Project Manager

Description:

78775 - Project Manager

This Project Manager will report to the Programme Manager and will work within Capital Programme - Investment Delivery based in our Bury St Edmunds office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £76,229 plus car 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: 02/05/2024.

We also provide the following additional benefits

Annual Leave
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
Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Occupational Health support
Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
Discounted access to sports and social clubs
Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

You will manage and provide construction assurance on a portfolio of, or individual projects from inception to completion. You will agree and implement the project delivery strategy. 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.
Liaise with important partners 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 and Customer Minutes Lost, network risk, and customer complaints
Ensure that all workers engaged on the projects / portfolio of projects are aware of all safety and environmental requirements
Develop the project execution plan and prepare and present project governance approval papers

Qualifications:

Experience managing construction or engineering projects of values in the region of £10m plus
Commercial awareness
Ideally you will have an Degree in Electrical Engineering , or Civil Engineering all with a Project Management bias
Excellent understanding of construction management best practice
Asafety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely will be advantageous as will experience working with the CDM regulations and ISO9001 quality processes
Experience of Primavera P6, online project collaboration tools, Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, Word and Access) and project management techniques
Aformal qualification from a recognised Project Management or construction professional body equivalent to APM PMQ or higher or A HNC in Electrical or Civil Engineering (or equivalent) with experience managing the development and construction of electrical distribution projects is the preferred requirement, however, applications from candidates with a lesser qualification and a record of accomplishment in either project management or electrical distribution infrastructures (design or construction) would be welcomed

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.

The role of a Project Manager in Investment Delivery is more biased towards Project Management skills than operational skills, although some operational experience would be advantageous.

You will lead a matrix structured diverse, multi-contract project team, and provide the necessary direction, targets and project milestones to ensure good use of resources.

You will ensure that important 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.

Your 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 be required to undertake a formal qualification in Project Management