Change Manager

NATIONAL GRID; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy provider in the UK is seeking an Onshore Change Manager to oversee the change management process within the Great Grid Upgrade partnership. The role involves managing daily operations of change procedures, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring alignment between project scope, cost, and schedule. Candidates should demonstrate strong influencing skills and experience in regulated energy sectors. Offering a competitive salary up to £76,000 as well as flexible benefits and a significant pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme up to 30%

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Experience of operating in heavily regulated energy entities.
• Ability to see and draw together disparate activities/groups.
• Ability to interact appropriately at a range of organizational levels.

Responsibilities

• Ownership & management of day-to-day operation of change procedures.
• Maintain the change register/system with full traceability.
• Lead change review boards and governance meetings.
• Coordinate impact analysis of changes on projects.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Influencing skills

Accountability

Adaptability

Job description

About the role

National Grid has launched the Great Grid Upgrade Partnership, an opportunity for supply chain partners to help National Grid deliver the largest overhaul of the electricity grid in generations.

We are moving to a programmatic delivery approach and an enterprise based collaborative contracting model. It is anticipated that the programme will include projects delivered through conventional scope-based contracts and schemes delivered through the Great Grid Partnership (GGP) delivery model.

The Onshore Programme Management Office (PMO) has a significant role to play in supporting delivery of these projects. Change Control and Baseline Management play a key role in supporting the Project teams ensuring that Scope, cost, Schedule, Risk changes are assessed, approved and controlled in an auditable manner and in alignment with set procedures and standards. The Onshore Change Manager will report to the Head of Governance Assurance and Change.

The role will require presence in Warwick / Birmingham a few times a week; therefore travelling to these locations is essential.

About You

• Understand, promote and role model new ways of working and behaviours
• Demonstrate a high level of accountability and ownership.
• Promote respect for people, work collaboratively and understand how to create the environment for high performing teams.
• Have a willingness to learn and adapt. Adopt a growth mindset, sharing and accepting knowledge to explore different approaches and solutions.
• Provide measured and helpful challenge.
• Ability to interact appropriately at range/all levels of organization.
• Stakeholder management – internal, external, and senior management
• Ability to see and draw together disparate activities/groups to improve process & efficiency.
• Experience of operating in heavily regulated energy entities
• Sophisticated influencing skills to drive rollout and acceptance of Change process.
• Organizational /Admin skills

What you'll do

• Ownership & management of day-to-day operation of Standard operating procedure for change and adherence to BP500SI Performance Baseline procedure.
• Maintain the change register/system, providing full traceability from initiation through approval to implementation and closeout
• Assess and coordinate impact analysis of changes on Project scope, cost, schedule and risk.
• Ensure alignment between technical commercial and programme impacts working closely with engineering commercial and planning teams as reqd
• Protect approved baselines ensuring no change is implemented without appropriate authority and approval
• Facilitate change review boards and governance meetings preparing papers recommendations on decisions
• Provide accurate and timely reporting on change status trends cumulative impact and forecast exposure
• Promote consistent change management standards and best practise across projects and work packages within the PMO
• Work with Head of Governance Assurance and Change to ensure alignment between Onshore and Strategic Infrastructure Stakeholders (Offshore, Finance, Portfolio Management Office etc )
• Support Portfolio/Project Directors with Change related enquiries
• Develop best practise in Change and train the wider project teams to ensure compliance with relevant operating procedure.
• Ensure all systems capture and reflect all changes made.
• Participate in ongoing development of BP500-SI with PMO and PPMO
• Identification of blockers and opportunities for improvement.
• Actively seek feedback on the process as operated and feed into improvements.
• Project stakeholder engagement at all levels of projects to support projects in all change related issues.
• Effective process around Lessons Learned – leveraged to improve process & performance.
• Day to Day Management of Change Team
• Development of team skills and capability
• Effective working with teams formed of internal and external staff.

What you'll get

A competitive salary up to £76,000 dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on up to 30% on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About us

The British Energy Security Strategy set out the Government's ambition to connect up to 50GW of offshore generation to the electricity network by 2030. Facilitating this ambition will require significant reinforcements to the onshore electricity transmission network. National Grid Strategic Infrastructure will make this happen.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via the Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More Information

This role closes on 5th February 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the unique differences people bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation that comes with having diverse teams and business need.

We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and provide a working environment where everyone feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.