Senior Project Manager

UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd

78322

This Senior Project Manager will report to the Program Delivery Managerand will work within Network Operations based in our Norfolk/ Suffolk/Essex regions. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of 84,704 (Depending on Skills & Experience) + car and a bonus of 3%.

Close Date: 2nd February 2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

The role of the Senior Project Manager within the Distribution Capital Delivery team is for managing a geographical team to ensure the delivery of distribution programmes as set out in the annual investment plan produced by Asset Management. All projects are required to be delivered safely, to quality, on budget, on time and to customer service standards.

You will be to lead a team of Project Managers, SAPs, Work Planners, and Project Support in delivering a portfolio of projects and programmes from inception to completion.

Also, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for a team of direct resources and the daily management of contractors.

The Senior Project Manager will support the Program Delivery Manager with regards to budgeting and cost provision for their team and will be empowered to manage their budgets and expenditures following current Financial Authorisation Limits (FAL).

You will have the variety of being both technically and commercially challenging. It carries the responsibility for managing functions such as safety and customer service for the Distribution Capital Delivery activity. You will also support: Procurement and Contract Management for delivering professional services and engineering contracts, Asset Management in developing the delivery plans/strategies and budgets for future years, and Network Operations in responding to system emergencies and daily assistance.

The Senior Project Manager agrees and implements the project delivery strategy, allocating works to the project managers, and monitoring the performance of both the direct teams and contractors.

You will forecast resource and material requirements, monitor overall portfolio/project costs and delivery, manage contractor performance, and provide regular reporting.

Dimensions:

• The Distribution Capital Delivery team delivers the regulated settlement (ED1 & ED2) via the Asset Portfolio Plan for the three licence areas, with a team based in each region. As part of this team the Senior Project Manager will deliver a portfolio of projects spread across several areas within the Asset Portfolio Plan.
• The value of the portfolio will vary depending on the content but will be in the order of 15m – 20m per annum with a significant volume being low to medium value projects with a few larger value schemes circa 300k to 1M.
• The number of direct reports (Project Manages, Work Planners, SAPs, and Project Support will be in the order of 10-20.
• Several direct teams will report to individual project managers bringing the total number of staff under the Senior Project Manager to between 50-75 people.
• Part of the portfolio will be delivered by our contract partners and the Senior Project Manager will also have overall responsible for (Apply online only) contract teams working on the network on a day-by-day basis.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Ensure that a high standard of safety management prevails throughout all responsibilities and that safety performance is maintained within parameters defined by UK Power Networks. Promote the Incident and Injury free philosophy.
• Lead a team to deliver projects from inception to completion to time, quality, cost, whilst maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental management.
• Manage the coordination and performance of several Project Managers. Close liaison with the Network Operations Area Managers & Lead Engineers to ensure the maximum utilisation of staff will be an important aspect of this role.
• Provide technical and management leadership to the team of Project Managers across all project management disciplines.
• Ensuring construction assurance through site safety audits on quality of work, technical competencies, adherence to specifications, compliance with testing and commissioning procedures and safety and environmental procedures. Ensure that the required project completion data is compliant with policy and submitted within specified timescales for processing.
• Produce an overall delivery strategy and ensure provision of project managers, direct/contract resources, materials and services to ensure that project programmes are maintained.
• Manage the commercial arrangements with contractors to ensure that contractual arrangements are met and that cost controls are in place.
• Work with the appointed contractor management team to ensure utilisation of contractor resource. Ensure escalation of related issues and contractor performance to the Programme Delivery Manager.
• Responsible for the continuous improvement in productivity of our direct resources and contractor partners.
• Must strive to remove any barriers preventing the efficient delivery of work in Distribution Capital Delivery and across all Directorates.
• Produce forecasts for overall cost, commitment, milestone progress, resources, materials and contracts to ensure expenditure plans are met and delivery of critical items and personnel can be sourced promptly, ensuring agreement on UK Power Networks procedures.
• Work with partners such as Asset Management, Distribution Planning, Supply Chain, Network Operations, Procurement and Contract management to ensure that materials and delivery contracts are in place to deliver the programme.
• Lead the team in ensuring high levels of safety and customer focus.

Support the Programme Delivery Manager in the ongoing development of the team to ensure delivery of the asset portfolio plan.

• Ensure continuous development of the Project delivery team’s knowledge and skill base training & staff development.
• Ensure design and construction compliance with CDM.
• Carry out daily management of contractors and conduct regular reviews with contractors of safety, forecasts, delivery, and costs.
• Ensure staff comply with Company procedures and complete work to the required standard.
• Management and resolution of customer complaints for both internal and contractor resources.
• Deputise for the Programme Delivery Manager.

Qualifications:

• A HNC or equivalent qualification is required
• A safety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely will be required as will experience working with the CDM regulations and ISO9001 quality processes
• A formal Project Management qualification such as APMP or Prince 2 (Foundation & Practitioner) will be required
• Knowledge of Microsoft Project, the Microsoft Office suite of applications (Excel, word and access) and project management techniques
• A working knowledge of SAP including (Project Management, Works management, Finance and Asset Management modules) or experience with a similar Enterprise Management IT system would also be advantageous
• Full UK driving licence

(Candidates not meeting the above requirements, but willing to undertake a development plan will also be considered for the position.)

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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