px Group
Programme Manager
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Programme Manager
Application Deadline: 3 September 2026
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Teesside
Reporting To: Project Director (Interim)
Description
Our Business
PX PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for PX Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com.
PX Group has been awarded a major Operations, Engineering and Maintenance (OE&M) contract by NZT Power and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP). This work will support two major regional projects:
- NZT Power’s carbon capture plant
- NEP’s onshore compression facilities
Over the initial five-year term, PX Group will deliver the OE&M requirements of the Operational Readiness phase, supporting commissioning and managing the handover from the Joint Venture project teams into full operations.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for a Programme Manager.
In this role you will be accountable for the planning, coordination, and delivery of the Operational Delivery Plan and the Operational Readiness Plan across NZT and NEP, ensuring a safe, compliant, and effective transition from project execution through commissioning and start-up to steady-state operations.
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You’ll be supported with personalised on-the-job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage the Operational Readiness Plan (ORP), ensuring a single, integrated view of readiness across all functions, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Lead delivery of the Operational Delivery Plan (ODP), ensuring alignment with project milestones, stage gates, and start-up requirements.
- Define, track, and report progress against all readiness deliverables, ensuring clear visibility of status, risks, dependencies, and critical path activities.
- Establish and maintain programme governance, including stage gates, hold points, readiness reviews, and assurance processes.
- Integrate ORP and ODP activities with the overall project schedule, ensuring alignment with engineering, procurement, construction, systems completion, commissioning, and start-up.
- Coordinate and integrate all contributing disciplines, including Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, SHEQ, Commercial, HR, and support functions, ensuring aligned delivery of readiness objectives.
More responsibilities can be found in the Role Profile.
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Degree qualified in an Engineering, Project Management, or other relevant discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience in programme or project management within major infrastructure, energy, or process industries.
- Proven experience delivering complex, multi-discipline programmes in a regulated or major hazard environment.
- Strong understanding of Operational Readiness frameworks, commissioning, and transition to operations.
- Experience in managing integrated plans, progress measurement, and performance reporting.
- Strong experience in stakeholder and client interface management.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Contribution towards eye test and glasses
- Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
- Long Service Awards
- Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Benefits Package
- Onsite parking
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
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