Lead Project Manager – Battery Storage & Grid Infra

Spencer Ogden; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Ogden is seeking a proactive Project Manager to lead large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across the UK. You will drive delivery from award to commissioning, ensuring safety, on-time, on-budget, and to high technical standards.

Ideal candidates have strong engineering knowledge, excellent stakeholder management, and experience on grid-connected energy infrastructure, working with EPCs, ICPs, and DNOs while travelling across the UK.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in project delivery (energy storage, solar, or grid-scale infrastructure).
• Strong understanding of construction and commissioning phases of battery projects.
• Experience working with EPCs, ICPs, and DNOs on grid-connected projects.
• Knowledge of contracts (FIDIC or equivalent) and variation processes.
• Comfortable with project tools such as Gantt charts, financial tracking, and reporting systems.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-driven mindset.
• Willingness to travel across the UK for site and stakeholder visits.

Responsibilities

• Manage tendering and contract scopes with EPCs, ICPs, and other partners.
• Oversee construction delivery, including planning conditions and grid compliance (G99, ION, FON).
• Monitor budgets, schedules, risks, and contractor performance.
• Coordinate stakeholder meetings and project reporting.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, CDM, and planning requirements.
• Manage commissioning, handover, and close-out of projects.
• Support dispute resolution and provide technical/commercial input on change orders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Energy storage

Grid infrastructure

Contract management

Communication

Tools

Gantt charts

Budget tracking

Reporting systems

Job description

Spencer Ogden is seeking a proactive Project Manager to lead large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across the UK. You will drive delivery from award to commissioning, ensuring safety, on-time, on-budget, and to high technical standards.

Ideal candidates have strong engineering knowledge, excellent stakeholder management, and experience on grid-connected energy infrastructure, working with EPCs, ICPs, and DNOs while travelling across the UK.