Senior Project Manager - Energy Utilities

Capstone Property Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist consultancy is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead energy and power infrastructure projects across the UK and Europe. The role involves managing projects from development to delivery, focusing on increasing power capacity for data centres and other major sites. This position demands strong communication skills and experience in handling high-voltage projects. The consultant offers a competitive salary package with bonuses, ideal for professionals dedicated to enhancing energy infrastructure.

Benefits

Bonus

Package benefits

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high-voltage or energy infrastructure projects.
• Background in projects such as substations, power plants, HV cables, grid connections, solar/wind farms, and battery energy storage solutions.
• Strong understanding of power and energy project lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Managing energy and power projects from front-end development through to delivery.
• Supporting power strategy development to unlock grid capacity for development sites.
• Delivering a varied portfolio of projects including substations and gas turbine power stations.
• Coordinating with DNOs, National Grid, designers, contractors, and other key stakeholders.
• Managing programme, cost, risk, and technical delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Ensuring projects are delivered in line with regulatory, safety, and quality requirements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Job description

Senior Project Manager – Energy & Power Infrastructure

Location: London (2 Days a week in Office)

Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 + Bonus + Package

A specialist consultancy is seeking a Project Manager to support the front-end development and delivery of energy projects across the UK and EMEA from Substations, Power plants through to HV grid connections.

The role will focus on unlocking and increasing power capacity for major development sites, including data centres, working across the full project lifecycle from early feasibility and stakeholder engagement through to construction and commissioning.

Key responsibilities

• Managing energy and power projects from front-end development through to delivery
• Supporting power strategy development to unlock grid capacity for development sites
• Delivering a varied portfolio of projects including substations, HV cable routes and gas turbine power stations
• Coordinating with DNOs, National Grid, designers, contractors and other key stakeholders
• Managing programme, cost, risk and technical delivery across multiple workstreams
• Ensuring projects are delivered in line with regulatory, safety and quality requirements

About you

• Experience delivering high-voltage or energy infrastructure projects
• Background in projects such as substations, power plants, HV cables, grid connections, Solar / Wind farms and Battery Energy Storage Solutions.
• Strong understanding of power and energy project lifecycles
• Confident communicator with the ability to manage complex stakeholder environments

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering critical energy infrastructure projects that support the growth of data centres and wider development across the UK and Europe.