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Location: Milnethorpe Cumbria
Employment type: Full Time
Working Hours: (Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm )
What’s in it for you…
We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
- Group Personal Pension Plan
- Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
- 24/7 access to a virtual GP and Mental health support & counselling services
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more
- Life assurance cover
- Long service recognition
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Paid volunteering opportunities in your community
About The Role…
Project Manager/Planner is a process role, responsible for providing strategic planning and programming. Client driven within the Power Division, ensuring the planning of works, all booking of the dates, the resource, the Distribution Network (HV or LV), supply interruptions, traffic management (as and when required), full job packs (including all work instructions, relevant RAMs, safe digs), generation (where required), all materials, all relevant safety information. Financial and operational targets are maintained or exceeded, maintaining exceptional customer service levels across all the projects they are responsible for.
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As an OHL Project Manager you will be responsible for...
- Day to day planning of projects (mainly a given work stream)
- Day to day client liaison
- Actively configure network requirements (HV / LV) to enable works.
- Monitor performance and safety requirements regularly and implement improvements.
- Arrange Surveys and carry out quoting of individual projects based on a contract schedule of rates
- Ensure resources are adequate for the workload
- Ensure plant & materials are adequate for the works
- Ensure Ipsum Power policies are implemented, monitored, and audited.
- Operate in full compliance with Ipsum Power Policies, procedures, and instructions.
- Post Work commercial and asset paperwork / forms submitted
About You…
- Proven experience in a Project Planning / Project Management position preferably power distribution/transmission.
- Preferably C&G electrical qualification (or willing to work towards)
- Knowledge of Process Implementation, Planning Works / Projects
- Proven experience of working in client focused environment with performance management responsibility
- Understanding of a distribution network
- Professional, customer focused with a good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning.
- Ability to communicate both up and down within Ipsum and the Client Organisation
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent time management skills, with ability to deliver tasks to deadline.
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Next steps...
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