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Senior Project Manager
Job Posted: 3 hours ago
Salary: £ 75,000 - 85,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Warrington, Cheshire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
An exciting opportunity to lead a nationally significant, multi-year gas infrastructure upgrade focused on reducing emissions and supporting the UK’s transition to a lower-carbon energy network. This four-year Design & Build project involves the installation of a new, low-emission gas turbine–driven compressor train at a critical Above Ground Installation (AGI) site within the national gas transmission system.
The first two years will focus on design, offering a hybrid working arrangement. The final two years transition to full-time site-based delivery, overseeing construction and commissioning. This is a strategically important project aligned with the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD), playing a key role in futureproofing UK energy supply and improving air quality.
Responsibilities:
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Lead full project lifecycle delivery from early-stage design through to construction, commissioning, and handover.
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Manage design partner deliverables, ensuring alignment with project programme and technical specifications.
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Oversee governance documentation including risk registers, programme schedules, commercial reporting, and approvals.
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Maintain strong stakeholder engagement across engineering, commercial, client and regulatory interfaces.
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Select, appoint, and manage subcontractors to ensure safe, compliant and high-quality delivery of civil, mechanical, electrical and EC&I scopes.
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Monitor project financials, ensuring cost control, forecasting accuracy, and achievement of target margins.
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Promote and enforce high standards of health, safety, environmental and quality performance across all project phases.
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Provide regular reporting to senior leadership and ensure proactive management of project risks and opportunities.
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Travel to design offices and project sites across the UK as required.
Qualifications:
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10+ years’ experience delivering major projects in the gas transmission or AGI sector, ideally with compressor station involvement.
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In-depth knowledge of AGI systems, gas turbines, pipeline interfaces, and process safety standards.
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Proven track record managing infrastructure upgrades in live, regulated gas environments.
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Experience working under CDM 2015 regulations, acting in Principal Contractor and Designer capacities.
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Competent in commercial management of D&B contracts – cost/value reporting, change control and programme forecasting.
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Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management and technical reporting capabilities.
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Full, clean UK driving licence with flexibility to travel nationally.
Benefits:
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Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
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Hybrid working during design phase
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Strategic leadership role on a nationally significant emissions-reduction project
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Defined progression opportunities within a high-performing, engineer-led delivery environment
Ready to shape the future of the UK’s energy infrastructure? Apply now and take the lead on one of the most important gas transmission upgrades in the countryBefore You Apply
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