Lead Portfolio Project Manager

We’re looking for a passionate Lead Portfolio Project Manager to join our Asset Operations team! The role facilitates and leads a team of Project Engineers to successfully deliver and close multiple Low Voltage Alternating Current (LVAC) projects within time, cost, and specification requirements, in accordance with the Network Development Process. It ensures that health, safety, and environmental issues are managed throughout the process and that projects meet the business’s regulatory, stakeholder, and customer commitments.

This is a peripatetic role, and you would be required to travel to different sites as part of your role. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You'll Do

• Act as a lead ‘single point of contact’ for Self-delivered scheme work, managing an assigned portfolio. 
• Accountable for project delivery for PMO schemes within year (self-delivery & Contractor) within portfolio.
• Work closely with the Operations Managers and Develop Engineers to ensure clear forecast of work to be delivered.
• Act as the NEC Project Manager (or equivalent for other contract types).
• For self-delivery projects, as required, enact the role of Commissioning Panel Chair and Principal Contractor (PC) under the CDM Regs.
• Manage and co-ordinate Contractors and project teams to successfully deliver projects to time, cost and specification and with minimal disruption.
• Produce regular project status and delivery reports to the Substation Lead Project Manager, as required. This could include SHE performance / contractor safety audits, scheme progress (Developed / Planned / Delivered), and current and forecast financial performance.
• Monitor Contractor site activities to ensure compliance with National Grid SHES standards, Health & Safety, Environmental legislation and CDM regulations enacting CDM roles.
• Support Project closure activities including ownership and tracking of snagging requirements.
• Prioritise conflicting priorities across the portfolio.

What You'll Have

• Minimum HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• NEC3/NEC 4 ECC Project Manager qualification.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Significant demonstratable experience delivering combined LVAC & Civils projects
• Good Project Management skills including management of risk for delivery of projects to scope, time, cost, quality, safety and security of supply.
• Proficient technical knowledge of the Electricity Transmission System
• Knowledge of business processes and governance.
• Understanding of RIIO mechanisms.
• Working knowledge and application of CDM
• Proficient understanding and experience of Safety and Environmental legislation, practices and policies.
• Proficient in Contract Management.
• Demonstrable experience of leading cross functional teams
• Demonstrable experience of stakeholder management.
• Proficient business writing and communication skills.
• Demonstrable experience of problem solving and an appetite for continuous improvement.
• Good influencing and negotiating skills.
• A customer-centric approach to delivering a high-quality output.

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 are 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 Get

Up to £70,000 dependent on experience.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a Market Supplement (£4500), a job requirement car, a discretionary bonus based on personal and company 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 several 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.

Further Information

The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 6 April 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 13 April 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

At National Grid, 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. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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