Project Manager - Power Distribution

Vantage Consulting; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consulting firm is seeking a Lead Project Engineer/Project Manager in Birmingham. This hybrid role involves coordinating design teams, managing project risks, and ensuring compliance with engineering standards. Ideal for individuals with substantial experience in the electricity supply industry and relevant engineering qualifications, aiming to drive impactful engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• 5 years Electricity supply industry experience.
• Familiarity with Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
• Liaise with project management on engineering budgets and provide cost estimates.
• Manage the programme and interface with planning engineers.

Skills

Analytical

Communication

Teamwork

Commercial acumen

Education

HNC/HND in electrical engineering or equivalent

Job description

My client are hiring a Lead Project Engineer/Project Manager, Engineering to join the team. This opportunity will be ideal for anyone with a passion and desire to deliver within applications engineering, we are looking for someone with an eye for detail and able to prepare documentation and diagrams.

To coordinate and support the design team during project design and execution phases, and to support the tendering team to ensure that safe, robust, and optimal designs and documentation are produced.

Please note this position if of a hybrid nature (2/3 days working out of our central Birmingham office).

How you'll make an impact

• To coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
• To liaise with project management on engineering budgets and to provide forecast cost to complete estimates and associated justification to changes in expenditure.
• To manage the programme and to interface with the planning engineers for design.
• Providing forecasts for completion and resource planning.
• To approve documentation in accordance with the contractual requirements of the project.
• To coordinate and chair design reviews and hazard reviews.
• To identify and manage additional risks across functions that may not be apparent to individual Designers. Evaluates risks and opportunities, strategizes mitigation of the risks.
• Supports the Project Manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions.
• To undertake the Principal Designer Representative on projects.
• Works with customers to shape and deliver solutions, seeking feedback and innovating with the customer to drive and deliver improvements.
• Oversees the creation of subcontracts and manages the subcontractors jointly with other involved functions, including supply chain management.

Your background

• 5 years Electricity supply industry experience
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV)
• HNC/HND in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Good team work, Analytical and communication skills
• Capable of working to tight time scales
• Commercial acumen
• Understanding / Knowledge of Distribution Network Operator / National Grid etc. standards and drawing practices