Project Manager

About the Opportunity

Want to work on engineering projects that will shape the future? If you're passionate about leading teams, managing large-scale construction activities and delivering critical energy infrastructure, this is your opportunity to play a key role in one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and overall project management for a defined work package within the Great Grid Partnership programme.
• Deliver works safely, on programme, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, oversee project planning and resource management.
• Manage commercial performance and ensure effective implementation of project management systems and processes.

About You

What You'll Bring:

• Degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related discipline.
• Significant experience delivering major infrastructure, utilities, energy, or civil engineering projects.
• Proven experience managing complex construction programmes within a project management or senior construction leadership role.
• Strong understanding of NEC contracts and commercial project delivery.
• Demonstrable experience managing multidisciplinary teams and supply chain partners.
• Excellent health, safety, quality, and environmental management knowledge.
• Experience in project planning, resource management, risk management, and programme delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build effective relationships across project teams, clients, and delivery partners.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills.

Eligibility

Location: Based on the GWNC project with travel across the 114km route between Grimsby and Walpole as required.

Benefits

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long-term conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an Interview' scheme. Please let us know if you would like to opt into this scheme and if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.

About Company

Laing O'Rourke is an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia. With more than 150 years of experience, we deliver certainty, reliability, and quality for our clients.

If you need the application form in an alternative format or would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com.