Overview
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The Great Grid Upgrade is the largest overhaul of the electricity grid in generations. Laing O'Rourke is delivering major infrastructure projects across England and Wales to connect more clean, affordable energy to homes and businesses. The PMO Manager will create and lead the Programme Management Office for a national infrastructure programme, ensuring multiple projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
The Project
The Great Grid Upgrade comprises 17 major infrastructure projects to scale up the grid and update existing networks, enabling more clean, secure energy from generation sources to end users, boosting energy security and national self-sufficiency.
Key Responsibilities
* Establish and lead the PMO function across a portfolio of complex infrastructure projects, building it from the ground up and ensuring alignment with client guidelines, processes, quality standards, and enterprise strategy.
* Manage interface requirements by fulfilling client and integrator PMO obligations, including oversight of documentation and information across Laing O'Rourke's allocated projects and packages.
* Embed best-practice governance, reporting, and assurance frameworks aligned to enterprise standards.
* Oversee integrated planning, project controls, risk management and change coordination across multiple projects.
* Deliver accurate, timely performance reporting, insights, and KPIs to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
* Lead, coach, and mentor PMO staff to foster a high-performing, collaborative team culture.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
We are seeking a strategic PMO leader with a proven ability to deliver in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. The ideal candidate will bring a strong track record of success as an influential senior manager, with the credibility to engage at executive level and the experience to operate effectively within an enterprise or alliance context.
You Will Bring
* Proven PMO leadership in large-scale infrastructure, engineering, manufacturing, or energy projects
* Expertise in project controls, risk & opportunity management, scheduling (Primavera P6) and change management
* Strong capability in data visualisation and business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI)
* Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence at senior levels
* A track record of integrating planning, cost, and performance management to support delivery success
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. Laing O'Rourke has more than 150 years of experience delivering it and emphasizes energy, ambition, people and teamwork. We value experience and collaboration to deliver outcomes for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we offer an interview scheme to enable access for candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required and how we can support you in the workplace.
Accessibility We strive to ensure our recruitment process is accessible. If you need the application form in an alternative format or would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com.
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