Project Manager
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Summary
Project Manager who owns regulated electricity transmission and distribution projects in Scotland from inception through handover, managing programmes, budgets, multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, and compliance. Core focus is HV/EHV substation and power-network delivery for the UK's energy transition.
Location: Shetland | Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Full-Time | Office & Site Based | Regular Travel
Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.
The Opportunity
Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.
The Opportunity
OCU is delivering critical transmission and distribution infrastructure projects that support the UK's evolving energy network. As a Project Manager, you'll take ownership of regulated power projects from inception through to completion, ensuring safe, efficient, and commercially successful delivery across complex electricity network programmes.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead high-profile projects within a growing power division, working alongside multidisciplinary teams to deliver infrastructure that plays a vital role in the UK's energy transition. If you're an experienced project professional who thrives on managing complex challenges and driving successful outcomes, we'd like to hear from you.
- Lead the successful delivery of regulated power projects across transmission and distribution networks.
- Develop and manage project programmes, budgets, forecasts, and resource plans.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including design, engineering, commercial, and operational functions.
- Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.
- Monitor project performance, managing risks, issues, and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Oversee procurement activities, subcontractor performance, and contract administration processes.
- Manage project reporting, governance, and compliance requirements.
- Support commissioning, energisation, handover, and project close-out activities.
- Drive continuous improvement and best practice across project delivery teams.
Essential
- Degree qualified, or equivalent experience, in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Proven project management experience within power, utilities, energy, infrastructure, or construction environments.
- Strong understanding of regulated electricity networks, including transmission and distribution systems.
- Experience delivering projects involving substations, HV, or EHV infrastructure.
- Knowledge of CDM Regulations and UK health and safety legislation.
- Experience administering NEC contracts or similar contract arrangements.
- Strong commercial, financial, and project management capabilities.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Full UK driving licence.
Desirable
- Professional qualification such as PRINCE2, APM, PMP, or equivalent.
- Bonus if you have experience delivering projects on National Grid or DNO frameworks.
- It would be great if you have a background in electrical engineering or infrastructure construction delivery.
- It would be great if you've managed major infrastructure projects involving multiple stakeholders and complex interfaces.
- Experience leading commissioning and energisation activities would be advantageous.
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Jonathan Bryden at jonathan.bryden@ocugroup.com.
Our vacancies are typically advertised for two weeks; however, we reserve the right to close applications early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.