About The Role

New Role – Permanent – Hybrid Working

The UK has set out its ambition to be net zero by 2050 and the energy industry is responding – together we are building a cleaner, greener Britain.

The Eastern Green Link 5 (EGL 5) project will connect Scotland and England bringing enough clean power for 2 million homes.

Constriction is scheduled for 2030 with your primary focus ahead of this, to log a successful DCO application in 2027.

More details can be found via the link above. 

As a Development Consent Order (DCO) Senior Project Manager, you will lead and coordinate a successful   DCO on a major National Grid Strategic Infrastructure project with a right first-time approach. You will work within the project senior leadership team to lead a cross-functional team which will include project managers, external partners and wider team of land, external affairs, legal and consenting experts to ensure the delivery of DCO to agreed schedule, budget and quality expectations. You will drive understanding of the process into the project team ensuring lessons learned from each stage are reviewed and shared across Strategic Infrastructure. This is a great opportunity to work on the Great Grid Upgrade, and as part of this National Grid will be one of the biggest promoters of DCOs in England and Wales at this time.

Home will be your main base for activities with weekly meetings in person or via Teams depending on your schedule and location. We have offices at major locations including Leeds, Birmingham, our Warwick HQ and London. We continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.

We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements. 

About You

What we do isn’t just important – it’s essential. That’s why we look to recruit experts in their field.

This is a leadership grade position, therefore we are seeking strong communication skills, particularly with supplier and team management, including various consultancies to engage with to get the job done. You’ll be well organised, collaborative and confident in your capabilities.

Additionally, you will:

• Likely have experience from major infrastructure or large scale construction projects including successful submissions and consenting processes.
• Have awareness of the statutory requirements, guidance and advice associated with promoting a NSIP to ensure successful submission of a DCO application, examination and through discharging of requirements. 
• Show experience of Project Management within major project environment and awareness of commercial contracts.
• Be aware of regulatory mechanisms and the how National Grid works with Ofgem

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Project Manager, your duties will be broad and include:

• Leading matrixed team members to deliver a successful DCO application and examination to time, cost and quality expectations.
• Coordinate delivery of the DCO products to a high degree of quality with a right first-time approach.
• Manage cross-discipline coordination across the project to ensure timely delivery of DCO whilst sharing best practise across other projects.
• Lead the production management and document control process and work collaboratively with the appointed supplier to ensure they support delivery of the DCO products to maintain schedule.
• Coordinate and lead collaborative planning workshops to accurately plan the DCO schedule to ensure deadlines are met.
• Work with the integrated project team to coordinate technical inputs and outputs required for DCO submission.
• Drive understanding of the DCO process into the project team ensuring lessons learned from each stage are reviewed and shared across Strategic Infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely and effectively with other DCO project leads, ensuring that the DCO programme accounts for all known risks and lessons learned from other DCO Projects.
• Lead and embed positive safety and wellbeing culture within team to improve collective safety performance ensuring adherence to company policy, aims and objectives.
• Work with a team of project managers to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and forecasting is provided by suppliers.
• Manage key suppliers to ensure their contracts, schedule and deliverables align with expectations.
• Lead, develop and performance manage direct reports as the project team grows
• Be involved in defining and agreeing project consenting and communication strategies considering interfacing projects and dependencies in particular with the consents and external affairs teams working on the project.
• Coordination of project design change control process to ensure any design changes affecting the DCO products are captured, assessed and are tracked to mitigate any risk to schedule.
• Be involved in agreeing and implementing and coordinating consultation activities for the project with the Project Director authorities per the requirements of the Planning Act 2008 (as amended).

What You'll Get

A competitive starting salary between £75,000 – £85,000 dependent on capability. Depending on home location, all travel costs for meetings will be taken by National Grid.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About Us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure was set up in 2023 with special dispensation from Ofgem to accelerate 17 key projects across the UK in order to deliver infrastructure upgrades within timescales never seen before in the UK. This infrastructure will make Britain prepared for a 100% clean, energy future.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via the Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More Information

This role closes on September 19th at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews will be held w/c September 29th

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. 

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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