Energy and Power Director in Cheshire, Chester

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 BGEN we help our clients in building new assets and to optimise existing assets, which play a crucial role in reducing carbon footprints to meet net-zero targets. We are skilled at navigating complex regulated environments and are the powerhouse technical engineering and digital solutions offering in the UK market. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

• Take full responsibility and accountability for the management, commercial performance and successful delivery of multiple complex, multi-discipline design-and-build projects.
• Lead, support and develop a team of project managers and engineers to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget.
• Manage the full end-to-end project life-cycle, from design and planning through to implementation and handover.
• Act as the senior point of contact for customers, building and maintaining strong, effective relationships with key client representatives.
• Manage a key infrastructure account within the Infrastructure Business Unit, ensuring full compliance with Framework and contractual obligations.

• Degree or equivalent experience in any related Engineering & Project Management qualification.
• Electrical/electronic Engineering qualifications such as HNC, ONC or City and Guilds qualifications.
• NEC4 Project Management Accreditation.
• Previous experience of senior management in a utility contracting or similar environment.
• Managing a P&L over £5 million.
• Experience of driving continuous improvement.
• Strong Commercial Experience.
• Experienced tendering and managing M&E contracts.
• Budget control and estimating.
• Strong customer and stakeholder management.
• Experience of leading and managing high performing teams.
• Demonstrable growth mindset.
• Previous experience of working in the Power and Energy sector.

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Company Pension Scheme.
• Death in Service Benefit.
• Hybrid working is available following initial probationary period.
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays per year (up to 5 days for full time employees).
• My Rewards offering discounts on high street and online shopping.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• In addition, this role offers:
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family.
• Our salary sacrifice EV car scheme.

About us: 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’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army 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.