Senior Project Manager

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we're delivering some of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure projects, helping connect communities and support the transition to a low-carbon future.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with a strong civil engineering background to lead the delivery of major infrastructure and access road works on the Skye Reinforcement Project , a critical investment in Scotland's electricity network. This is a unique opportunity to play a leading role on a high-profile project in one of the most challenging and spectacular environments in the UK.

What you'll be doing

As Senior Project Manager, you'll take full responsibility for the successful delivery of the civil engineering elements of the project, leading multidisciplinary teams from design development through procurement and construction.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading the delivery of significant civil engineering infrastructure and access road works across the project.
• Managing and coordinating design partners to ensure designs are practical, buildable and delivered to programme.
• Driving construction performance across safety, quality, programme and cost.
• Leading project teams including Construction Managers, Works Managers, Engineering, Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety professionals.
• Working closely with the Construction Director and wider leadership team to ensure seamless integration with associated transmission infrastructure works.
• Developing construction methodologies, programmes, risk assessments and delivery strategies.
• Ensuring resources, materials, subcontractors and plant are effectively mobilised and managed.
• Managing project risks, identifying opportunities, and implementing solutions to maintain delivery commitments.
• Monitoring budgets, forecasting performance and ensuring robust commercial awareness throughout the project lifecycle.
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, clients, suppliers and delivery partners.
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and high performance across the project team.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for a proven infrastructure delivery leader who can confidently manage large, complex civil engineering projects in challenging environments.

You will ideally have:

• A degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Significant experience delivering major civil engineering infrastructure projects, ideally within transportation, energy, utilities or heavy civil engineering sectors.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong commercial awareness with a good understanding of NEC contracts and change management.
• A track record of delivering projects safely, efficiently and to a high quality standard.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing subcontractors, supply chain partners and design consultants.
• A valid CSCS Manager Card.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution is desirable.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit

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