Senior Project Manager

About the role

National Grid Ventures Interconnectors is at the heart of UK’s transition to our net zero energy future. We operate several HVDC interconnectors that connect the UK’s energy system to some of our closest neighbours, allowing energy to be imported to and exported from the UK. As well as already owning a portfolio of HVDC Interconnectors, we’re working on developing new projects to ensure that we can meet the UK’s future demands for greener energy solutions.

Interconnectors play an essential role in our net zero future. Between 2020 and 2030, we estimate our interconnectors will help Britain prevent 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions. The North Sea offers an incredible opportunity for the UK and our European neighbours to deliver huge increases in offshore wind, but delivering new offshore wind will require more infrastructure. 

We're currently hiring two Senior Project Managers within National Grid Ventures, one to focus on Onshore and Offshore Cable Management and one on Converter station development.  

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead a team responsible for the design and delivery of an allocated programme of work across the full project lifecycle to ensure that projects are delivered to the agreed plan, in accordance with relevant National Grid practices and procedures and always operating to the highest Safety, Health and Environmental & Quality standards.

This includes early engineering contracts and Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts. You will also support the team in the Development Consent Order for LionLink. You will work across 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 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 Construction.

The roles are hybrid position with our base office in Warwick, we'd expect to see you twice a week in our office and the rest from home you will also be entitled to a job requirement car for this role.

There will also be travel to our sites in Suffolk, West Midlands and East Anglia.

What you'll do

• Lead, develop and performance manage a team to develop and deliver allocated projects safely, to time, cost and specification.
• Manage key stakeholders to remove any blockers to the timely completion of the project.
• Ensure robust monitoring, control and reporting of all investments within the major project (including SHEQ performance, milestone progress, risk management) and provide accurate and timely financial forecasting information to support regulatory reporting cycles and the business and capital plan.
• Ensure that project governance, development and tendering strategies are agreed early in development, and that the engineered solution delivers the essential scope at an optimal cost.
• Challenge project teams to ensure project scope, designs and delivery solutions are innovative, efficient, fit for purpose and prevent creep.
• Deliver / arrange training and support across the department to increase technical, financial, programme and safety knowledge and understanding as required.
• Lead and embed positive safety culture and process safety within team to improve collective safety performance ensuring adherence to company policy, aims and objectives
• Ensure that all essential documentation is completed to the highest possible standard, supporting the investment case and delivery strategy.
• Drive understanding of regulatory requirements into project teams and ensure project documentation for regulatory purposes in place.
• Ensure that the construction programme accounts for all known delivery risks and CDM issues, including marine construction safety, health, environment and sustainability.
• Accountable for first level assurance across all team activities and responsibilities.
• Develop and share best practice across Interconnectors and the wider NGV business unit
• Ensure that Project Managers / Assistant Project Managers are robustly positioned commercially on delivery, and coordinate and prioritise commercial / contractual support systems in place.
• If required, personally undertake role of Project Manager for allocated complex projects.
• If required, agree and implement a community consultation plan for the project with the Project Director and local authorities.
• Ensure a robust response management system is in place for the recording of the receipt and response to all statutory and public feedback.

What you'll need

• An excellent customer-centric approach that delivers on expectations
• Expert at engaging stakeholders and working collaboratively to remove blockers
• Experienced at developing teams and delivering high quality results
• Competent in Project Management Skills
• Competent Management Experience / Commercial Acumen
• Knowledge of project delivery in marine environment, including seabed surveying techniques and offshore construction 
• Accomplished knowledge and application of CDM, Safety, Environmental Regulations and marine codes of practice.
• Knowledge of project delivery within a regulated environment, such as utilities or oil and gas
• Knowledge of the Electricity Transmission System.

Senior Project Manager within Cable Management: Knowledge of marine stakeholder such as Crown Estate, Marine Management Organisation, Trinity House, fisheries organisations and European equivalents. Likely have experience from major infrastructure or large scale construction projects including successful submissions and consenting processes.

Senior Project Manager within the Converter Station Development: 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.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £66,000.00 - £82,000.00 per annum – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of upto 30%  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.

More Information

This role closes on 11th June 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.