Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Salary: £60,000- £75,000 per annum 

Join Us:
Join us and you’ll join one of the UK’s largest construction, engineering, and infrastructure company. As a Project Manager, you’ll work alongside a team delivering exceptional outcomes—for our people, the built environment, and a truly sustainable future.

Overview
We are seeking an experienced HV Substation Project Manager to lead the delivery of a major GIS high?voltage (HV) infrastructure project, located in Lancaster, from concept through to commissioning. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical knowledge of HV environments, experience with NEC4 contracts, and a track record of managing subcontractors, programme delivery, cost control, and risk/opportunity management.

What You Will Do
Project Leadership

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a two stage HV substation project, ensuring compliance with safety, technical, and contractual requirements.
• Plan and manage project programme, milestones, interfaces, and deliverables to meet customer and business objectives.

Contract & Commercial Management

• Administer projects under NEC4 contract governance, including early warnings, compensation events, change control, and communications.
• Maintain robust cost management practices: forecasting, cost tracking, budget control, and financial reporting.

Technical & Construction Management

• Oversee construction activities within HV environments, ensuring safe working practices and adherence to relevant standards.
• Manage subcontractors effectively: performance, quality, progress, and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Coordinate with engineering, commissioning, and operational teams to ensure quality of delivery.

Risk & Opportunity Management

• Lead risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive opportunity realization to improve programme, cost, or technical outcomes.
• Maintain and report on project risk registers and mitigation strategies.

Stakeholder & Interface Management

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Ensure strong communication and collaboration across engineering, commercial, HSE, and operational teams.
• Prepare and present project progress reports, dashboards, and performance updates.

Health, Safety & Environment

• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with HV safety rules, CDM regulations, and company HSE policies.
• Support environmental compliance and sustainability objectives throughout project delivery.

About You (Required Experience & Skills)

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or project management.

• Proven experience managing HV substation or transmission/distribution projects.
• Strong understanding of NEC4 contract mechanisms and commercial governance.
• Demonstrable experience managing multiple subcontractors and designers and interfaces.
• Programme management skills
• Cost management and financial reporting capability.
• Experience in risk mitigation and opportunity realisation
• Strong communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated commitment to health, safety, quality and environmental compliance.
• Experience in working with transmission connected Clients.

Desirable

• Project management qualifications (APM, PRINCE2, PMP).
• Heavy civil or mechanical and electric engineering background.

What we offer:
In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits:

• Benefits: 25 days holiday entitlement + Statutory and public holidays + Additional 3 (three) days holiday available on our purchase scheme
•  Life Assurance and Career Progression