Hybrid Project Manager - Energy & Infrastructure

Energy Jobline ATTB; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Manager to lead discrete project packages and smaller standalone projects across electrical and energy infrastructure programmes. You will manage NEC contracts, drive programme delivery, and provide confident technical and commercial leadership within multi‑disciplinary teams.

You will operate with a high level of autonomy while having access to wider technical, commercial, and project controls expertise across our expanding Energy & Natural Resources

Qualifications

• Degree‑qualified in engineering, PM, or construction.
• Working toward a professional qualification (APM, ICE, IET, MCIOB, etc.).
• Able to manage multiple workstreams independently in a structured, safety‑critical environment.
• Confident in NEC processes, contract management, and client‑side governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead NEC contract administration (Options A, C, E), managing change control, early warnings, compensation events, and contractor performance across design, early works, and construction.
• Oversee design development and technical approvals, coordinating engineering inputs and ensuring alignment with project specifications and electrical infrastructure standards.
• Manage construction delivery, ensuring adherence to programme, quality, safety, environmental requirements, and client governance processes.
• Drive programme performance, proactively identifying risks, implementing mitigations, and ensuring timely resolution of issues.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, maintaining strong relationships across engineering, commercial, environmental, consenting, contractor, and client teams.
• Prepare and deliver reporting, including progress updates, dashboards, risk summaries, and commercial/contractual status reports.
• Coordinate technical interfaces with electrical engineering and system planning teams across HV/LV, OHL, UGC, and substation disciplines.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards, processes, permits, and approvals throughout design and construction phases.

Skills

NEC contract management

Contract governance

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Communication

Education

Engineering/PM degree

Professional qualification in progress (APM/ICE/IET/MCIOB)

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Project Manager to lead discrete project packages and smaller standalone projects across electrical and energy infrastructure programmes. You will manage NEC contracts, drive programme delivery, and provide confident technical and commercial leadership within multi‑disciplinary teams.

You will operate with a high level of autonomy while having access to wider technical, commercial, and project controls expertise across our expanding Energy & Natural Resources