Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Senior Project Manager
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Birmingham - Bury St Edmunds - Hybrid
Talented people are the key to our success.
We are looking for a motivated and ambitious Senior Project Manager to join our team on the Norwich to Tilbury (ATNC) Great Grid Partnership Framework, supporting the delivery of a major underground cabling scheme as part of National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade programme.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role on a high-profile infrastructure project, managing the successful delivery of a complex civil engineering package from early development through to construction. Working as part of a collaborative and experienced team, you will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of project delivery, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, programme, and commercial performance are achieved.
The role offers the opportunity to influence project strategy, lead multidisciplinary teams, and build strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and supply chain partners while contributing to one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and oversee the successful delivery of complex multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
- Take overall responsibility for project performance, ensuring health and safety, quality, programme, and cost objectives are achieved.
- Provide strategic planning, leadership, and operational support throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead and develop project teams, creating a positive, collaborative, and high-performing culture.
- Ensure robust project governance, controls and reporting processes are in place and effectively managed.
- Implement and manage risk management and value engineering processes, ensuring risks, opportunities and cost-saving initiatives are identified and addressed.
- Develop and maintain project delivery strategies, plans and programmes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, supply chain partners, and project teams.
- Ensure project activities are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements, company procedures, and industry standards.
- Monitor and manage project budgets, forecasts, and resource requirements.
- Support business objectives through effective operational leadership and decision-making.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and share best practice across the wider business.
- Lead project reviews, progress meetings, and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, environmental and quality standards.
- Identify and resolve project challenges, ensuring successful outcomes for clients and project stakeholders.
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Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- Experience operating in a Senior Project Manager role or leading the delivery of major infrastructure projects.
- Proven history of successfully delivering large and complex civil engineering or infrastructure projects.
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams and supply chain partners.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build strong client relationships.
- Strong understanding of project controls, risk management, programme management, and project governance.
- Commercial awareness with experience managing project budgets and performance.
- Ability to make sound decisions and solve complex project challenges.
- Excellent planning, organisational and critical thinking skills.
- Commitment to health, safety, environmental and quality excellence.
Desirable
- Degree qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Experience working on major utilities, energy transmission, or infrastructure projects.
- Knowledge of National Grid systems and processes.
- Experience delivering underground cabling projects.
- Experience working within large framework or alliance environments.
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What is in it for you?
Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.
- Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days.
- Flexible and adaptable working
- Family friendly policies and work/life approach
- Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme
- Recognition scheme and long service awards
- Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)
- We also provide the option to participate in our share-save scheme; discounts including cycle to work and gym membership; a support and advice service for colleagues and their families, and more.
About The Energy Business Unit
We have extensive experience in upgrading and replacing energy networks, delivering asset management for major UK energy companies and network operators.
Our transmission and distribution services involve the upgrading and replacement of electricity assets both above and below ground. Within the electricity sector we install and maintain assets, including excavation, laying, and jointing of cables, (fluid filled and XLPe), substations and overhead line, new build, repair, and refurbishment services.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team where you will have the opportunity to progress in your career. We are looking for people who share our passion on delivering great customer service whilst also being able to work within an enjoyable and hardworking team environment. Talented people are the key to our success, so if this sounds like you, apply now.
Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.
Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.
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