Lead Project Manager

National Grid; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy infrastructure company in the UK is seeking Project Managers to manage vital energy projects. The role involves overseeing the construction of new electricity transmission connections, focusing on delivering projects on time and within budget. Ideal candidates will have project management experience in high-value infrastructure. In addition to a competitive salary, the position offers performance-based bonuses, flexible benefits, and a supportive work environment focused on achieving energy security and tackling climate change.

Benefits

Bonus based on personal and company performance

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits including share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex, high-value infrastructure projects.
• Technical knowledge of the Electricity Transmission system.
• Knowledge of CDM and Commercial & Contract Management (NEC) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage EPC projects to time and budget.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Provide regular project status reports.

Skills

Project management experience

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Negotiation skills

Resilience

Job description

About the role

This is the time for action - we need to move at pace and reform our energy system - to deliver energy security, to tackle climate change and to protect our people.

To manage national energy projects

This is a chance to help make Net Zero happen by project managing the infrastructure that connects low‑carbon energy to the existing electricity transmission system.

We are currently looking for Project Managers and Lead Project Managers to join the team on our Great Grid Upgrade project based between Norwich and Tilbury to build a new 400 KV electricity transmission connection of approximately 180 kilometres in overall length from Norwich Main Substation via Bramford Substation and a new Tilbury North Substation, into Tilbury Substation.

You will be required to work from site two days a week, which is likely to increase over the phase of the projects. On this basis, being commutable to the site would be ideal.

About You

• You’ll be an accomplished project manager with experience delivering complex, high‑value infrastructure projects and managing risk for delivery to scope, time, cost, quality, safety and security of supply.
• Ideally, you'll have technical knowledge of the Electricity Transmission system, with strong influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills. You’ll also have the ability to support and mentor the wider team, developing capability and resilience.
• Working knowledge and application of CDM, and Commercial & Contract Management experience (NEC) is beneficial.
• You will be working in a busy, buoyant environment with lots of variety and change. You’ll need to be resilient, driven, and good at prioritising and managing your own time, particularly when the unexpected crops up.
• Project management experience in engineering would be desirable but not essential.
• The most important thing is that you’re excited about building the kind of infrastructure that will help make Net Zero happen.
• Some overnight travel will be required.

What you'll do

Your role will be to manage EPC projects to time and budget, hitting key milestones along the way. You will use your proficiency to deliver and manage your projects in accordance with National Grid policies and procedures and the lessons learnt from your work will be shared across the wider business.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Support the management of one or multiple EPC projects, depending on the project lifecycle.
• Help to develop, sanction and deliver projects to time, cost and specification in accordance with the Network Development Process.
• Ad‑hoc support for projects across different workstreams.
• Quickly getting projects back on track if they slow down, mindful that any slippages will adversely affect the portfolio as a whole.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, CDM & Environmental legislation as well as adherence to National Grid SHES standards.
• Deliver the business’s regulatory, stakeholder and customer commitments.
• Employ a robust risk management process, ensuring governance is maintained throughout the project.
• Deliver the projects’ Capex spend and utilise value engineering to reduce costs whilst remaining within scope.
• Provide regular project status reports - financial forecasting, SHEQ performance, milestone progress & risk management data.
• Fostering an environment where everyone, regardless of seniority, feels able to share their concerns. As an organisation, we are driven by safety. We have an industry‑leading ‘Safe to Say’ policy, which encourages colleagues to speak up and take ownership of safety issues.
• Displaying a visible commitment to safety and setting the tone of project safety, for example by conducting site visits and providing timely feedback on improvements.
• Fostering a collaborative environment with the supply chain, including principal contractors; suppliers of services and plant; customers; landowners; and local authorities, residents and businesses.
• Creating an atmosphere of trust where no one is isolated and everyone’s opinions are welcomed, learned from, and used to improve things.
• Acting with fairness and honesty in your communications. When things aren’t going to plan, you will share your learnings, and when they are, you will celebrate your team’s successes.
• Mentoring members of your team and supporting their ongoing professional development.

What you will get in return

A competitive salary between £54,000 – £72,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About Us

The British Energy Security Strategy set out the Government's ambition to connect up to 50GW of offshore generation to the electricity network by 2030. Facilitating this ambition will require significant reinforcements to the onshore electricity transmission network. National Grid Strategic Infrastructure will make this happen.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via the Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far‑reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More Information

This role closes on 5th January 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potentia l.

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