Project Manager

About The Role

The Strategic Infrastructure (SI) business unit has been set up to deliver 17 new major projects in the UK, as well as other strategic projects to help us deliver on our net zero ambitions and help the UK Government meet its target of 50GW of renewable energy by 2030.

As Project Manager you won’t just oversee delivery—you’ll shape it. From development and sanction through to execution, you’ll drive the project to successful completion on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. You’ll lead on risk management, ensuring potential challenges are proactively identified, scoped, and mitigated. Working closely with delivery partners and the wider project team, you’ll manage EPC contracts, enable strong commercial performance, and foster collaboration across a complex stakeholder landscape.

Above all, you’ll champion a culture of excellence—embedding rigorous health, safety, and environmental standards while ensuring the project meets its regulatory, stakeholder, and customer commitments.

This role will support the delivery of the Weston Marsh to Leicestershire Project and will be based across the East and West Midlands region. You will be expected to travel to 2-3 times a week operational and delivery sites and locations throughout your working week based on project demands. Operational or delivery roles requiring attendance at multiple sites within a region. Travel to our Birmingham project office.

About You

• Experience of project management is essential. A background in engineering would be desirable but not essential.
• Proven experience managing multiple NEC contracts within large-scale infrastructure, engineering, or construction projects.
• The most important thing is that you’re excited about building the kind of infrastructure that will help make Net Zero happen.  

• You will be working in a busy, buoyant environment with lots of variety and change. You’ll need to be resilient, driven, and good at prioritising and managing your own time, particularly when the unexpected crops up.  
• The strength of a project depends on excellent teamwork, so you’ll have to be good with people too. You make decisions based on the greater good and carefully consider the communities you are working in.   
• Degree in Engineering or Project Management.
• You have a UK driving license 

What You'll Do

• Manage key sections of an SI project within the Project Management and Engineering team.

• Project Management of several NEC contracts concurrently

• Working collaboratively with National Grid and Partner colleagues.

• Ensuring programme activities are completed to achieve key milestones.  

• Employing a robust risk management process, identifying both risks and opportunities and working with the wider team to manage the risks in a timely manner.

• Whenever a project requires changes managing the change and change process, ensuring the project remains within governance. 

• Hitting budgets to monthly, yearly and completion deadlines and supporting the lead PM/Senior PM in financial and cost reporting

• Managing and ensuring forecasts are robust  

• Delivering your projects’ CapEx spend.   

• Utilising value engineering to reduce costs whilst remaining within scope.   

• Fostering an environment where everyone, regardless of seniority, feels able to share their concerns. As an organisation we are driven by safety. We have an industry leading ‘Safe to Say’ policy which encourages colleagues to speak up and take ownership of safety issues.

• Displaying a visible commitment to safety and setting the tone of project safety. For example, by conducting site visits and providing timely feedback on improvements.   

• Ensuring visible and accessible communications are in place throughout the life of a project, such as safety charters and notifications of incidents and lessons learnt. You will also share good practices and reinforce positive behaviours.  

• Looking after your projects’ safety, health, environment, security and quality obligations, adhering to all relevant internal and external policies and regulations. 

• Leading in a way that ensures we deliver what we promised, and that everyone in your team is motivated to deliver results in the right way.  

• Fostering a collaborative environment with the supply chain, including principal contractors; suppliers of services and plant; customers; landowners; and local authorities, residents and businesses. You will also support your team in working with Ofgem and MPs. 

• Creating an atmosphere of trust where no one is isolated and everyone’s opinions are welcomed, learned from, and used to improve things. 

• Acting with fairness and honesty in your communications. When things aren’t going to plan you will share your learnings, and when they are you will celebrate your team’s successes. 

• Mentoring members of your team and supporting their ongoing professional development. 

What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £56,000 – £65,000– dependent on capability.

This role also attracts a market supplement of £4,500 which is pro rate'd into your salary each month. 

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company 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

The British Energy Security Strategy set out the Government's ambition to connect up to 50GW of offshore generation to the electricity network by 2030. Facilitating this ambition will require significant reinforcements to the onshore electricity transmission network. National Grid Strategic Infrastructure will make this happen.

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 15th October 2026 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.

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.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

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