About us

Our team is responsible to develop and deliver transmission solutions that enable the grid of tomorrow/renewable future. In this role you will support offshore and onshore transmission projects, including Community Offshore Wind.

National Grid is hiring a Principal Project Manager for our US Offshore Transmission team in Boston, MA, Waltham, MA or Brooklyn, NY

Job Purpose

The candidate will oversee and manage the delivery of HVDC substation terminals, offshore HVDC platform and/or onshore and offshore export cables. This includes implementing HSE management, leading the Work Package team, coordinating company resources, assessing design compliance, and managing the project's budget and schedule. The role also involves identifying cost reduction initiatives, managing risks and issues, building the supply chain, implementing lessons learned, preparing tenders and contracts, providing inputs to other packages, securing permits, ensuring quality, and representing the Package internally and externally. Finally, the job requires ensuring a smooth handover of work to Operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for overarching delivery of onshore and offshore HVDC terminals and export cables.
• Implementing HSE management for the package and developing Safe by Design solution
• Lead the Work Package team to deliver the scope, applying appropriate governance, controls and reporting to deliver against objectives and to inform the wider project about progress, issues, decisions and financial status
• Lead the coordination of multi-disciplinary company resources and inputs to the Project (Eng, Dev, Construction, HSE, Procurement, Controlling)
• Accountable for the assessment of related design, regulation compliance, manufacturing control, installation concept and commissioning
• Responsible for timely and accurate input into casebook and costbook to support Business Case development
• Identify, agree and implement all possible cost reduction initiatives to prepare the most efficient CAPEX and OPEX for the package considered for bid preparation and FID
• Planning, scheduling, budget control and effective change control to baselines
• Identification and management of package risks, issues and impacts for the wider project including effective mitigation management
• Build up of supply chain with Procurement (incl Local Content and preparation and execution of RfPs to obtain budgetary information) to understand capabilities and capacity of the market
• Identify and implement lessons learned by interfacing with other projects, organizations and related bodies
• Accountable for overall, tender preparation, evaluation & contract negotiation
• Responsible for providing inputs to other packages during design phase to define the working interfaces
• Accountable to provide package inputs to Development team to ensure permits for construction and operational envelope are secured
• Accountable for managing quality in accordance with established systems
• Responsible for representing the Package internally and externally (stakeholder engagement, communications, briefing, decision making material and reporting)
• Responsible for ensuring smooth handover of work to Operations

Qualifications

• 10 years’ experience managing large-scale projects, preferably in the energy or utility sector.
• Strong knowledge of substation engineering and delivery and associated regulations and standards.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale projects from initiation to completion, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Extensive experience in contract management, including procurement, subcontractor management, and vendor selection.
• In-depth understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Proven expertise in planning, scheduling, budget control, and change management.
• Strong risk management skills, including identification, mitigation, and impact assessment for the wider project.
• Proven track record in implementing and managing HSE management systems and Safe by Design solutions.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to lead and motivate a multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, both internally and externally.
• Strong understanding of project governance, controls, and reporting to ensure successful delivery against objectives.
• Experience in coordinating and managing resources from various departments, including Engineering, Development, Construction, HSE, Procurement, and Controlling.
• Proficiency in financial management and business case development.