Project Manager, Project & Program Management, Operations Management

Our work matters to millions. It’ll matter to you too. Join our Power Transmission and Distribution team as a Project Manager
and be a key part of delivering complex, meaningful, and impactful projects.

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

Overall accountability for the safe, successful and integrated project management of the Longside 400kV and 132kV Substations within the Netherton Hub, from design development and procurement through construction, commissioning, handover and close out.

Provide visible leadership to a large, multi-disciplinary Project Engineering group, with direct line-management responsibility and clear accountability for performance, development, workload, interfaces and delivery standards.

Lead the coordinated management of more than 100 work packages, ensuring scope, design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning interfaces are clearly defined, controlled and aligned to the accepted programme.

Determine and implement the most appropriate means of satisfying Balfour Beatty, customer and project requirements while balancing safety, time, cost, quality, scope, risk, opportunity, resources and whole-project benefits.

Hours of work per week - 45

Location - Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

In return we offer you.

£Competitive - DOA + excellent benefits including Site Allowances, Company Car, generous bonus and Subsistence Allowances (Subject to T&C’s of role)

Opportunity to shape what’s next in a pivotal project management role with an industry leader. What you do here as a Project Manager will matter. Not just to the infrastructure and engineering experts it will also matter to your supportive colleagues who’ll value your perspective. Your work will matter to society, as you help us to shape large-scale power engineering projects.

• Own the project-management framework for the Longside 400kV and 132kV Substations and ensure delivery remains aligned with project governance, delegated authorities, contract requirements and the Netherton Hub delivery strategy.
• Lead periodic project reviews (PRM), maintain the Digital Briefcase in accordance with GBL and provide clear, evidence-based reporting to the project leadership team.
• Ensure accurate and auditable project records are maintained across all work packages, including decisions, progress, daily records, actions, approvals, changes, assumptions and interface commitments.
• Coordinate internal and external reporting so that emerging issues, decisions and escalations are visible, owned and closed within agreed timescales
• Establish clear scope, information, configuration and interface-management arrangements for both substations and the associated Netherton Hub interfaces.
• Use reliable project data to make timely decisions that are safe, contractually informed, cost effective and aligned with the overall Longside delivery strategy.
• Demonstrate visible leadership and a relentless focus on Zero Harm across the 400kV and 132kV works, ensuring legal, client and Balfour Beatty requirements are understood and implemented.

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Demonstrable track record of leading delivery on major, complex infrastructure, power transmission or substation projects through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Experience managing concurrent delivery across multiple high-voltage systems, work fronts and interfaces, preferably including 400kV and/or 132kV substations.
• Proven line-management experience with large multi-disciplinary engineering or project teams, including objective setting, workload management, coaching, development and performance management.
• Experience establishing governance and control across a large portfolio…