Project Manager / Senior Project Manager | Infrastructure Development & DCO Consenting

Pershing Consultants Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-related bonus

Remote work within the UK

Job summary

Pershing Consultants, London-based specialist project management consultancy, is seeking a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager to help clients progress complex projects through development and consenting stages. You will oversee projects or lead development work-streams, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing interfaces and keeping programmes, budgets and deliverables on track.

Working closely with clients, technical specialists and stakeholders, you will bring structure to complex

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex infrastructure projects in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience overseeing development phases, ideally DCO/DNS projects.
• Understanding of how planning, consenting, environmental and technical activities interact.
• Ability to coordinate specialists, manage priorities and maintain momentum.
• Experience managing programmes, budgets, risks and stakeholder relationships.
• Clear communication, turning complex info into practical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Managing development-phase projects or work-streams within DCO/DNS contexts.
• Coordinating planning, environmental, engineering and legal inputs.
• Managing programmes, budgets, risks, dependencies and change.
• Maintaining governance, reporting progress and resolving issues.
• Building relationships with clients, teams and external stakeholders.
• Contributing to consultancy growth through knowledge sharing and client relations.

Skills

Infrastructure projects

DCO/DNS experience

Planning & consenting

Program management

Stakeholder management

Governance & reporting

Multidisciplinary coordination

Autonomy in consultancy

Clear communication

Job description

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 01/10/2026

We utilise the collective ability of our team to maximise the effectiveness of critical projects. Our diverse experience as clients and consultants equally enables us to understand the complexities of the challenges these projects face, and we usethe expertise of our team and company to help clients overcome them.

Job Description

Pershing Consultants is a specialist project management consultancy supporting the development of major energy and infrastructure projects. We are looking for a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager to help clients progress complex projects through the development and consenting stages.

You will oversee projects or lead specific development work-streams, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing interfaces and keeping programmes, budgets and deliverables on track. Working closely with clients, technical specialists and stakeholders, you will bring structure to complex challenges and help teams make informed decisions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing development-phase projects or work-streams, primarily within Development Consent Order (DCO) or Developments of National Significance (DNS) projects.
  
• Coordinating planning, environmental, engineering, legal and other specialist inputs.
  
• Managing programmes, budgets, risks, dependencies and change.
  
• Maintaining clear governance, reporting progress and resolving issues.
  
• Building effective relationships with clients, project teams and external stakeholders.
  
• Contributing to the development of a growing consultancy through knowledge sharing, service improvement and client relationships.
  

At Senior Project Manager level, you will take greater ownership of complex assignments, provide strategic advice to clients and support colleagues in their development.

Requirements

• Experience managing complex infrastructure projects, ideally within a multidisciplinary consultancy or major project environment.
  
• Experience overseeing the development phase, or specific workstreams within it, ideally on a DCO or DNS project.
  
• An understanding of how planning, consenting, environmental and technical activities interact during project development.
  
• The ability to coordinate specialists across disciplines, manage competing priorities and maintain momentum.
  
• Experience managing project programmes, budgets, risks and stakeholder relationships.
  
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to turn detailed information into practical advice and concise reporting.
  
• A proactive, collaborative approach and confidence working with autonomy in a smaller consultancy.
  

For Senior Project Manager applicants, we are also looking for evidence of leading complex assignments, advising senior stakeholders and taking responsibility for client delivery.

• Remote working within the UK.
  
• Profit-related bonus.
  
• The opportunity to work on significant energy and infrastructure projects.
  
• Autonomy and direct access to the leadership team.
  
• The opportunity to influence how a growing consultancy operates and develops.
  
• Scope to broaden your experience across projects, sectors and client relationships.