Senior Project Manager

We are seeking experienced Senior Project Managers and leaders to join our Customer Connections team based in Hertfordshire and the East of England.

This is a front-line leadership role where you will have full responsibility for managing, inspiring, developing and motivating your team to successfully deliver a portfolio of projects with real national importance. You will build and manage a team of 4-8 Project Managers and Engineers, delivering high-profile projects of up to £150m for customers with national impact. This is a hybrid role meaning you will split your time between home, office and sites based around the Milton Keynes, Watford and Cambridge areas.

As Senior Project Manager you are at the heart of delivering the Customer Connections portfolio, leading a multi-discipline team connecting the largest power stations, wind turbines, solar farms and battery storage - all of which will provide clean and affordable energy. Our work is expanding rapidly as we enable the UK's green revolution, and there is huge opportunity for personal and professional development within our business.

We're looking for someone who is going to take the job personally! Someone who is going to be completely committed to getting their portfolio of works delivered safely, on time and to budget. You will have a background in engineering project and/or contract management practice, but are open to motivated individuals from outside the industry with the attitude and drive to develop themselves and their team.

You'll have demonstrable commercial acumen with broad experience of leading cross functional teams to deliver infrastructure. You'll be a self-starter who is good at playing devil's advocate and foreseeing potential problems. Experience outside of a client role as either contractor or customer is also highly valued, we need a range of backgrounds and experience to meet the challenge.

You'll ideally have a degree or qualification in project management, engineering, business management or equivalent experience, and you will need a driving license that permits you to drive in the UK.

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it's so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don't plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Senior Project Manager, and find your superpower., National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it's essential that it's continually evolving, advancing and improving.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

Please follow the below link to learn more:
https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission

• Salary of £78,000 dependent on capability


• Company car including an excellent range of full electric types


• Annual Performance Based Bonus up to 15% of your base salary


• 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days, and the option to buy additional or sell holiday days


• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%


• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave - so long as it's relevant to your role


• Access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines to name a few


• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days)


• Access to numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing


• Hybrid working