Senior Project Manager in Newcastle Emlyn

About us At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a Senior Project Manager to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life. This role is based in the Northeast of England and requires frequent travel across the Teesside, Wearside and Borders regions.

Job Purpose Join us in a role where you will take the lead in fully integrating, optimising and managing a dynamic programme of work throughout the entire project lifecycle! Your mission will be to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and in line with National Grid's best practices and procedures. You'll play a crucial part in upholding our commitment to the highest Safety, Health and Environmental standards, making a real impact in our community and beyond. Embrace the challenge and be part of a team that drives innovation and excellence!

What You'll Do:

• Lead, develop and performance manage a team to develop, sanction and deliver allocated major projects safely, to time, cost and specification.
• Manage key stakeholders to remove any blockers to the timely completion of the project.
• Ensure robust monitoring, control and reporting of all investments within the major project (including SHE performance, milestone progress, risk management) and provide accurate and timely financial forecasting information to support regulatory reporting cycles and the business and capital plan.
• Ensure that sanctioning, development and tendering strategies are agreed early in development, and that the engineered solution delivers the essential scope at an optimal cost.
• Challenge project teams to ensure project scope, designs and delivery solutions are innovative, efficient, fit for purpose and prevent creep.
• Deliver / arrange training and support across the department to increase technical, financial, programme and safety knowledge and understanding as required.
• Lead and embed positive safety culture and process safety within team to improve collective safety performance ensuring adherence to company policy, aims and objectives.
• Ensure that all essential documentation is completed to the highest possible standard, supporting the investment case and delivery strategy.
• Drive understanding of Regulatory requirements (RIIO) into project teams and ensure project documentation for regulatory purposes in place.
• Ensure that the construction programme accounts for all known delivery risks and CDM issues, including construction safety, health, environment and sustainability.
• Accountable for first level assurance across all team activities and responsibilities.
• Develop and share best practice across New Infrastructure and the wider business units.
• Ensure that EPC Project Managers / Assistant EPC Project Managers are robustly positioned commercially on delivery, and coordinate and prioritise commercial / contractual support systems in place.
• Lead the system access, AO resource interface and commissioning interfaces to secure all necessary outages in a timely manner.
• If required, agree and implement a community consultation plan for the project with the Project Director and local authorities.
• Ensure a robust response management system is in place for the recording of the receipt and response to all statutory and public feedback.

About You:

• Interpersonal, Supervisory or Management Leadership Qualities: An excellent customer‑centric approach that delivers on expectations. Expert at engaging stakeholders and working collaboratively to remove blockers. Experienced at developing teams and delivering high quality results.
• Technical or Specialist: Competent in Project Management Skills. Competent Management Experience / Commercial Acumen. Understanding of RIIO mechanisms and the way that National Grid delivers revenue under the regulatory framework. Accomplished knowledge and application of CDM, Safety and Environmental Regulations. Knowledge of National Grid Procedures for developing and delivering projects. Knowledge of the Electricity Transmission System. Experience of managing work and demonstration of successfully co‑ordinating activities across a large portfolio of projects.
• Financial Control - Experience Required: Finance and cost control management experience on complex, high value projects. Experience in change control on target cost and lump sum construction contracts. Experience in contracting strategies and procurement seeing contracts through the end to end project life cycle. Drawing on analysis and highlight reports from the commercial teams to make decisions for financial control.

What You’ll Get: A competitive salary between £66,000 – £79,000 dependent on capability. As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information: The closing date for this vacancy is 22nd January. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

DE & I statement: At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation that comes with having diverse teams and business need. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and provide a working environment where everyone feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points‑based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points‑based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.