Project Manager
OCU Group Project Manager
Location: Borehamwood, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Renumeration Indicator: Competitive salary plus company vehicle, pension and private healthcare. Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within the Infrastructure and energy sector, and sits within our D2 band, reflecting the seniority and scope of the position.
The Opportunity
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing and large-scale projects from initiation to completion, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and schedule. You will play a key role in managing project teams, coordinating activities, and mitigating risks to achieve project objectives and exceed client expectations.
- Lead the planning and delivery of high-voltage substation projects, ensuring they are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to specification.
- Develop and manage project schedules, budgets, resources, and risk management plans.
- Act as the main point of contact for clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring clear communication throughout project delivery.
- Lead and support multidisciplinary project teams, promoting collaboration and high performance.
- Manage project resources effectively to optimise productivity and delivery outcomes.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, implementing corrective actions where required.
- Ensure compliance with quality, safety, regulatory, and client requirements.
- Monitor project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and reporting.
- Oversee project progress from design and procurement through construction, testing, and commissioning.
- Deliver regular project updates, reports, and reviews to stakeholders and senior management.
- A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Civil, Mechanical) or Project Management, or a closely related discipline.
- Demonstrable experience delivering high-voltage cabling projects, ideally 132kV and above, from design through to commissioning.
- Strong technical knowledge of cabling infrastructure.
- Proven experience managing complex engineering projects and programmes.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
- The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining safety, quality, and schedule performance.
- Proficiency with project management and engineering tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, AutoCAD, and document control systems.
- Strong understanding of UK utility and transmission standards, including National Grid specifications, DNO/TSO requirements, CDM Regulations, and IEC standards.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities, particularly in complex project environments.
- Strong organisational and analytical skills, including the ability to interpret technical drawings, schedules, cost reports, and risk registers.