Senior Project Manager

Expanded are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to to work on in our Power Sector. Laing O'Rourke appointed as construction partner for National Grid's Great Grid Partnership | Laing O'Rourke Role & Responsibilities

• Contribute to the achievement of safety targets and zero tolerance of unsafe working practices and occurrences
• To support the delivery of the sub project to the client within budget, Quality Assurance standards, on programme and to stringent safety parameters
• To work with the planning team to develop detailed and accurate short term programmes of work
• To provide accurate and timely reporting of progress against the plan
• To ensure adoption of innovative ideas from within the business and from the workforce
• To support the programming of day to day resource requirement and communicate these to the construction team
• To interface with the construction manager and sections managers to share best practice and ensure effective resource utilisation
• To monitor external changes to work plans and report the effect of change
• To lead section meetings to review safety, quality, progress and design.
• To ensure effective implementation Laing O Rourke project management systems and procedures
• Contribute to the contract review process.
• To chair safety committee meetings on a monthly basis, take minutes, distribute and carry out all actions.

Requirements

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering (or recognisable qualification)
• Between 10-15 years' experience

Start date: Autumn 2026 About Us Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace. We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please emailresourcingteam@laingorourke.com