M Group Technology & Communications
Project Engineering Manager
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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 M Group Telecom, we’re enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech enabled future.
We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators.
Private networks
- We find the best technology, manage assets and refresh systems.
- With 24/7 network operations, we keep things running smoothly, while operating comprehensive network repair and maintenance to keep everything in top shape.
Want to come and be a part of it?
Sitting within the National Grid account, the CORS Project Engineering Manager leads technical delivery and assurance of Critical National Infrastructure projects, ensuring safe, efficient, compliant execution to design, regulatory and industry standards. Provides strategic leadership across projects including substations, upgrades and deployments involving Cisco, DWDM, telephony, CCTV, and power systems.
What will you be doing?
- Lead technical strategy, governance, and assurance across multiple projects.
- Drive delivery of compliant, high-quality engineering solutions, resolving complex challenges.
- Manage concurrent work packages, ensuring alignment with programme, cost, and risk targets.
- Identify and track interdependencies of projects.
- Lead and develop project engineers, optimising resource allocation and manage individual performance and HR related activities.
- Ensure all engineering activities adhere to quality plans, H&S legislation, and safe systems of work.
- Drive a proactive approach to risk management, ensuring technical, operational, and safety risks are identified and mitigated.
- Act as senior technical interface for clients and stakeholders, managing communication and escalations.
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What you’ll bring?
Essential
- Extensive experience managing technical delivery in utilities, or project engineering environments.
- Deep knowledge of engineering design principles including an understanding of:
- Routers, Switches, Telephony
- Telecoms AC and DC power principles
- CWDM, DWDM, SDH, Carrier Ethernet, IP
- Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams or multidisciplinary project groups.
- Demonstrated success in delivering complex technical projects on time, within budget, and to required standards.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
- Eligible for SC clearance.
Desirable
- Experience within a Critical National Infrastructure environment is a plus.
- Background in design assurance, regulatory engagement, or technical governance roles.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
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- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
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 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.
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