Project Manager

GIS Recruiter Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GIS Recruiter Ltd is seeking a Project Manager to support a utility transformation programme in the Energy/Smart Grid sector. You will drive project delivery within a DNO/DSO/TSO environment, coordinating stakeholders, technical specialists and delivery partners to achieve planned outcomes on time and within budget.

You will manage scope, schedules, budgets and governance, identify risks, issues and dependencies, and report progress to senior management, ensuring regulatory and safety

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing projects within a DNO, DSO or TSO environment.
• Understanding electricity transmission or distribution operations.
• Experience delivering technology, systems, or business change projects.
• Strong planning, governance and reporting skills.
• Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies and change control.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and third-party suppliers.
• Strong stakeholder management across technical and senior teams.
• Experience handling competing priorities and delivery challenges.
• Structured delivery approach with ownership and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects through initiation, planning, delivery, transition and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and acceptance criteria with business and technical stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets and resource requirements.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating matters where required.
• Coordinate internal teams, external suppliers and delivery partners across business and technical workstreams.
• Monitor progress against milestones, costs and quality requirements, taking corrective action where necessary.
• Prepare clear status reports and support project boards, governance meetings and stakeholder reviews.
• Manage changes to scope, timescales and costs through agreed change control processes.
• Ensure project delivery takes account of operational, safety, security and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate testing, business readiness, implementation and handover into operational support, as applicable.
• Track project benefits and capture lessons learned.

Skills

DNO/DSO/TSO experience

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Risk management

Change control

Budget management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Education

PRINCE2/APM/PMP certification

Job description

We are recruiting a Project Manager to support a utility transformation programme withinthe Energy / Smart Grid sector. Our client will only consider candidates with previous project delivery experience within a Distribution Network Operator (DNO), Distribution System Operator (DSO) or Transmission System Operator (TSO) environment.

Working with business stakeholders, technical specialists and delivery partners, you will manage projects supporting electricity network operations, modernisation and business change. You will take responsibility for planning, governance and delivery, ensuring agreed outcomes are achieved within scope, budget and timescales.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage projects through initiation, planning, delivery, transition and closure
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and acceptance criteria with business and technical stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets and resource requirements.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating matters where required.
• Coordinate internal teams, external suppliers and delivery partners across business and technical workstreams.
• Monitor progress against milestones, costs and quality requirements, taking corrective action where necessary.
• Prepare clear status reports and support project boards, governance meetings and stakeholder reviews.
• Manage changes to scope, timescales and costs through agreed change control processes.
• Ensure project delivery takes account of operational, safety, security and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate testing, business readiness, implementation and handover into operational support, as applicable.
• Track project benefits and capture lessons learned.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience managing projects within a DNO, DSO or TSO environment.
• An understanding of electricity transmission or distribution operations and the challenges of delivering change within a utility organisation.
• Experience delivering technology, systems, operational improvement or business change projects.
• Strong project planning, financial management, governance and reporting skills.
• Demonstrable experience managing risks, issues, dependencies and change control.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and third-party suppliers.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to communicate with technical specialists, operational teams and senior management.
• Experience managing competing priorities and resolving delivery challenges.
• A structured approach to delivery, with clear ownership and accountability.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting smart grid, electricity network modernisation or energy transition programmes.
• Exposure to operational technology, control room systems, network management systems, asset management, GIS or enterprise system integration.
• Experience delivering projects within a regulated environment.
• Familiarity with waterfall, Agile or hybrid delivery approaches.
• A recognised project management qualification, such as PRINCE2, APM or PMP.
• Experience coordinating projects across a wider programme with shared resources and interdependent workstreams.