Project Manager

Project Manager

This Project Manager - SPN will report to the Programme Manager and will work within Invest Delivery - Capital Programme based in our Crawley office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of 80574 car/allowance (subject to satisfying criteria) and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date:11/01/2026

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 23 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Private Medical Cover
• Reservist Leave Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work Home & Tech and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job Purpose:

The role of the Project Manager in the SPN Investment Delivery team is to project manage providing construction assurance on a portfolio of or individual projects from inception to completion. You will agree and implement the project delivery strategy in which you will forecast resource and material requirements monitor project costs and delivery manage contractor performance and provide regular reports. The role also includes liaison with Design Infrastructure Planning Procurement Supply Chain Network Operations and Asset Management.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Deliver projects / portfolio of projects from inception to completion to time quality cost maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management
• Ensure construction assurance through audits on quality of work technical competencies adherence to specifications compliance with testing and commissioning procedures and safety and environmental procedures. Ensure that the required project completion data is completed and submitted for processing
• Produce delivery plans and ensure provision of direct / contract resources materials and services to ensure that project programmes are maintained
• Manage commercial arrangements with contractors to ensure that contractual arrangements are met and that cost controls are in place
• Provide monthly reports including achievement costs and forecasts
• Manage the portfolio of projects delivery risks and provide early warning to mitigate and manage the level of risk exposure.
• Contribution and accountability on the assigned portfolio of projects for regulatory reporting requirements including auditing of actual and forecast cost and output data.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders such as Infrastructure Planning Design Connections Supply Chain Network Operations Procurement and Commercial Management to ensure that projects are managed from inception to completion
• Ensure that all work is carried out to provide very high levels of Customer Service e.g. minimise Customer Interruptions & Customer Minutes Lost network risk and customer complaints
• Ensure that all workers engaged in the projects / portfolio of projects are aware of all safety and environmental requirements
• Develop the project execution plan and present project governance approval papers

Knowledge Skills Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience managing construction or engineering projects of values in the region of 10m plus
• Ideally you will have a Degree in a construction or engineering related subject. If not you will need to be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of experience through employment history.
• Excellent understanding of construction management best practice
• Asafety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely will be advantageous as will experience of working with the CDM regulations and ISO9001 quality processes
• Knowledge and experience of Primavera P6 online project collaboration tools Microsoft Project the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel Word and Access) and project management techniques
• A recognised project management qualification/membership for example APM or Charteredstatus would be an advantage

Nature and Scope:

The Investment Delivery team is part of the Capital Programme & Procurement directorate. The team is responsible for programme management of NAMP lines and work with framework contractors to deliver the programme.

As the Project Manager you will lead a matrix structured multi-disciplinary multi-contract project team providing the necessary direction targets and project milestones to ensure effective use of resources.

The Project Manager will ensure that functions of the project delivery are in place. These include scopes of work procurement processes capital approval resource planning (materials and people) project delivery reporting and review.

The Project Manager role may have a portfolio that is NAMP line specific or cover a range of NAMP lines.

The Capital Programme directorate is planning to increase the Project Management competence in the team and therefore you will required to undertake a formal qualification in Project Management.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken i.e. public visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment and where there are legal requirements employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application please contact us at quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.