Senior Project Manager - Substations - Power T&D
| Posting date: | 11 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 July 2025 |
| Location: | East of England, DE21 7BG |
| Company: | Balfour Beatty Plc |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBUK13275-522567 |
Summary
About the role
Balfour Beatty has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join their rapidly expanding Power Transmission and Distribution team. The successful individual will have experience of working on large, complex power infrastructure projects. Reporting to the Head of Operations the role will provide management and leadership to a multi-disciplinary team and determine the most appropriate means of satisfying customer/project requirements.
The role can be based from our any of our Power Hubs in England such as Newcastle, Leeds, Derby or London with requirement for regular site visits.
With the Power business in a key stage of growth, there is plenty of scope for development in this role and it would suit someone with ambition and drive to grow with the business.
What you'll be doing
To make a real impact as a Senior Project Manager with us, you’ll need:
- Project delivery experience to make sure we meet high quality and safety standards
- Experience in Power/ Utilities within large infrastructure projects
- Strong communication skills to manage, mentor and empower your team
- The confidence and credibility to liaise with business leaders
- Commercial acumen to control costs and keep projects in budget
- To understand standard forms of contracts and performance evaluation techniques.
If you’re inspired by the chance to grow like never before through meaningful work, join us as a Senior Project Manager. As well as benefits that include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme and generous annual and volunteering leave, you’ll be safe, seen, heard and respected throughout your career with us. Apply now
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
- Experience of Management and Delivery of Overhead Line, Cabling or Substation schemes up to 400kV preferable.
- Strong People Management
- Proven track record in tendering and managing complex projects, including sub-contractors
- Commercial awareness with knowledge of both budgetary and Financial control
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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