Trainee Project Manager

Uk Power Networks

The Role

Overview

Manage major electrical connection projects from enquiry to delivery, ensuring compliance.

Key Responsibilities

  • quotations
  • financial control
  • project delivery
  • itt management
  • design compliance
  • stakeholder liaison

Tasks

-Produce quotations in line with our Licence conditions ensuring regulatory compliance of all projects (LC12, LC15, LC15a). -Manage the financial control of projects, ensuring the delivery of planned Gross Margins. -Effectively manage workload. Take full responsibility and ownership of the success of projects. -Work with customers and government offices to progress long term strategies for the connection of new load for the expansion of development areas. -Manage the delivery of new connections major projects, when required to do so. -Produce and manage ITT in conjunction with procurement for cable installations. -Manage projects throughout their lifecycle from Enquiry, through Quotation/delivery and on to completion following PG and C process. -Liaison with delivery partners; both during the Design and Programme Delivery for the pricing and delivery of new connections solutions. -Liaison with asset management to obtain point of connection information and develop strategies fro delivering customer requirements -Ensure design compliance with CDM. -Liaison across the company with marketing and key account management, finance, legal, regulation and network governance to ensure a consistent and appropriate strategy..

Requirements

  • hv networks
  • ehv networks
  • customer focus
  • presentation
  • confidence

What You Bring

-An understanding of the HV and EHV networks in one or more on the footprints would be advantageous; -A can do and customer friendly attitude is most important with and keenness to excess customer expectations -Presentations to external customers and UK Power Networks senior management will require the candidate to display confidence and a professional attitude.

Benefits

-Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan -Discounted gym membership -Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid -Occupational Health support -Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products -Employee Assistance Programme -Private Medical Cover -23 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays. -Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) -Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes

The Company

About Uk Power Networks

-It has built resilience through landmark innovation—funded by Ofgem—for projects like Low Carbon London and Flexible Plug & Play, pioneering smart grid integration. -The company architected and maintains private networks serving Heathrow, Stansted, London Underground and Canary Wharf, showcasing its aptitude in high-stakes infrastructure. -Its rollout of pole-support trusses and smart connection portals highlights a knack for clever engineering that minimizes disruption while boosting reliability. -From carrying legacy cables to orchestrating EV infrastructure and hydrogen experimentation, its story is one of transforming traditional power delivery for modern demands.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Transport

Maritime

Nuclear

Solar

Rail

Defence

Aviation

Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

Commercial

Residential

Industrial

Infrastructure

Utilities

Government