EHV Programme Manager

Last Mile; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Cycle to work salary sacrifice

Up to 7% employer pension contribution

Life assurance (x4)

Private medical insurance

Flexible start times

Employee assistance programme

Retail, travel and leisure discounts

Job summary

Last Mile is recruiting an EHV Programme Manager to coordinate complex EHV connections, including BESS and data centres, across multiple projects in the UK. You will liaise with DNOs, ICPs and customers to ensure milestones are met and energy networks are adopted safely.

You will lead end-to-end delivery from acceptance through energisation, maintaining robust documentation, controls, and customer communications while driving continuous process improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing the IDNO adoption process end to end.
• Track record delivering EHV connections (33kV+) including BESS and data centres.
• Knowledge of Bilateral Connection Agreements, MPAN/MSID registration.
• Understanding GB electricity industry structure (DNOs, ICPs, DCUSA).
• Familiarity with design approval, inspection and pre-energisation for adoptable networks.

Responsibilities

• Take a formal handover from the bid and sales team at acceptance of offer, including a register of commitments.
• Feed delivery experience back to the bid team to ensure realistic tender commitments.
• Build and maintain an integrated programme for each project with milestones and risks.
• Keep customers informed of regulatory updates and how they affect projects.
• Confirm ICP accreditation and resourcing prior to works.
• Agree inspection and test plan with ICPs aligning to design approval process.
• Monitor construction quality and compliance with adoption standards.
• Manage pre-energisation checklist and ensure safety requirements are met.

Skills

EHV project management

Stakeholder management

Customer-facing experience

Milestone tracking

Regulatory knowledge

Job description

Join a leading utilities company that champions innovation and service excellence. At Last Mile, we take pride in delivering high-quality solutions across the multi-utility sector. Our Sales team is growing, and we're excited to welcome a talented EHV Programme Manager to join us.

As our EHV Programme Manager, you will be the single point of contact for our EHV customers, from acceptance of offer through to energisation, adoption, asset value payment continuing to the handover to operations. Your portfolio will focus on complex EHV connections, including BESS, data centres and large-scale industrial and commercial developments and will coordinate internal teams, the host DNO, ICPs and the customer's own contractors, and assure the quality of third-party ICP works, so that milestones are met and the network is adopted safely and on time.

It is essential for you to have strong programme management capabilities while utilising an excellent customer facing background to develop, document and continuously improve processes and procedures for the EV connection journey to ensure the smooth running of around 4-6 concurrent projects.

What's in it for you as an EHV Programme Manager?

Here at Last Mile, we pride ourselves in providing a great range of benefits including a fantastic amount of annual leave, including a Christmas shut down.

• 25 days holiday, increasing after 2 years by 1 day each year up to 30 days, plus 9 public holidays
• Discretionary bonus
• EV and ULEV salary sacrifice scheme (subject to minimum length of service)
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution
• Life assurance (x4 annual basic salary)
• Retail, travel and leisure discounts via our MilesMore benefits platform
• Refer a friend incentive
• Stream - Financial wellbeing platform
• Employee assistance programme
• Flexible start and finish times for eligible roles*
• Private medical insurance*
• Company sick pay*

*Some of our benefits are only applicable when you have successfully completed your probation period*

Your responsibilities as an EHV Programme Manager:

• Take a formal handover from the bid and sales team at acceptance of offer, including a register of every commitment made to the customer at tender (programme, service levels, technical and commercial undertakings), and deliver against it.
• Feed delivery experience back to the bid team so that future tender commitments are realistic and deliverable
• Build and maintain an integrated programme for each project, tracking milestones, dependencies and risks across the IDNO, host DNO, ICP and customer.
• Keep customers informed of relevant legal, regulatory and industry updates (for example Ofgem connections reform, ENA guidance and Engineering Recommendations) and how they affect their project.
• Before works start, confirm each ICP's accreditation, competence and resourcing for the scope, including NERS accreditation for the relevant EHV activities.
• Agree an inspection and test plan with each ICP, setting hold and witness points aligned to the Last Mile design approval process and adoption conditions.
• Monitor construction quality and compliance with G81 and LMI's adoption standards throughout the build, not just at final inspection.
• Manage the pre-energisation checklist, confirming all technical, contractual and safety requirements are met.
• Ensure safe interfaces at energisation, working with LMI's operations team within the Distribution Safety Rules and CDM requirements

Essential Experience / Knowledge:

• Proven experience managing the IDNO adoption process end to end, from design approval to asset transfer and asset value payment.
• Track record of delivering EHV connections (33kV and above), particularly BESS, data centres and large-scale industrial and commercial developments.
• Working knowledge of Bilateral Connection Agreements, customer Connection Agreements and the MPAN/MSID registration process.
• Understanding of the GB electricity industry framework, including the roles of DNOs, IDNOs, ICPs and suppliers, and relevant codes such as the DCUSA and Distribution Code.
• Familiarity with design approval, inspection and witnessing, as-built and pre-energisation requirements for adoptable networks.

Have you got the drive to go to the Last Mile as our EHV Programme Manager?

About us:

Last Mile is one of the largest last-mile multi-utility businesses in the UK.

We understand construction and we know utilities. We design, build, own, and manage the 'last mile' of essential utilities infrastructure.

With a proven history of delivering multi-utility connections across Great Britain, we provide a full suite of utility infrastructure, including clean heat networks, electricity, gas, water, wastewater and fibre.

With a strong track record, deep industry knowledge and solid investor backing, we take a forward-thinking approach to the complex economic, social and environmental challenges of today, to innovate for a better tomorrow.

Through Last Mile and our asset adoption business Last Mile Asset Management, we provide a 'one-stop shop' for new utility connections.

We're proud to be a Great Place to Work certified business and a Living Wage Employer, reflecting our commitment to supporting and valuing our people.

For further enquiries, contact [e-mail] visit our website at www.lastmile.co.uk

At Last Mile, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We consider all applications solely on the basis of skills and experience and actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.