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

Pershing Consultants Ltd; Greater London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within UK

Job summary

Pershing Consultants Ltd is seeking a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager to help clients progress complex energy and infrastructure projects through development and consenting stages.

You will oversee projects or lead work-streams, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing interfaces and keeping programmes, budgets and deliverables on track. The role offers remote working within the UK and opportunities to build client relationships and contribute to a growing consultancy.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex infrastructure projects.
• Experience overseeing the development phase, or workstreams within it (DCO/DNS).
• Understanding of how planning, consenting, environmental and technical activities interact during development.
• Ability to coordinate specialists across disciplines and manage priorities.
• Experience managing programmes, budgets, risks and stakeholder relationships.
• Clear communication and concise reporting.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and autonomy in a smaller consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Managing development-phase projects or work-streams, within DCO or DNS.
• Coordinating planning, environmental, engineering, legal and other inputs.
• Managing programmes, budgets, risks, dependencies and change.
• Maintaining governance, reporting progress and resolving issues.
• Building relationships with clients, project teams and external stakeholders.
• Contributing to knowledge sharing and client relationships.
• For Senior PM applicants, taking ownership of complex assignments and advising senior stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Planning & governance

Communication

Autonomy

Strategic advisory

Education

Relevant degree

Professional qualification

Equivalent practical experience

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.
• A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent practical experience.

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

BenefitsRemote 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.