Project Manager

JobFlurry; Annesley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy services firm in the UK seeks Project Managers for overhead line projects as part of the Great Grid Upgrade initiative. The role involves overseeing project sites, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and serving as the main contact for clients and stakeholders. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in large-scale construction projects, ideally in overhead line work, along with relevant project management qualifications. This position offers a hybrid working model with opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in large-scale construction projects, preferably in overhead line work.
• Full clean driving license for UK travel.
• Strong ability to oversee health, safety, quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee health, safety, quality, and compliance across project sites.
• Act as main point of contact for clients and stakeholders.
• Support design and commercial teams with technical input.

Skills

Knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation

Experience in large-scale construction projects

Confidence in client interactions

Ability to lead stakeholder meetings

Mentoring and inspiring teams

Education

Project Management qualification

Higher Education degree

Recognised Health & Safety certificate (e.g., NEBOSH)

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in an afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

In our Transmission and Renewables Division, we focus on building and maintaining the infrastructure that keeps electricity flowing. From substations to transmission lines, our work makes sure homes, businesses, and communities across the UK have the power they need.

We’re looking for two Project Managers to help deliver overhead line projects as part of the Great Grid Upgrade (GGP) - the UK’s biggest programme to strengthen and modernise the electricity transmission network. These are brand‑new roles, starting with projects in the Birmingham area but open to candidates across the UK. The positions follow a hybrid working pattern - three days on site with flexibility, plus regular travel and overnight stays when required.

Want to become part of it?

What you’ll be doing

Oversee health, safety, quality, and compliance across project sites, keeping documentation accurate and up to date

Act as the main point of contact for clients, stakeholders, and third‑party partners, while coordinating resources with internal teams

Support design and commercial teams by providing technical input, capturing contract changes, and driving efficiency and profitability

Lead, mentor, and inspire the project management team, producing clear reports and representing M Group professionally throughout each project lifecycle

Do you enjoy leading teams, solving problems, and making sure projects run smoothly from start to finish?

What you’ll bring

Strong knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and NEC3 / 4 construction contracts

Experience in large‑scale construction projects (5+ years), ideally including overhead line work

Confidence working with clients and leading stakeholder meetings

Flexibility to travel across the UK, with a full clean driving license

Relevant qualifications - Project Management, Higher Education degree, and a recognised Health & Safety certificate (e.g. NEBOSH)

Are you someone who thrives in a client‑facing role and enjoys building strong relationships?

What’s in it for you?

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

Reward and recognition scheme

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from or car allowance
• Private health care and health care cash plan
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Overtime

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note

Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.