Senior Energy & Power Delivery Manager

Jacobs; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical cover

Digital GP service

Parental leave pay

Professional development reimbursement

Job summary

Jacobs is pursuing opportunities across the UK to deliver energy, power, and major infrastructure projects. The role focuses on end-to-end project ownership, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing stakeholders to meet scope, schedule and budget targets.

The successful candidate will guide projects from appraisal through handover, ensuring HSSE compliance and value delivery with a collaborative, safety‑driven culture.

Qualifications

• Engineering or construction-related degree required.
• Proven delivery of energy, power, utilities or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience with NEC3/NEC4 or JCT contracts advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of complex projects across transmission, distribution, renewables integration and low‑carbon technologies.
• Deliver projects through all lifecycle stages to agreed scope, schedule, cost, quality and HSSE targets.
• Plan baselines; develop WBS, schedules, budgets and risk/contingency; manage change control and reporting.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams and coordinate supply chain partners and OEMs.
• Client interface as primary contact; run progress reviews, gateways and steering groups; ensure stakeholder requirements are met.

Skills

Project delivery experience

Stakeholder management

Change management

Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams

Regulatory & contracts awareness

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Project

NEC/JCT contracts knowledge

Job description

Jacobs is pursuing opportunities across the UK to deliver energy, power, and major infrastructure projects. The role focuses on end-to-end project ownership, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing stakeholders to meet scope, schedule and budget targets.

The successful candidate will guide projects from appraisal through handover, ensuring HSSE compliance and value delivery with a collaborative, safety‑driven culture.