Senior Energy & Power Projects Lead

Jacobs; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free single medical cover

Digital GP service

Enhanced parental leave pay

Employee assistance programs

Professional development reimbursement

Matched-funding for volunteering

Job summary

Jacobs in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to own end-to-end delivery across transmission, distribution, renewables and low‑carbon technologies, leading multi-disciplinary teams to meet scope, schedule, cost and HSSE targets.

You will interface with clients, manage stakeholders and contracts (NEC3/NEC4/JCT), and drive governance, risk management and continuous improvement across projects from appraisal to handover.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Engineering or PM, Construction degree or equivalent.
• Experience delivering energy, power, utilities, or major infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of the project lifecycle.
• Skills in project controls: scope, schedule, cost, risk, reporting.
• Experience managing stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with PM tools such as MS Project and risk registers.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of complex projects across transmission & distribution, renewables, generation and low-carbon tech.
• Deliver projects through all lifecycle stages (Appraise/FEED/Design/Procure/Construct/Commission/Handover).
• Plan baselines; develop WBS, schedules, budgets and risk/contingency; manage change and reporting.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams and coordinate supply chain partners and OEMs.
• Interface with clients; run progress reviews, gateways and steering groups; capture stakeholder requirements.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Project controls

Leadership

NEC contracts

PM tools

Cross-disciplinary teams

Delivery governance

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Power BI

Job description

Jacobs in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to own end-to-end delivery across transmission, distribution, renewables and low‑carbon technologies, leading multi-disciplinary teams to meet scope, schedule, cost and HSSE targets.

You will interface with clients, manage stakeholders and contracts (NEC3/NEC4/JCT), and drive governance, risk management and continuous improvement across projects from appraisal to handover.