Project Manager

Jersey Electricity Plc; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility company in Derby is seeking a project manager to oversee construction activities, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing stakeholders, risk management, and a strong ability to lead teams. This role offers a range of benefits, including a company vehicle, healthcare cash plan, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing construction activities and projects.
• Ability to plan and oversee sites to avoid delays and overspending.
• Strong stakeholder management and risk management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from start to finish with a focus on quality.
• Ensure suppliers adhere to frameworks and achieve KPIs.
• Run team meetings and support PMO in improving project delivery.

Skills

Project management

Strong communication

Client-facing skills

IT skills

Job description

About The Role
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 afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Telecom, we’re enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech enabled future.

We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators.

Mobile networks- We keep the country connected through the survey, design, installation and maintenance of private 5G networks, small cells, supporting Smart Cities & Connected infrastructure.

Want to come and be a part of it?


What will you be doing?


We’re looking for someone to manage projects from start to finish, handling construction activities based on agreed scopes with BT and MGroup. You’ll plan and oversee sites to avoid delays, overspend, and quality issues. Responsibilities include managing stakeholders, handling H&S, approving invoices, and ensuring smooth handovers. You’ll tackle risk management, stick to budgets, and work closely with Commercial to challenge suppliers. Strong communication, client-facing skills, and reporting are key, alongside supporting teams and developing staff for progression. Lastly, you’ll ensure databases are accurate and that sites meet all guidelines, delivering great results every time.

What you’ll do:


You’ll ensure suppliers stick to M Group Telecom’s framework and hit KPIs, while managing any capability gaps in programme delivery. Tasks include admin for builds, outages, and equipment call-offs, plus attending sites nationwide. You’ll run team meetings, track milestones, and support PMO in improving project delivery, especially using Site Tracker. A team player with great communication and IT skills, you’ll adapt to change, solve problems, and stay motivated in this fast-paced, hands-on role.


What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include.

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


In addition, this role offers;

Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use

Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

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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’re 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.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

We’re ambitious 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 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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