Project Manager, Design & Build (Energy & Resources)

Stantec; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the energy sector is seeking a Project Manager for Design & Build projects. This role involves overseeing project delivery, coordinating design services, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure client satisfaction. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and opportunities for career growth within a rapidly expanding team.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension plan

Free private medical insurance

Discounted gym membership

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven leadership on large-scale Design & Build projects in the energy sector.
• Strong commercial and contractual expertise, especially with NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing multi-disciplinary design coordination and providing leadership.
• Driving timely delivery of technical and commercial outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial expertise

Risk management

Education

Technical qualification in engineering

Project Management qualification

Job description

Project Manager, Design & Build (Energy & Resources)

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The Opportunity

Stantec are actively involved in the design and management of projects across the energy sector. We are trusted by our clients to ensure the successful delivery of major projects across the UK and overseas. Our ongoing success is creating opportunities for a Project Manager focusing on Design & Build projects to join our team. The role can be based from any of our UK offices; with hybrid working allowing for a combination of in-office and home working.

The Opportunity

Stantec are actively involved in the design and management of projects across the energy sector. We are trusted by our clients to ensure the successful delivery of major projects across the UK and overseas. Our ongoing success is creating opportunities for a Project Manager focusing on Design & Build projects to join our team. The role can be based from any of our UK offices; with hybrid working allowing for a combination of in-office and home working.

As a Project Manager, Design & Build you will have a key role to ensure the successful delivery of large-scale projects. You will coordinate all aspects of our delivery to enable the delivery of design services within a multi-disciplinary design & build (D&B) environment. You will be working collaboratively with some of the industry’s leading design teams and optimally involving our client and other partner organisations to achieve successful outcomes. You will create a positive environment and lead the team to deliver best value and client service excellence.

Our D&B projects are exciting environments that involve the need for effective identification and adoption of innovative process and techniques that deliver sustainable solutions. Our Projects community will support you and provide access to Stantec’s world-class expertise to provide cutting edge delivery. We will support the development of you and your career to achieve your ambitions.

This is a great opportunity to join a part of our business with huge growth potential to make a real positive difference to the water industry. This opportunity will appeal to those looking to work collaboratively to drive continuous improvements and best practice, and to exceed client expectations. Our UKI business continues to grow at an impressive pace - this is a great time to join and help develop a mature project delivery offering.

Role Accountabilities

• Overseeing multi-disciplinary design coordination and providing leadership
• Driving collaboration with all stakeholders across all stages of the project lifecycle
• Driving timely delivery of technical and commercial outcomes, ensuring delivery is above client expectation
• Accountable for ensuring effective financial and project management controls are in place and deployed to enable monitoring, modification and forecasting of design progress as appropriate
• Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing project design outcome
• Driving project performance, service delivery and technical outcomes, ensuring client delivery is above expectation.
  
  

About You

You will have:

• Proven leadership on large-scale Design & Build projects, particularly in the energy industry or related sector, whether in renewables, power generation, transmission, or related infrastructure.
• A technical qualification in engineering, construction, or project management, with a deep understanding of complex infrastructure projects.
• Ideally hold a Project Management qualification (APM, Prince2 etc)
• Strong commercial and contractual expertise, especially with NEC contracts, and a demonstrated ability to manage risk and drive value.
  
  

Through your previous roles within project delivery, you will have experience of achieving a position of trusted partner with clients and other stakeholders and acting as a mentor for less experienced team members. At all times you will support, promote and maintain our company values, especially in ensuring we put our people & clients first.

Why Join us?

• Our People Culture: We're a close-knit team and very proud of our friendly and collaborative environment
• Growth: Our Energy team is growing rapidly, and we have exciting plans for the future - we want you to be part of it!
• Awards: Stantec were awarded the International Consulting Firm of the Year and Best place to work - Large Consulting Firms at the 2024 NCE awards as well as being consistently recognised in the top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies in the world.
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and lots more
• Flexible working arrangements
• Great projects and frameworks across all of our sectors
• Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions
  
  

To hear what our team have to say about working in the Energy group, click here: - Stantec Energy Team

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK& [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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