Project Manager - Energy & Power UK

Jacobs; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 10% pension

24 days holidays (+10 bought)

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Jacobs is expanding its Project Management team in South and South West to support a major energy infrastructure programme in the UK. The role offers early involvement to shape delivery strategy and decisions across the full project lifecycle.

We seek experienced Project Managers with delivery expertise, commercial awareness, and collaboration across disciplines. Hybrid work and offices in London, Bristol, or Cardiff are available.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering energy, power, utilities, or major infrastructure projects.
• Design and Build delivery experience.
• Strong understanding of the full project lifecycle (design → procurement → construction → commissioning → handover).
• Solid skills in project controls scope, schedule, cost, risk, reporting.
• Experience managing stakeholders (clients, designers, contractors, regulators).

Responsibilities

• Supporting the delivery of complex projects and programmes throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Managing scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk to achieve successful outcomes.
• Building effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, and supply chain partners.
• Driving project governance, reporting, and commercial management activities.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects safely, efficiently, and successfully.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, construction, and environmental disciplines.
• Supporting safe, efficient, and successful project delivery from concept through to handover.
• Office base can be London/ Bristol or Cardiff - hybrid 2 days in the office.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Design & Build delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

PM certification

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Bring your expertise to projects that will shape the UK's energy future.

Jacobs is growing its Project Management team in South and South West to support a significant energy infrastructure programme expected to commence before the end of the year. This is an opportunity to play a key role from the outset, helping to shape delivery strategy, influence important decisions, and contribute to successful project outcomes across the full lifecycle.

We're looking for experienced Project Managers who can bring project delivery expertise, commercial awareness, and a collaborative approach to complex infrastructure programmes. While experience within the energy sector would be valuable, we welcome applications from professionals delivering projects across infrastructure, transportation, water, defence, utilities, and industrial environments.

Experience within a Design & Build environment would be particularly advantageous, bringing an understanding of how design, procurement, construction, and stakeholder management come together to achieve successful project delivery.

At Jacobs, we're helping clients decarbonise, strengthen energy security, and modernise critical infrastructure. From grid connections for offshore wind and battery storage projects to major transmission upgrades, hydrogen developments, nuclear programmes, and complex refurbishment schemes, we're delivering projects that support the UK's energy transition.

This opportunity offers you the chance to

Join a major programme during its early stages and help shape its future direction

Work alongside multidisciplinary teams across design, commercial, environmental, and construction functions

Contribute to nationally significant infrastructure projects with long‑term investment and visibility

Develop your career within one of the world's leading engineering and professional services consultancies

Support projects that make a meaningful contribution to the UK's net‑zero ambitions

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the delivery of complex projects and programmes throughout the full project lifecycle
• Managing scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk to achieve successful outcomes
• Building effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, and supply chain partners
• Driving project governance, reporting, and commercial management activities
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects safely, efficiently, and successfully
• Coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, construction, and environmental disciplines
• Supporting safe, efficient, and successful project delivery from concept through to handover
• Office base can be London/ Bristol or Cardiff - hybrid 2 days in the office.

Here's what you'll need

• Proven experience delivering energy, power, utilities, or major infrastructure projects
• Design and Build Delivery experience
• Strong understanding and proven management of the project lifecycle (design → procurement → construction → commissioning → handover)
• Solid skills in project controls scope, schedule, cost, risk, reporting
• Experience managing stakeholders (clients, designers, contractors, regulators)
• Ability to lead and coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience (Engineering, PM, Construction)

At Jacobs, you'll find more than just a job. You'll discover

• A global network of expertise and opportunity
• A culture founded on safety, integrity, inclusion, and belonging
• Flexible working arrangements that support your well‑being and potential
• Opportunities to make a real‑world impact through our global giving and volunteering programs
• Up to 10% pension
• 24 days (+10 days bought) holidays
• Free medical and income protection insurance and many more!

If you're looking for an opportunity to contribute to one of Scotland's most significant upcoming energy programmes and help shape the future of critical infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well‑being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging.Find out more about ourJacobs Employee Networks here.

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As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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