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Job Description

Role Title

Senior Cost Manager (Transmission & Distribution)

Overview

We’re looking for passionate Senior Cost Managers with Transmission and Distribution experience, to join our teams across our North, Midlands, and Scotland Region, operating from 8 regional offices, to work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects, both nationally and locally. You will be joining a growing team of like-minded people that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team to successfully manage and deliver capital investment projects, including asset health refurbishment or replacement of existing assets.
• Provide client-side cost management support during all stages of the project delivery lifecycle:
  • Option studies
  • Option development
  • Construction tender support
  • NEC contract administration
• Lead the successful delivery of cost/commercial management services on multi-disciplinary Transmission, Distribution and Power Systems projects.
• Conduct client-side cost/commercial management, including:
  • Stakeholder management
  • Risk management
  • Contract management
• Ensure projects and commissions are delivered to client satisfaction for budget management.
• Support and manage the cost/commercial management team, ensuring:
  • Appropriate resources are provided on projects
  • Client and business requirements are met
• Actively manage contractors’ and subcontractors’ payments and final accounts in accordance with contract conditions.
• Develop strong relationships with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Support business development for existing and new clients.

Key Requirements

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Experience of working within a client organisation, either directly or through co-location/secondment.
• Highly competent in the NEC suite of contracts, particularly the:
  • Professional Services Contract (PSC)
  • Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
• Experience of working as part of integrated, multi-organisation, collaborative teams.
• Infrastructure and cost/commercial management experience, delivering complex projects.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Highly motivated, with an excellent industry network.
• relationship building skills, including:
  • Ability to build strong client and team relationships
  • Build and maintain networks of business contacts
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• A team player, with a ‘can-do’ attitude, adjective:
  • Outgoing
  • Polite
  • Patient
  • Diplomatic
  • Personable
  • Respectful
  • Flexible
• Experience of working with NGET business processes and supplier requirements, national development process 500.
• Experience of working on projects in:
  • Substations
  • Overhead Lines
  • Cables (33kV – 400kV)
  • DNO (Distribution Network Operator) or TO (Transmission Operator)
• Understanding of
  • The UK Transmission and Distribution System
  • Associated planning and equipment
• Professional Development:
  • Continuous professional development engagement, including:
    • Pursuit of qualifications from:
      • RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
      • Other recognised professional bodies
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Ability to effectively communicate and engage with:
    • Internal teams
    • Contractors
    • The public
  • To ensure project alignment and address concerns
• Financial Acumen:
  • Skills in budget management and financial oversight to ensure projects are delivered within budget
• Leadership and Team Development:
  • Capability to lead cost/commercial teams
  • Developing a collaborative environment
  • Supporting team members’ professional growth
• Adaptability and Problem-Solving:
  • Ability to adapt to changing circumstances
  • Solve complex problems during project execution
• Strategic Thinking:
  • Understanding the broader strategic goals of National Grid
  • How individual projects contribute to strategic goals
• Minimum of five years’ cost/commercial management experience.
• A relevant degree in:
  • Quantity surveying, or equivalent experience
• Strong history in both:
  • Contract (NEC3 and NEC4) management
  • Cost/commercial management
• A member of a related professional body, preferably chartered.