Senior Project Manager - Operations Mgt

Senior Project Manager – Major Projects & Connections

Within travelling distance of London

Permanent

Competitive + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

Due to winning a number of new schemes, Freedom are seeking to recruit an experienced Project Manager into the Major Projects & Connections division to deliver specific Design & Build 132kV/33kV EHV/HV Substation and 132kV cable route projects in the South of England / London area. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a single major project, or a portfolio of medium sized schemes. 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.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

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 Project Directors will of course 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:

• Proven track record in development, design and/or build of underground cable schemes at 33kV and 132kV+ is essential. Experience of 11kV cable schemes will also be considered if the candidate can demonstrate the schemes are suitably complex and in urban areas.
• Experience delivering cable project works in congested/urban areas is highly desirable.
• Also preferable is demonstrable knowledge of Streetworks practices and experience in stakeholder consultation and negotiations including Highway Authorities, Transport network operators and other Statutory Undertaker providers.
• 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.
• Experience of EHV/HV substation project work is beneficial but not 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.
• The ability to confidently work independently and in a proactive manner is absolutely essential.
• 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.
• Experience in management of junior roles (including Project Managers) as part of project delivery
• Ability to provide strong industry references is key

Benefits:

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

• Car/Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday
• 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