Project Manager

80891 - Project Manager

This Project Manager will report to the Programme Manager and will work within Capital Programme based in our Bury St Edmunds office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £80,574 + car/allowance and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 29/05/2025

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays. 
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers’ products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

Job Purpose:

As the Project Manager you will manage projects and provide construction assurance on a portfolio of, or individual projects, from inception to completion. You will agree and implement the project delivery strategy.

In the role you will forecast resource and material requirements, monitor project costs and delivery, manage contractor performance and provide regular reports. This includes working with Design, Infrastructure Planning, Procurement, Supply Chain, Network Operations and Asset Management to ensure all aspects of the project are communicated.

Nature and Scope:

The Project Manager will coordinate and lead a matrix structured multi-disciplinary, multi-contract project team, and provide the necessary direction, targets and project milestones to ensure use of resources.

The Project Manager will ensure that key functions of the project delivery are in place. These include scopes of work, procurement processes, capital approval, resource planning (materials and people), project delivery, reporting and review.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Deliver projects / portfolio of projects from inception to completion to time, quality and cost maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management.
• Ensure construction assurance through audits on quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, compliance with testing and commissioning procedures and safety and environmental procedures. Ensure that the required project completion data is completed and submitted for processing (Netmap, Ellipse, Project wise etc.)
• Produce delivery plans and ensure provision of direct / contract resources, materials and services to ensure that project programmes are maintained
• Work with PMO to ensure P6 programmes are up to date to enable monthly reports to be produced, including achievement, costs and forecasts etc.
• Network Operations, Procurement and Asset Management to ensure that projects are managed from inception to completion
• Ensure that all work is carried out to provide very high levels of Customer Service e.g. minimise Customer Interruptions & Customer Minutes Lost, network risk, and customer complaints
• Ensure that all workers engaged on the projects / portfolio of projects are aware of all safety and environmental requirements
• Develop the Project Execution Plan and prepare and present project approval papers for Portfolio Board.
• Engage with Asset Management and Alliance PDD team pre Gate B approval to ensure correct scope and budget are mandated following the Alliance Governance & Delivery process.
• Follow the Alliance Governance & Delivery process for subsequent Gate C and Gate D submissions.
• Assist Commercial team in the production of any CGM related submissions.
• Assist Lead Designer in matters relating to acceptance of the contractor's design
• Assist Commercial team in the preparation of PSC/WPO documentation in readiness for issuing
• Assist Commercial team in identifying any PSC/WPO errors in already issued documents
• Produce Project Execution Plans and Activity Information Packs
• Assist Commercial team/Sub Programme Manager in reviewing an Alliance Delivery Proposal in readiness for acceptance
• Production and up keep of P6 Risk Register and provide information to the Risk Advisory Board
• Provide or delegate consent activity in liaison with UKPN Property & Consents team
• Identify 'free issue' materials and arrange as required through UKPN Supply Chain
• Arrange access as required to undertake the works, including both landowner access (via P&C) and Outages via Network Control
• Ensure projects are notified and comply with CDM requirements and that they are delivered safely
• Produce a weekly safety report
• Undertake site safety inspections and record the inspections on UKPN's AIRline system.
• Deliver projects in compliance with UKPN's 'Project Control Handbook'.

General Project Manager Actions and Reporting Requirements:-

• Ensure Purchase Orders are monitored and timely Goods Receipts undertaken each month before SAP1 close date.
• Update the Finance Accruals list by the Finance cut-off date each month.
• Ensure P6 programmes are updated for forecast costs by the Finance cut-off date each month.
• Ensure P6 programmes are updated for actual costs to date and also posted accrued costs.
• Produce the monthly variance report at SAP2 close date each month and identify any further accruals required.
• Ensure project costs/forecast costs align with the associated NAMP provision on a minimum quarterly basis and initiate any NAMP Change Requests.
• Check and validate monthly Contractor KPI submissions.
• Project programme reviews & updates with P6 Planner.
• Review P6 risk registers, issues logs and project commentary to align with PMO reporting timetable

Qualifications, Skills and Experience;

• A formal qualification from a recognised Project Management or construction professional body equivalent to APM PMQ or higher or A HNC in Electrical or Civil Engineering (or equivalent) with experience of managing the development and construction of electrical distribution projects is the preferred requirement, however, applications from candidates with a lesser qualification and a strong record of accomplishment in either project management or electrical distribution infrastructures (design or construction) would be welcomed.
• Excellent understanding of construction management best practice
• A safety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely will be advantageous as will experience working with the CDM 2015 regulations and ISO9001 quality processes
• Knowledge and experience of Primavera P6, online project collaboration tools, Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, Word and Access) and project management techniques
• Knowledge of the EHV distribution network and Distribution Safety Rules would be desirable.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.