Earthing Project Manager for Infrastructure Programs

SOCOTEC UK & Ireland; Wales; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Employee assistance programme

GP24 access

Flexible working

Job summary

LSTC Group Ltd, part of the SOCOTEC Group, is seeking a Project Manager – Earthing to lead a technically diverse portfolio of development and design projects from our Caerphilly office, with travel for meetings, workshops and site visits.

You will own contractual, financial and programme performance, guiding multidisciplinary teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to high standards for our power sector clients.

Qualifications

• A relevant engineering or project management qualification, degree, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end project portfolio, ensuring adherence to project management frameworks and standards.
• Monitor timelines, milestones, risks and resources across the department.
• Prepare and manage the Project Programme(s).
• Identify cross-project dependencies and mitigate potential conflicts or bottlenecks.
• Guide project delivery teams to ensure alignment with business unit objectives.
• Lead and coordinate a project team to deliver on time, to budget and with profitable outcomes.
• Manage contracts, variations and the invoicing process.
• Act as the primary point of contact for departmental portfolio updates and financial queries.
• Facilitate regular portfolio review meetings with project leads, the Head of Department and the Director of Operations.
• Produce weekly and monthly portfolio performance reports.
• Develop and maintain dashboards tracking KPIs, project health and milestones.
• Escalate critical risks, scope changes or timeline slippage with clear impact assessments and recommendations.
• Manage and reconcile monthly invoicing status reports across the portfolio.
• Track project spend against budgets, identify variances and forecast future financial requirements.
• Coordinate with accounts and clients to ensure timely invoice processing and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate financial governance records for departmental budget reviews.

Skills

IT skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Collaborative mindset

Interpersonal skills

Numerate and reporting

Education

Engineering or PM qualification

Job description

LSTC Group Ltd, part of the SOCOTEC Group, is seeking a Project Manager – Earthing to lead a technically diverse portfolio of development and design projects from our Caerphilly office, with travel for meetings, workshops and site visits.

You will own contractual, financial and programme performance, guiding multidisciplinary teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to high standards for our power sector clients.