Project Manager

Job title:

Project Manager

Company:

UK Power Networks

Job description

80294 – Project ManagerThis Project Manager will report to the Programme Manager and will work within Investment Delivery – Capital Programme based in our London office. You will be a permanent employee.You will attract a salary of £76,229, car/car allowance, inner London 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 remoteClose Date: 24/02/2025.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:The role of the Project Manager in the LPN Investment Delivery team is to project provide construction assurance on a portfolio of, or individual projects from inception to completion. The Project Manager agrees and implements the project delivery strategy. You will forecast resource and material requirements, monitor project costs and delivery, manage contractor performance and provide regular reports. The role also includes liaison with Design, Infrastructure Planning, Procurement, Supply Chain, Network Operations and Asset Management.Principal Accountabilities:

• Complete projects / portfolio of projects from inception to completion to time, quality, 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

• Produce delivery plans and ensure adequate provision of direct / contract resources, materials and services to ensure that project programmes are maintained

• Manage commercial arrangements with contractors to ensure that contractual arrangements are met and that cost controls are in place

• Provide monthly reports including achievement, costs and forecasts

• Manage the portfolio of projects delivery risks and provide early warning to mitigate and manage the level of risk exposure.

• Contribution and accountability on the assigned portfolio of projects for regulatory reporting requirements, including auditing of actual and forecast cost and output data.

• Liaise with important partners such as Infrastructure Planning, Design, Connections, Supply Chain, Network Operations, Procurement and Commercial 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 fully aware of all safety and environmental requirements

• Develop the project execution plan and present project governance approval papers

Qualifications:

• Experience managing construction and engineering projects of values in the region of £10m plus

• Commercial awareness

• Ideally you will have an Degree in Electrical Engineering , or Civil Engineering all with a Project Management bias

• 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 regulations and ISO9001 quality processes

• Experience of Primavera P6, online project collaboration tools, Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, Word and Access) and project management techniques

• 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) is required, with experience managing the development and construction of electrical distribution projects. However, applications from candidates with a lesser qualifications but a demonstrably strong record of accomplishment in project management in construction, electrical distribution or similar would be welcome.

Nature and Scope:The Investment Delivery team is part of the Capital Programme & Procurement directorate. The team is responsible for programme management of NAMP lines and work with framework contractors to deliver the programme. The role of a Project Manager in Investment Delivery is more biased towards Project Management skills than operational skills, although some operational experience would be advantageous.The Project Manager will lead a matrix structured diverse, multi-contract project team, and provide the necessary direction, targets and project milestones to ensure effective use of resources. The Project Manager will ensure that important 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. The Project Manager role may have a portfolio that is NAMP line specific or cover a range of NAMP lines.The Capital Programme directorate is planning to increase the Project Management competence in the team and therefore you will be required to undertake a formal qualification in Project Management.Health & Safety ResponsibilitiesManagers 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.If in doubt ask!We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Expected salary

£76229 per year

Location

West Ham, East London

Job date

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:39:47 GMT

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