Senior Project Manager
Location: Middleton, Heysham, UK.
Overview
We 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.
Contract & Commercial Management
- 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.
Technical & Construction Management
- 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.
Risk & Opportunity Management
- 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.
Stakeholder & Interface Management
- 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.
Health, Safety & Environment
- 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.
About You (Required Experience & Skills)
- 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.
Desirable
- Project management qualifications (APM, PRINCE2, PMP).
- Heavy civil or mechanical and electric engineering background.
What We Offer
- Benefits: 25 days holiday entitlement + statutory and public holidays + additional 3 days holiday available on our purchase scheme.
- Life assurance.
- Career progression.
