About the role

We’re looking for an exceptional leader to take on a pivotal role within SI Onshore, reporting directly to the Project Director. This is a high-impact position at the heart of our project delivery, where you’ll drive the consistent application of legal, regulatory, and business SHESQ standards across a diverse portfolio of complex construction projects.

You’ll lead and inspire a team of Project Supervisors working across multiple NEC contracts and construction sites, ensuring projects are delivered safely, compliantly, and in line with contractual and planning requirements, including Development Consent Orders.

Working cross-functionally, you’ll act as a key connector across internal teams and external partners, championing SHESQ excellence, embedding National Grid policies, and playing a central role in shaping and delivering strategic SHESQ initiatives.

This is a unique opportunity to influence performance at scale—optimising resource deployment across projects, raising standards, and making a tangible impact on how we deliver critical infrastructure.

This role will be vairable based with the expectation of regular travel based upon project demands. There is the expectation to be on site 4 days per week within the East Anglia region.

About You

• Leadership Skills As a manager at National Grid, you are expected to live the company values, as well as demonstrating and continually developing your leadership skills.
• Project Management skills including management of risk for delivery of projects to scope, time, cost, quality, safety and security of supply
• Extensive understanding of Safety and Environmental legislation and practices and policies relating to Construction and working knowledge of CDM Regulations with relation to Client & PC duties
• Experience of multi-disciplined construction projects working to deadlines in a commercial environment
• Awareness of contract management within fixed price and target cost contracts
• Detailed knowledge of quality management and site inspection requirements and the application of Inspection & test plans for compliant project delivery
• Detailed knowledge & understanding of current National Grid Policies, procedures & specifications related to SHE, materials & construction processes
• Full UK Driving License
• Able to travel to East Anglia 4 times per week

What you'll do

• Lead, develop and performance manage a team up to 10 Project Supervisors to support the safe delivery of Onshore ASTI portfolio of projects in SI to cost, time and quality.
• Lead a team in the consistent provision of the formal National Grid Electricity Transmission interface with the contractor for all day-to-day construction activities, and monitor the areas progress, collaboratively resolving programme risk escalations to the Project Director, SI SHES, Risk& Assurance and Engineering Managers.
• Provide dedicated Leadership for assigned Project(s) on SI Onshore to manage internal and external support functions tocomply withSHESQ,Planning Requirements and National Grid policies and procedures.
• Lead the effective implementation, coordination, execution and monitoring of all aspects of Planning Requirements, Health, Safety, Environmental, Sustainability and Quality Assurance on assigned Projects.
• Enable programmatic management of PS resources across projects to optimise performance across SI Onshore. Provide the Senior Project Managers with updates on specific project performance and technical advice.
• Lead the consistent methodology and application and supporting regular site construction meetings with Contractors and ensure the facilitation of regular site safety walks to ensure that activities are being managed as per the agreed Construction Phase Plan.
• Implement a Centre of Excellence to review continuous improvement and capture lessons learned, ensuringbest practice is both promoted and utilised across the projects within the region and sharing across SI Onshore and the Wider Business.
• Support Incident Investigations across SI Onshore and embed key findings within a Centre of Excellence to apply strategic direction to Project Supervision tasks.
• Ensure area compliance of all site documents to ensure compliance with legislation, ensuring they have been subject to formal document control and uploaded to the relevant project document control system(s) in accordance with applicable procedures.
• Resource management ensuring your team are adequately trained, have the appropriate level of competence and authorisation processes as required for all tasks and succession planning. Support all respective training and development programmes to grow Organisational Capability.
• Coordinate with the SI SHES function to evaluate and conduct assurance requirements based on proactive and reactive plans.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £70,000 - £74,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your eligible earnings, based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

This role closes on 21st May 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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