Senior Project Manager

An exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing UK infrastructure and construction company that specialises in designing, building and maintaining essential infrastructure nationwide.

Reporting directly to the Project Director, the Senior Project Manager will take overall responsibility for the safe and successful delivery of a £200 million major infrastructure project, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and company procedures.

The Role:

• Take full responsibility for successful project delivery, working collaboratively with the Project Leadership Team to ensure alignment with client objectives, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements and business goals.
• Lead and promote a strong safety-first culture, ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations, industry standards, statutory requirements and company SHEQ policies across all site activities.
• Own and drive the project programme, managing critical path activities, engineering interfaces, site operations, resources and commissioning requirements to achieve key milestones and delivery targets.
• Work closely with the Commercial Manager to control project costs, manage forecasts, risks, variations and change control, while identifying opportunities for value engineering and improved commercial performance.
• Act as the key interface with the client, site operations and external stakeholders, while overseeing subcontractor and supplier performance to ensure safe, efficient and compliant delivery.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, resolve delivery challenges, maintain robust project controls and reporting, and drive KPI performance, accountability and continuous improvement.

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience managing large-scale EPC projects, ideally within UK high-pressure infrastructure, heavy engineering, piping or process-led projects in regulated, safety-critical environments.
• Demonstrable success delivering high-value engineering and construction projects from inception through to completion, preferably within a Tier-1 main contractor environment.
• Strong understanding of project cost control, contract management, programme delivery and commercial performance, including experience with NEC or similar forms of contract.
• Proven experience managing site health and safety within complex EPC environments, with a strong understanding of statutory requirements and industry best practices. SMSTS, IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent preferred.
• Experience working with major industrial process operators with an understanding of their operational and technical requirements.
• Relevant academic or professional qualifications, a commitment to continuous professional development, strong communication and IT skills, and willingness to work on-site when required.

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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services - Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management - across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.