Utilities Project Manager

Timely Recruit Ltd; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension: 3.5% employer contribution, 7

Private health

36 days’ holiday

COLA 3.5%

Discretionary performance increases

Twice-yearly reviews & monthly 1:1s

Job summary

Timely Recruit Ltd is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead utilities new connections for batteries, solar and wind across the UK. The role covers cradle-to-grave delivery from bid through on-site execution, with two days per week in London and site-based work nationwide.

You will manage front-end bidding, tendering and mobilisation, ensuring health and safety compliance and strong stakeholder engagement as the energy unit scales.

Qualifications

• Proven utilities project manager with renewables exposure.
• Experience delivering 11kV–132kV projects; on-site delivery.
• Experience with front-end bidding, tendering and work-winning.
• Strong communication with clients, senior management and site teams.
• Experience with supply chain coordination and health & safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Win work through front-end bidding and tendering.
• Lead mobilisation, delivery and wrap-up on site.
• Manage budgets, risk, change control and gross margin.
• Produce monthly progress reporting to stakeholders.
• Build relationships with DNOs, IDNOs and supply chain partners.
• Support the energy unit’s growth as it scales.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Contractor management

Health & safety leadership

Travel flexibility

Education

Engineering/PM degree or equivalent experience

Tools

NEC3/4

JCT

SMSTS

NEBOSH

Job description

Job Opportunity: Project Manager – Utilities New Connections (BESS, Solar & Wind)

Location: Site-based across the UK, with 2 days a week in London

Salary: up to £ 85 000

Package

• Pension: 3.5% employer contribution, you match (7% total)
• Private health available
• 36 days’ holiday (including bank holidays and 3 fixed days at Christmas)
• Annual cost-of-living increase each April/May (3.5% this year)
• Discretionary performance increases
• Twice-yearly reviews and monthly one-to-ones

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join a growing ICP and NERS-registered engineering and infrastructure delivery business, as it scales its newer energy unit.

This role owns projects from cradle to grave, delivering battery storage, solar and wind connections from 11kV up to 132kV. You’ll start on front-end bidding and tendering, then move onto site for delivery.

It’s an early-stage opportunity with real scope to shape the unit’s growth and progress with it.

Responsibilities

• Win work through front-end bidding and tendering.
• Advise the tender team on how projects would be delivered (pricing is handled separately).
• Lead mobilisation, delivery and wrap-up on site.
• Lead health and safety under CDM as Principal Contractor or Tier 2.
• Manage budgets, risk, change control and gross margin.
• Produce monthly progress reporting.
• Build relationships with supply chain partners, DNOs, IDNOs and other utility owners.
• Stay close to the market to hear about opportunities early.
• Help grow the business as the energy unit scales.

Requirements

• Proven utilities Project Manager with a new connections background, ideally in renewables (BESS, solar, wind).
• Experience of projects from 11kV to 132kV (11kV-only considered).
• Experience of work winning, bidding and tendering.
• Practical on-site experience and strong technical knowledge.
• Strong communication with clients, senior management and site teams.
• Established supply chain relationships.
• SMSTS and/or NEBOSH.
• Comfortable travelling to sites and working in London a couple of days a week.
• Multi-utility experience (water, gas or telecoms)
• Engineering, construction or PM degree (or equivalent experience)
• NEC3/4 or JCT knowledge
• Streetworks, NJUG or Energy UK involvement