Project Manager - Substations

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. Where will you be working? At M Group Energy we're enabling the energy essential to support our lives. We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation. This role will be within our Transmission & Renewables team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity. What will you be doing? As a Project Manager you will be part of our Project Management team who are responsible for managing HV Substation projects for National Grid within the South West region - M5 Corridor (Gloucester to Cornwall). This role will require regular travel as you will need to attend substation sites 2-3 times a week. A driving licence is required.

• Leading the construction team in delivering projects through the end to end process from project initiation to completion
• Strategic health, safety and environmental management and leadership to drive the highest standards
• Delivery of the projects to the agreed time, cost and quality requirements
• Work closely with the planning team to ensure delivery programmes are in place and progress is monitored
• Drive the Project team ethos to ensure the Construction Manager, Commercial Manager, Design Lead and Project Engineers function as a cohesive management team
• Drive risk management for the Projects
• Provide leadership and guidance on technical and contractual matters to ensure timely resolution
• Contribute to new contract tender bids using industry knowledge
• Support the preparation of monthly CVR in conjunction with the Commercial Manager
• Being commercially astute, lead the management team to deliver the balanced scorecard and meet/exceed contract financial terms and targets
  
  National Grid Substation build experience - including workable knowledge of NG SRs, Rules, EPC / M&E Framework
• Proven leadership on Design and Build projects, managing cross functional teams
• Excellent stakeholder management skills engaging with clients and suppliers
• Qualification in construction / engineering and / or relevant experience
• Qualification in Project Management (APM, PMP etc.)
• Strong commercial experience with NEC contracts
• Demonstrated ability to manage risk and opportunity
• Strong regulatory knowledge including HSWA, CDM, EAWR etc.
• Ability to drive a project through all life cycles
• Experience managing budgets with history of delivery to time and cost
• History of using Project Management software
• Full UK Driving licence
  
  We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group. Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.


• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Car Allowance
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you & your family
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave