Development Project Manager

Overview

As Development Project Manager at SSEN Transmission, you oversee high-value infrastructure projects from feasibility through early design and planning, ensuring delivery aligns with the long-term network strategy. You’ll lead multi-disciplinary teams, manage budgets and schedules, and coordinate regulatory and land rights activities. The role focuses on delivering scalable substation, overhead line, and cable schemes, partnering with contractors and stakeholders to realise critical transmission projects. This is a safety-conscious, collaborative position with a clear impact on the grid of the future.

Pay / Benefits

• car/car allowance
• performance related bonus
• flexible first options
• private healthcare discounts
• gym membership discounts
• cycle to work scheme

Responsibilities

• Identify and assemble project teams to execute initiatives up to construction
• Assess feasibility, develop options and initial designs, and submit Planning Applications
• Lead option development and routing for overhead lines/underground cables and onshore substations
• Coordinate design work, land rights/wayleaves, and regulator submissions
• Deliver key project documentation and Gate milestones
• Manage programmes, costs, resources, and governance-aligned plans
• Build productive relationships with contractors, stakeholders, and communities
• Maintain safety, health, and environmental standards

Key requirements

• Experience in project development through optioneering and initial design phases
• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams to deliver planning applications, tenders, and designs
• Experience budgeting for large projects (10M+), understanding of electrical transmission networks beneficial
• Knowledge of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and Health and Safety legislation
• Experience with NEC3 contracting suite (Engineering and Construction, Professional Services)

• Stakeholder engagement
• Leadership and team coordination
• Cross-functional communication
• Project development and option assessment
• Feasibility analysis and initial design
• Planning applications and regulatory submissions

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