Balfour Beatty plc
Project Manager
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About The Role
Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution is playing a key role in delivering major utility diversion works as part of the Lower Thames Crossing programme. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of utilities infrastructure works on this nationally significant project.
Based in Grays, this role offers the opportunity to take ownership of complex multidisciplinary utility diversion schemes, managing projects from planning and design through delivery, commissioning, and handover. You'll be responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and commercially successful project delivery while leading high-performing teams and maintaining strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and supply chain partners.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an established Project Manager with a strong utilities background who thrives in a fast-paced, technically challenging environment.
What you'll be doing
As Project Manager, you'll have overall accountability for the safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of utility diversion works, ensuring project objectives are achieved while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities Will Include
- Leading projects from inception through to completion and final handover
- Managing multidisciplinary delivery teams, subcontractors, and supply chain partners
- Driving programme performance, commercial outcomes, and project governance
- Building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships
- Leading project reviews, reporting, and risk management activities
- Ensuring robust planning, procurement, and resource management processes are in place
- Maintaining a relentless focus on health, safety, and environmental performance
- Reviewing designs, interrogating technical solutions, and challenging where appropriate
- Managing project risks, opportunities, and change control processes
- Developing and mentoring project teams to promote long-term capability and succession
- Ensuring all works are delivered in accordance with contractual, regulatory, and quality requirements
Who we're looking for
We're looking for an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering complex utility infrastructure projects.
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Essential
- Significant Project Management experience within the utilities sector
- Demonstrable experience delivering utility diversion projects on major infrastructure or civil engineering programmes
- Strong understanding of utility assets and construction methodologies
- Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams and supply chains
- Proven ability to deliver projects safely, on programme, and within budget
- Strong stakeholder and client management capability
- Sound commercial and contractual awareness
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills
- Experience managing project risk, governance, and reporting requirements
- Full UK driving licence
Desirable
- Experience working on National Highways or major infrastructure projects
- Background in power, utilities, civil engineering, or infrastructure delivery
- Project Management qualification (APM, PRINCE2, or equivalent)
- Degree or HNC/HND in an engineering, construction, or related discipline
- SMSTS or equivalent site management qualification
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting, and meaningful projects; developing, building, and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family-friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and much more…
About Us
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national, and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations, and distribution networks.
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Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion.
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture, we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long-term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com.
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