Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

POSITION OVERVIEW

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Glasgow

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Hybrid
: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home

Requirements: Eligible for SC Clearance and Sole British

• Manage the design, delivery, and commissioning phases of electrical systems.
• Provide project management expertise to define and deliver project-specific objectives.
• Apply effective leadership styles to build trust, confidence, and collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Manage NEC4 contracts, maintaining productive relationships with industry partners.
• Monitor contractor performance across quality, time, cost, and reliability.
• Identify and manage emerging risks and issues to avoid programme delays or cost escalation.
• Control project financial performance against approved budgets, including forecasting and reporting.
• Participate in and produce evidence for project assurance and gateway reviews.
• Manage project teams in line with a High Performing Team ethos.
• Ensure compliance with all the clients processes, operating procedures, and key infrastructure processes.
• Review and challenge project schedules, milestones, and review points.
• Establish and manage project budgets in accordance with approved business cases.
• Develop cash flow forecasts and manage funding drawdown arrangements.
• Implement and manage change control processes where appropriate.
• Apply sound risk management processes and methodologies.
• Assess change impacts and make recommendations to approve, defer, or reject changes.
• Update plans, schedules, and communications to reflect approved changes and manage them within configuration management systems.

• Minimum 10 years’ delivery experience, with at least 5 years in a management role.
• Hands-on consultancy and/or construction background.
• Experience delivering infrastructure works within the built environment.
• Proven experience managing electrical or electromechanical projects from design through completion.
• Knowledge of specialised electrical systems with evidence of installation experience.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to challenge Contractor’s Estimates (CEs).
• Hands-on experience delivering projects using NEC4 contracts, including change and stakeholder management.
• Experience delivering projects in complex, live operational environments.
• Familiarity with regulated facilities.
• Experience working in collaborative delivery environments.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Experience using CEMAR or similar contract management systems.

• Membership of a relevant professional body.
• Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
• Nuclear awareness training (NIC or equivalent).