Project Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Dundee; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Pension and incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead complex Power Transmission & Distribution projects from Dundee. You will drive safe delivery, manage budgets and schedules, and coordinate engineering, design, procurement and construction teams.

You will build strong client and stakeholder relationships, practice Zero Harm, and mentor project teams to achieve safe, on-time handover of high‑voltage infrastructure and substations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing projects through planning, design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Strong project leadership and people management capability.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing multiple project interfaces.
• A strong understanding of health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Experience managing project programmes, budgets, risks, opportunities and resources.
• Commercial awareness and experience managing subcontractors and supply chain partners.
• The ability to understand and interrogate technical information and constructively challenge designs and proposed solutions.
• Strong client and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication, organisation and decision-making skills.
• The ability to lead, motivate and develop project teams in a complex delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for successful project delivery, ensuring works are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Lead and manage multi-disciplinary project teams, creating an environment where individuals and teams can thrive and perform at their best.
• Coordinate project activities across construction, engineering, design, commercial, procurement, quality, safety and environmental functions.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and supply chain partners.
• Manage subcontractors, monitoring performance and progress and ensuring contractual requirements are achieved.
• Maintain a relentless focus on Zero Harm, ensuring appropriate health, safety and environmental standards are embedded throughout project delivery.
• Lead project risk and opportunity reviews, maintaining ownership of the Risk Register and implementing appropriate actions.
• Understand and interrogate designs and technical information, constructively challenging inputs and deliverables where required.
• Develop and maintain appropriate resource plans to ensure the project has the right capability to deliver successfully.
• Oversee project governance, reporting and record keeping, ensuring accurate information is available to support effective decision-making.
• Ensure procurement plans align with the overall project programme, enabling materials, resources and supply chain requirements to be delivered when needed.
• Maintain a strong focus on quality throughout delivery, ensuring works are completed with successful handover, certification and close-out in mind.
• Support, develop and mentor members of the project team, helping to build high-performing teams and develop future talent.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Health & safety

Risk management

Communication

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to join our Power Transmission & Distribution portfolio, based in Dundee.

You’ll take overall accountability for the safe and successful delivery of your project, managing it from planning and design through construction, commissioning and final handover.

Our projects span a broad range of power infrastructure, so we’re keen to hear from Project Managers with experience across high-voltage (HV) infrastructure, substations, underground cabling, overhead lines or wider transmission and distribution projects.

This is a key leadership role where you’ll bring together a multi-disciplinary project team, ensuring everyone is working towards the same objectives while maintaining a strong focus on safety, programme, cost, quality and client satisfaction.

What you’ll be doing

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Take overall responsibility for successful project delivery, ensuring works are delivered safely, sustainably, on programme, within budget and to the required quality standards
• Lead and manage multi-disciplinary project teams, creating an environment where individuals and teams can thrive and perform at their best
• Coordinate project activities across construction, engineering, design, commercial, procurement, quality, safety and environmental functions
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and supply chain partners
• Manage subcontractors, monitoring performance and progress and ensuring contractual requirements are achieved
• Maintain a relentless focus on Zero Harm, ensuring appropriate health, safety and environmental standards are embedded throughout project delivery
• Lead project risk and opportunity reviews, maintaining ownership of the Risk Register and implementing appropriate actions
• Understand and interrogate designs and technical information, constructively challenging inputs and deliverables where required
• Develop and maintain appropriate resource plans to ensure the project has the right capability to deliver successfully
• Oversee project governance, reporting and record keeping, ensuring accurate information is available to support effective decision-making
• Ensure procurement plans align with the overall project programme, enabling materials, resources and supply chain requirements to be delivered when needed
• Maintain a strong focus on quality throughout delivery, ensuring works are completed with successful handover, certification and close-out in mind
• Support, develop and mentor members of the project team, helping to build high-performing teams and develop future talent

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an established Project Manager with experience delivering complex projects within Power Transmission & Distribution, energy infrastructure or a closely related environment.

Your experience could have been gained across areas such as:

• High-voltage (HV) infrastructure
• Substations
• Underground cabling
• Overhead lines
• Grid connections
• Major power and energy infrastructure

You’ll ideally have:

• Proven experience managing projects through planning, design, construction, commissioning and handover
• Strong project leadership and people management capability
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing multiple project interfaces
• A strong understanding of health, safety and environmental requirements
• Experience managing project programmes, budgets, risks, opportunities and resources
• Commercial awareness and experience managing subcontractors and supply chain partners
• The ability to understand and interrogate technical information and constructively challenge designs and proposed solutions
• Strong client and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication, organisation and decision-making skills
• The ability to lead, motivate and develop project teams in a complex delivery environment

If you’re an experienced Project Manager from a power, HV, substation, cabling, overhead line or wider energy infrastructure background looking for your next opportunity in Scotland, we’d be keen to hear from you.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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