Job Description
Project Delivery Team Leader
Location: Yorkshire
Directorate: Energy Systems
Job Ref No: R6952
Do you want to help power your career and be part of an evolving energy industry?
Looking for a role where your expertise can truly make an impact?
We’re looking for a Project Delivery Team Leader to join our Major Projects operations team. You’ll play a key role in delivering complex, high-voltage construction projects while leading, developing and supporting a team of highly skilled operational engineers.
At Northern Powergrid, we’re all about keeping the power flowing for 3.9 million homes and businesses. With our customer focused approach, we work as one team, solving challenges and delivering real results. As a Project Delivery Team Leader, you will be managing a team of operational engineers (Senior Authorised Persons) delivering varied construction projects safely and to time, cost and quality.
Along with a competitive salary of £68,286- £80,335 plus up to 10% bonus, we also offer great benefits such as:
- Opportunity for overtime and standby payments once appropriately authorised.
- Agile working arrangements.
- Enrolment into our double-matched pension scheme
- 25 days holiday (rising with service)
- Car allowance / company car scheme
- Payment of professional fees
- Excellent opportunities for career growth
We are excited to hear from candidates with a passion for our company, the energy industry and a desire to succeed.
Key Responsibilities
- Effective management and utilisation of resources
- Effective team management, leadership and supervision
- Line management of your team
- Leading the training and development of your team
- Carryout operational assessments
- Carryout operational duties to support your team and the wider business, including 24/7 restoration
- Accident and incident investigation
- Ensure adequate network risk management by your team
- Undertake safety, operational, quality, environmental and business process audits
Key Competencies
- Operational excellence as a role model for your team
- HV and EHV operational experience and authorisations
- Hold existing UK based Senior Authorised Person authorisations and regularly use these authorisations.
- Excellent leadership and team management skills and experience
- Extensive experience of delivering projects to time, cost and quality
What qualifications and experience should you have?
- HNC, HND, degree, or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with at least three years of relevant operational experience as an SAP
- Hold existing HV or EHV Senior Authorised Person status operating on a UK based distribution or transmission network, or UK based privately operated electricity network.
- NEBOSH/IOSH or similar qualification
Job Posted: 4 May 2025
Closing date for applications: 6 July2025
Hold Date for interviews: 14 & 21 July 2025
Visit northernpowergrid.com/careers to find out more about this and other career opportunities.
We are currently recruiting for this vacancy across Yorkshire, and you may be based at locations including York, Sheffield, Castleford, Brigg and Hull. However, we are always on the hunt for new talent and welcome a chat if you have an interest in joining Northern Powergrid.
Applicants are considered However, their suitability for the post irrespective of sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, race, age or disability, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.