Balfour Beatty plc
Senior Project Manager
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About The Role
Location: Keadby, North Lincolnshire (site based)
At Balfour Beatty, we're delivering the infrastructure that keeps the country connected and powered for the future.
We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of a major 132/400kV substation project at Keadby. This is a high-profile opportunity to take ownership of a complex power infrastructure scheme, leading multidisciplinary teams through design, construction, commissioning and handover.
As Senior Project Manager, you'll provide strategic leadership across all aspects of project delivery, ensuring safety, programme, commercial performance and quality objectives are achieved. You'll act as the focal point between our client, supply chain and project teams whilst creating a culture of excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.
What you'll be doing
- Leading the safe and successful delivery of a major high-voltage substation project from inception through to completion.
- Owning project performance across safety, programme, commercial, quality and operational outcomes.
- Managing and developing a multidisciplinary team including Project Managers, Engineers, Construction Managers and Design Managers.
- Building strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and supply chain partners.
- Driving programme certainty and ensuring resources, procurement activities and construction works are aligned to delivery objectives.
- Leading project reviews, governance activities, reporting and risk management processes.
- Ensuring robust financial forecasting, cost control and project reporting.
- Promoting a culture of Zero Harm and maintaining the highest standards of health, safety and environmental performance.
- Identifying and implementing opportunities for innovation, efficiency and continuous improvement.
- Supporting the growth and development of future leaders within the project team.
Who we're looking for
We're seeking a proven project leader with experience delivering large-scale infrastructure projects within the power, utilities, transmission, energy or heavy civil engineering sectors.
You Will Ideally Have
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- Significant experience managing complex, high-value engineering or infrastructure projects.
- Previous experience delivering substation, transmission, distribution, power generation, renewables or major utilities projects.
- Strong commercial and contractual awareness with responsibility for project budgets and financial performance.
- Experience leading large multidisciplinary delivery teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and a track record of building strong client relationships.
- A detailed understanding of project governance, risk management and programme controls.
- The ability to drive performance, influence at all levels and lead teams through challenging project environments.
- A passion for developing people and creating high-performing teams.
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
- Professional membership with a recognised institution.
- NEC contract experience.
- Experience working on National Grid, SSEN, SPEN or other transmission network projects.
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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