Head of Major Projects – Power & Infrastructure Delivery

National Grid; Bodmin; Presencial; GBP 104 000 - 127 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Annual bonus up to 40%

Company car or car allowance

28 days + 8 bank holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Pension scheme with 12% match

Life assurance

Sharesave scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site parking

Resumo da oferta

National Grid is seeking a Head of Projects to lead the Primary distribution systems and Major Projects within the South West Electricity Distribution network. You will manage a portfolio of investment and regulated funding end-to-end, from mobilisation to benefits realisation, across multiple sites including Bodmin and Bristol.

Based in the South West, you will drive safety, governance, and performance, coordinate budgets and capital and revenue plans, and work with the PMO to embed best

Qualificações

• Exceptional people leadership skills, with experience managing large engineering or construction teams, both insourced and outsourced.
• Proven experience in managing a portfolio of projects. Preferable to have experience in electricity, energy or other utility industry.
• Strong project, programme or portfolio leader with a track record of managing contracts and planning large capital infrastructure projects. Ideally you’ll also be confident in data analysis and using insights to drive decisions.
• Financial management expertise, including developing and managing budgets, co-ordinating capital and revenue plans
• A change leader at heart - curious, adaptable, and always looking for innovative ways to help us to achieve more.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and inspire a team of Managers and operational functions, fostering engagement and high performance
• Set clear objectives, monitor performance and control of all Primary Distribution activities within the region.
• Deliver exceptional customer service, ensuring customers in the Distribution Area receive the highest level of service.
• Develop and manage budgets, coordinating Capital and Revenue plans and controlling expenditure effectively.
• Drive a strong safety culture, embedding best practices across all operations.
• Manage major capital projects/programmes from end-to-end, ensuring delivery against time, cost and quality targets.
• Design and implement a new operating model, overseeing sign-off and successful execution.
• Embrace, implement and embed, best practice governance and controls in partnership with the PMO.
• Translate strategic business plans into operational delivery plans, including making decisions on insourcing versus outsourcing.
• Oversee the full project lifecycle, from appointing project leaders to project closure.
• Define WBS and support schedule creation across all programme types.
• Track and report on project performance, including forecasting, baseline scheduling, resource loading, cost to complete, variance analysis and lessons learned.
• Ensure effective risk, issue and Opportunity, engagement throughout all programmes.
• Embed governance and, compliance, including gating performance reporting insights.
• Monitor contractual compliance across all projects, ensuring supplier performance and contractual obligations are met.
• Champion best practice and consistency across the wider matrix organisation.

Conhecimentos

People leadership

Portfolio management

Data analysis

Budgeting

Change leadership

Descrição da oferta de emprego

National Grid is seeking a Head of Projects to lead the Primary distribution systems and Major Projects within the South West Electricity Distribution network. You will manage a portfolio of investment and regulated funding end-to-end, from mobilisation to benefits realisation, across multiple sites including Bodmin and Bristol.

Based in the South West, you will drive safety, governance, and performance, coordinate budgets and capital and revenue plans, and work with the PMO to embed best