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Senior Project Manager (Power Infrastructure Delivery)
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About Sovereign Ai
Sovereign AI is a UK-based AI infrastructure and software solutions provider building the next generation of sovereign-grade AI data centres across EMEA. Designed for resilience, security, and scale, we enable commercial and government customers to deploy advanced AI with confidence in environments where performance, reliability, and compliance are non-negotiable. Focused on regulated and mission-critical sectors including Government, Defence, Healthcare, and Financial Services, we are creating the trusted foundations for AI adoption at scale, combining robust infrastructure with disciplined governance to support long-term innovation and national-level capability.
THIS ROLE
You will own the successful, on-time delivery of Sovereign AI's grid and gas infrastructure projects, taking preliminary engineering design and converting it into a contracted, resourced, and executable delivery programme. Working closely with the Electrical and Mechanical Project/Package Manager roles, you will set the contracting and procurement strategy for each package - EPC/turnkey, design & build, or multi-contract - and own the master programme, supply chain relationships, and long-lead item strategy across both disciplines.
This is a role with direct accountability for bringing projects to realisation against cost, schedule, and quality commitments, and for building the contractor and supplier ecosystem Sovereign AI will rely on across future sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the contract delivery strategy for each project package - EPC/turnkey, design & build, or multi-contract - including the risk allocation rationale, presenting recommendations to the VP - Power for approval
- Convert initial design (concept / pre-FEED) into a buildable, fully contracted delivery programme spanning both grid (HV/MV) and gas (OCGT/CCGT/gas engine) infrastructure
- Own the master delivery programme, integrating electrical and mechanical/gas workstreams into a single critical path, managing interfaces and dependencies between them
- Own long-lead item strategy across both disciplines - identifying critical equipment such as transformers, GIS switchgear, gas turbines, and gensets, and sequencing early market engagement ahead of design freeze
- Lead supply chain development, building and maintaining a panel of EPC contractors, OEMs, and tier-1 suppliers across both grid and gas disciplines
- Grow a team, including direct reports and recruitment into broader infrastructure functions, to support delivery
- Act as the primary escalation point for commercial decisions, contract variations, and programme re-baselining raised by the technical PM roles
- Own the interface between technical delivery and the commercial, procurement, and legal functions, ensuring contract strategy and programme decisions are commercially coherent
- Report programme-level status, critical path risk, and delivery confidence to senior leadership and, where relevant, client or investor stakeholders
- Ensure delivery approach and contractor/supplier engagement remain compliant with UK statutory requirements, relevant grid and gas codes, and CDM regulations
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EXPERIENCE
- Experience of project/programme delivery experience across energy or utilities infrastructure, with clear accountability for cost, schedule, and delivery outcomes
- Proven track record structuring and running EPC or design & build tenders - strategy, process, negotiation, and contract award - rather than administering contracts set by others
- Experience managing multi-contract, multi-package programmes with interfacing scopes, not solely single-contractor oversight
- Direct experience of long-lead equipment procurement in a constrained supply market, sequencing early commitments ahead of full design freeze
- A track record spanning, or directing delivery across, both electrical/grid and gas/mechanical infrastructure
- Experience as the named delivery owner accountable to a client, investor, or off-taker for a hard completion or energisation date
- Background in one or more of: data centres, power generation, grid/utility infrastructure, or large industrial EPC programmes
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SKILLS
- Strong commercial and contractual fluency - NEC3/4, FIDIC, or bespoke EPC forms - with genuine negotiation experience
- Able to evaluate and recommend contracting strategy (EPC vs. multi-contract vs. hybrid) based on risk allocation, market conditions, and programme constraints
- Skilled people leader, able to manage and develop technical PMs from different engineering disciplines
- Confident building and sustaining supplier and contractor relationships over the long term
- Strong programme management capability, able to integrate multiple interfacing workstreams into a single coherent critical path
- Effective communicator across technical, commercial, and senior leadership audiences
- Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and ambiguity in a fast-moving development environment
QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, or related discipline) or equivalent significant industry experience
- Recognised project/programme management qualification (e.g. APM PMQ, PRINCE2, MSP) required
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status, or demonstrable progress towards, desirable
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