Infrastructure Manager

First Recruitment Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

First Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Manager to support the delivery and integration of critical infrastructure within a highly regulated environment. You will act as the intelligent customer, ensuring projects align with operational requirements, safety standards, and long-term strategic objectives.

The role interfaces with delivery programmes, stakeholders, engineering authorities, and asset owners, and responsibilities cover from construction to

Qualifications

• Proven experience in infrastructure, engineering, construction, asset management, or project delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience operating within highly regulated or safety-critical industries.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving capabilities.
• Familiarity with engineering assurance and governance frameworks.
• Experience acting as an Intelligent Customer or Client Representative.

Responsibilities

• Act as the client-side lead for infrastructure assurance and integration activities.
• Ensure infrastructure projects support safe, secure, and effective operational outcomes.
• Provide oversight throughout construction, modification, commissioning, handover, and decommissioning phases.
• Review and assure infrastructure delivered by contractors and supply chain partners before acceptance into service.
• Collaborate with engineering authorities, project delivery teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Ensure capability requirements are clearly understood and reflected within infrastructure plans.
• Support long-term estate, asset, and infrastructure planning activities.
• Maintain effective relationships across multiple programmes and stakeholder groups.
• Monitor compliance with safety, governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide regular progress updates and reports to senior leadership

Skills

Infrastructure management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Regulated environment

Independent working

Time management

Problem solving

Intelligent Customer

Governance awareness

Capital projects

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Location: West Scotland (Hybrid Working Available)

Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required or Eligibility to Obtain

Sector: Defence Infrastructure / Major Programmes

IR35: Inside

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Manager to support the delivery and integration of critical infrastructure within a highly regulated operational environment.

This position sits at the interface between infrastructure delivery programmes, operational stakeholders, engineering authorities, and asset owners. The successful candidate will act as an intelligent customer, ensuring that infrastructure projects align with operational requirements, safety standards, and long-term strategic objectives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior infrastructure, engineering, project, or asset management professional who thrives in complex, safety-critical environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the client-side lead for infrastructure assurance and integration activities.
• Ensure infrastructure projects support safe, secure, and effective operational outcomes.
• Provide oversight throughout construction, modification, commissioning, handover, and decommissioning phases.
• Review and assure infrastructure delivered by contractors and supply chain partners before acceptance into service.
• Collaborate with engineering authorities, project delivery teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Ensure capability requirements are clearly understood and reflected within infrastructure plans.
• Support long-term estate, asset, and infrastructure planning activities.
• Maintain effective relationships across multiple programmes and stakeholder groups.
• Monitor compliance with safety, governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide regular progress updates and reports to senior leadership

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience in infrastructure, engineering, construction, asset management, or project delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience operating within highly regulated or safety-critical industries.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.
• Defence, nuclear, marine, utilities, transport, or other critical infrastructure sector experience.
• Experience acting as an Intelligent Customer or Client Representative.
• Knowledge of commissioning, handover, asset acceptance, and operational readiness processes.
• Familiarity with engineering assurance and governance frameworks.
• Experience working alongside major capital project or programme delivery teams.

Security & Working Arrangements

• Applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance (SC) and be Sole UK Nationals.
• Hybrid working is available, with regular site attendance required to support project and operational needs.

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to work within a nationally significant infrastructure environment.
• Exposure to complex, high-value capital programmes.
• Collaborative and technically challenging delivery landscape.
• Long-term programme pipeline and career development opportunities.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.

If you have a background in infrastructure management, project delivery, engineering assurance, or asset management and are looking to play a key role in the successful integration of major infrastructure programmes, we would be pleased to hear from you.