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HVDC Package Manager
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Overview of the Role
An experienced HVDC Package Manager is required to lead the delivery of a major HVDC package within a large-scale offshore renewable energy project. The role is responsible for coordinating multiple interconnected workstreams, including offshore and onshore electrical infrastructure and grid connection interfaces.
This is a contract position operating on a project delivery basis, providing technical, commercial, and strategic leadership throughout the development, procurement, and execution phases.
Location & Working Arrangement
- 📍 UK based role with regular attendance required at project offices.
- ✅ Minimum two days per week in person for scheduled meetings and collaboration with project teams and contractors.
- ✅ Travel within the UK and occasional international travel may be required.
- ✅ 40-hour working week.
- ✅ Outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the client representative for the HVDC package and associated contracts.
- Provide expert guidance during contract development, negotiation, execution, and delivery.
- Develop and maintain package execution plans, schedules, budget forecasts, and risk/opportunity registers.
- Drive package commercial strategy alongside contract management teams.
- Coordinate technical studies, specialist inputs, and engineering reviews to support project decision-making.
- Review contractor proposals, methodologies, schedules, and deliverables, providing independent recommendations.
- Manage interfaces across multiple project packages and stakeholders.
- Coordinate engagement with contractors, certification bodies, regulators, and technical assurance organisations.
- Prepare and maintain interface plans, action trackers, progress reports, and executive-level dashboards.
- Support project leadership with reporting, presentations, and strategic recommendations.
- Provide specialist HSE oversight relating to HVDC construction and installation activities.
- Review contractor HSE documentation and recommend improvements aligned with industry best practice.
- Represent the project at technical, commercial, and stakeholder meetings.
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Essential Qualifications & Experience
- ✅ Degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline
- ✅ Professional accreditation and/or membership of a recognised project management organisation desirable
- ✅ Relevant offshore certifications required for offshore works
- ✅ Experience delivering complex HVDC transmission systems
- ✅ Strong knowledge of HV and EHV transmission infrastructure
- ✅ Experience delivering large-scale capital projects through development and construction phases
- ✅ Knowledge of offshore substations, grid infrastructure, and associated industry standards
- ✅ Strong contract management, claims management, negotiation, and dispute resolution experience
- ✅ Excellent stakeholder management and supplier engagement skills
- ✅ Ability to influence decision-making across multi-disciplinary teams
- ✅ Self-motivated, commercially aware, and capable of working autonomously
- ✅ Flexible approach to travel and project requirements
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Nice to Have
- ⭐ Offshore wind project experience
- ⭐ Experience managing major electrical transmission packages
- ⭐ Chartered Engineer or Chartered Project Professional status
- ⭐ Strong understanding of offshore construction and installation activities
- ⭐ Experience managing complex contractor interfaces within large infrastructure programmes
Ideal Candidate
We're looking for a proven package manager with extensive experience in HVDC transmission systems, large-scale infrastructure delivery, and complex contract management. You'll be comfortable operating at both a strategic and technical level while coordinating multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced project environment.
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