Electrical Project Manager – Cambridge
📍 Location: Cambridge
🏗️ Sector: MEP / Building Services
📄 Contract: Permanent or Freelance
£80,000-£100,000
Annual Leave – 20 days + Christmas Shutdown
Travel Expenses
Pension scheme (5% employee / 3% employer)
Annual BonusA major prison development in Cambridge is looking for an experienced Electrical Project Manager to join the delivery team on a high-profile, secure infrastructure project.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a capable and motivated individual with strong electrical experience across the full project lifecycle from pre-construction through to commissioning and handover.
🔧 Role Overview:
Pre-Construction Leadership: Develop and manage programmes, budgets, and early-stage planning.
Design Review: Collaborate with design teams to ensure electrical systems are efficient, compliant, and buildable.
Procurement: Manage procurement of subcontractors, suppliers, and key electrical components.
Close-Out: Lead testing, commissioning, snagging, and handover, ensuring high-quality standards and full compliance.
✅ Candidate Requirements:
Proven experience delivering complex electrical packages, ideally on secure or regulated sites (e.g., prisons, defence, healthcare, data centres).
Strong capability across Pre-Construction, Design Coordination, Procurement, and Close-Out.
Skilled at coordinating multiple stakeholders from clients and consultants to Tier 1–3 contractors.
Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Recognised electrical qualifications and relevant site management experience.
💼 What’s on Offer:
A long-term, high-value project offering technical challenge and career progression
The chance to work on a secure government-backed infrastructure scheme
Competitive salary and benefits package
Supportive site and head office teams with strong engineering backgrounds
🚨 The client is a respected MEP consultancy with a proven track record working alongside leading names in UK construction, including:
Mace · Wates · McLaren · ARJ · Messenger
📧 Interested?
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