Senior Project Manager – ICP Substations

Freedom; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Pension with employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Freedom is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a flagship 132kV/33kV EHV/HV Substation project in Yorkshire. Hybrid work arrangement with regular site visits near Harrogate. Role includes profit-and-loss responsibilities and proactive risk management to meet time and budget targets.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years in project management for 132kV substations, strong electrical engineering knowledge, and proven ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams and client relationships.

Qualifications

• Requires experience with ICP Substation projects and familiarity with NPg region.
• Minimum 10 years in project management, specifically 132kV substation projects and renewables.
• Fluency in CDM is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the package, reporting to the Head of Operations.
• Deliver the project safely, on time and to budget, balancing cost, programme, quality and safety.
• Proactively identify commercial, programme and engineering risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate designers, consultants, surveyors, construction teams and suppliers across feasibility, design and construction stages.
• Maintain high professionalism and quality of project management deliverables.

Skills

ICP Substation experience

Client facing

132kV Substations

NEC Contracts

Stakeholder coordination

Electrical systems knowledge

Project Management

CDM knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management

Tools

NEC Contracts

Job description

Senior Project Manager – ICP Substations

Yorkshire (Hybrid)

Permanent & Full Time

Salary (DOE) + Car Allowance & Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom is seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Project Manager into the Power Projects division to deliver a specific Build 132kV/33kV EHV/HV Substation project in the Yorkshire (Harrogate) region.

The role will require the candidate to be able to travel to the construction site near Harrogate (Yorkshire) on a regular basis several times per week minimum.

Key Deliverables

• This is a flagship scheme for a high-profile client, and the role comes with the associated complexity and professional challenges to be expected of a major scheme.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all aspects of this package, reporting to the Head of Operations.
• They will need to deliver the project work safely, competently, and effectively to time and budget, balancing all aspects of cost, programme, quality, and safety in line with expected Freedom standards.
• The successful candidate will be a commercially and process astute Senior Project Manager, able to proactively identify commercial, programme and engineering risk and opportunities, to protect and benefit the business. It is essential that individual has a driven attitude, is comfortable needing to be highly proactive, driven operating with a degree of independence and managing a range of individual specialists and subcontractors across the breadth of the scheme to ensure overall success.
• Support from the wider team, line management and Head of Operations will be provided. It is also essential that the individual can demonstrate they are diligent and organised with project deliverables and project management products to ensure a high level of professionalism and quality is maintained.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience with ICP Substation project, particularly those for Northern Powergrid (NPg) region is highly favourable.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in project management, specifically in the field of 132KV substation projects and renewables.
• Fluency in CDM is essential
• You will be Client facing and hence the ability to successfully manage important client relationships, as well as your internal teams and supply chain, is essential.
• Proven track record in Design and Build of 132kV Substations is essential, preferably in line with adoptable DNO Standards.
• Experience of 66kV or 33kV schemes will also be considered if the candidate can demonstrate the schemes are suitably complex.
• The candidate must be able to demonstrate experience in Contract/Project Management of HV/EHV engineering schemes with a focus on owning and tightly managing programmes, budgets, scope change and quality.
• Detailed knowledge and demonstrable experience of NEC Contracts is highly desirable
• The ability to co-ordinate (with the support of your team) designers, consultants, surveyors, construction teams/supply chain and suppliers throughout the feasibility, design and construction stages.
• Ability to provide strong industry references is key
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Project Management, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects from initiation to completion.
• Strong technical knowledge of electrical systems, substations, and renewable energy technologies.

Benefits

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Industry competitive Base Salary
• Car/Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.