Project Director

About the Opportunity

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our Transmission & Renewables team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.

What will you be doing?

We’re looking for a Project Director to join our Energy Division at M Group on a hybrid basis in Nottingham.

The Projects comprise of new Over Head Line (OHL) along with reconductoring of existing OHL, Building new and extending existing 400 and 275 kV Substations and installing new underground cables.

• Creating and managing a Project Delivery Team to deliver all aspects of the designated project.
• Creating a programme and schedule with agreed milestones and managing against that programme.
• Creating and agreeing an estimated cost for the delivery of the project and reporting performance against that estimate.
• Ensuring Safe and Sustainable Delivery of Projects to the highest Industry Standards.
• Liaising with key stakeholders, partners and National Grid to enable successful delivery of the project.
• Agreeing and managing against a set of KPIs as appropriate for the project and reporting performance against those KPIs.

About You

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience with OHL (Overhead Lines) / Electrical transmissions
• You'll know electrical systems, grid connections, and commissioning inside out, with a proven track record of delivering major infrastructure on time and on budget.
• You'll combine sharp problem-solving with confident decision-making, backed by strong leadership, commercial awareness, and stakeholder management skills.
• You'll communicate with ease at every level, building trust and collaboration across diverse teams and partners.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Car Allowance
• Private health care and cash plan
• Life assurance
• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

About Company

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognized programs, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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