Post Award Programme Lead

BUUK Infrastructure; Bury; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

BUUK Infrastructure, through its GTC division, seeks a Post Award Programme Lead to manage post award programmes, coordinate with the Senior Project Manager and Lead Designer, and ensure delivery dates are met. You will maintain project templates, liaise with customers, and drive continuous improvement.

The role requires strong organisational and communication skills, experience in utilities, and the ability to manage multiple meetings and reports.

Qualifications

• Educated to A Level or equivalent.
• Experience in a customer-focused role.
• Experience in a utility environment for construction or design.
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; highly organised and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Manage post award programme for new awards using approved templates.
• Organise and attend internal post award meetings within 48 hours of acceptance.
• Maintain high productivity and quality in programme delivery.
• Coordinate external post award meetings with Senior PM and Lead Designer.
• Prepare draft programme for post award activities and issue to customer within a week.
• Produce bi-weekly progress reports for customer and project team.
• Chase missing information and manage contractual changes as needed.
• Produce management reports on progress and issues.

Skills

Excellent communication

Client facing

Microsoft Office

Highly organised

Attention to detail

Calm under pressure

Proactive approach

Education

A Level or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

GIS Knowledge

Job description

Job Location: Woolpit

Additional Location Information:

Salary: Starting from £31,519

Contract type: Permanent

Posting End Date: 02/10/2026

At BUUK Infrastructure, our vision is to be the leading utility partner to accelerate the UK towards net zero for all our customers. Our group of companies has been the major drive for change and innovation over 30 years.

We provide a supportive environment that is committed to enabling our people to be the best - ensuring they feel proud to be themselves and part of BUUK Infrastructure.

GTC, part of the BUUK Infrastructure Group, are looking for Post Award Programme Lead who would like to help us reach our mission to "earn customer loyalty and drive business growth by providing consistently excellent service".

Purpose of this role

To provide technical administrative support for a dedicated GTC Region to work with the Senior Project Manager for the area to deliver all off site / post award programmes to the customer and ensure that all delivery dates are made / amended in line with the programme. Working closely with the SPM and the Nominated Designer to deliver a seamless post award product to the market.

Your key responsibilities are

• Responsible for post award programme management for all new awards using approved programme templates and in compliance with company procedures.
• Organise and attend internal post award meeting within 48 hours of acceptance of the new GTC project.
• Maintain a high level of productivity and quality.
• Organise and attend the external post award meeting within 1 week of customer acceptance including the Senior PM and Lead Designer for the project.
• Prepare the draft programme for the off site / enabling and post award activities and issue to the customer within one week of the first post award meeting.
• Organise and attend the follow up post award meetings with the customer as agreed / required to meet the project delivery dates.
• Take note of all actions arising from the meetings and reflect them in the project programme.
• Issue bi-weekly programme updates to the customer and internal project team.
• Chase missing information from the customer or advise on delay to the programme.
• Internal stakeholder management for the various utilities - make sure people are delivering on time for the project, chase and elevate where appropriate.
• Weekly meetings with the internal Legal team to monitor progress on all legal transactions within your project portfolio.
• Issue variations to the contract to the customer where applicable.
• Liaise with Senior Project Manager to assist with contractual changes and to ensure all relevant information is updated real time.
• Prepare the pricing or source the pricing of contractual variation orders and be responsible to assist the Senior Project Manager in customer liaison in matters where contractual change is identified.
• Produce reports to management on progress of current projects.
• Perform other ad hoc office duties which are classified as non-critical but can be achieved when time permits depending on the other activities, together with any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Line Manager or Senior Project Manager.

Qualifications

• Educated to A Level or equivalent.

Experience / Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of customer's needs and have experience in a customer focused role.
• Experience working in a utility environment for construction and or design.
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

Abilities / Skills

• Excellent communication skills - verbal, written and numerate.
• Experience working in a client / customer facing environment.
• Competent in all standard Microsoft Office applications.
• Highly organised.
• Able to manage workload and ensure deadlines are met.
• Attention to detail.
• Remains calm under pressure.
• Proactive approach to work.

Desirable

• Experience within the multi utility sector.
• GIS Knowledge.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office programmes or equivalent, including Microsoft Project.
• Resilient.
• Ability to multi-task.

What can you expect from us

• Cost of living annual pay review.
• Company pension contributions up to 10% if employees contribute 5%.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays with the ability to purchase an additional 2 weeks.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
• To say thank you, each time you successfully refer someone you will receive a referral payment of £1000 (net of tax).
• Hybrid working for eligible roles.
• Development opportunities to reach your career aspirations.
• BUUK has an award-winning culture. We care about your wellbeing and safety as we all deserve the right to go home safe, every day. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we respect each other and advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in all we do.
• Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you would like to be a part of our team and you meet many, but not all our requirements for this role, please apply. You can also ask us about flexible working options.

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