- Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with HV safety rules, CDM regulations, and company HSE policies.
- Support environmental compliance and sustainability objectives throughout project delivery.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or project management.
- Proven experience managing HV substation or transmission/distribution projects.
- Strong understanding of NEC4 contract mechanisms and commercial governance.
- Demonstrable experience managing multiple subcontractors and designers and interfaces.
- Programme management skills
- Cost management and financial reporting capability.
- Experience in risk mitigation and opportunity realisation
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrated commitment to health, safety, quality and environmental compliance.
- Experience in working with transmission connected Clients.
- Project management qualifications (APM, PRINCE2, PMP).
- Heavy civil or mechanical and electric engineering background.
In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits:
- Benefits: 25 days holiday entitlement + Statutory…
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