Senior Project Delivery Manager

Sonder and Metric

Senior Project Delivery Manager

Energy Infrastructure & Battery Storage | Hybrid (UK)

Attention

Are you a senior project delivery professional with proven experience delivering grid-connected energy infrastructure projects?

Do you want full accountability for complex utility, power or BESS projects – without being reduced to governance, reporting or facilitation?

This role offers genuine ownership of delivery, where leadership, technical understanding and decision-making sit firmly with you.

Interest

Our client delivers complex, grid-connected energy infrastructure projects across the UK, including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), HV infrastructure and associated utility works.

They are seeking a Senior Project Delivery Manager to take end-to-end responsibility for the safe, compliant and successful delivery of projects from detailed design through construction, commissioning and handover into operations.

This is a senior delivery role working across multiple live projects within a technically demanding utilities / power environment.

The role is primarily office-based with regular engagement at site during key delivery phases.

Desire

In this role, you’ll act as the senior delivery lead across a portfolio of energy infrastructure projects, including:

* Owning programme, cost, quality, safety and risk across projects

* Leading delivery from detailed design through construction and commissioning

* Managing contractors and consultants under NEC4 contracts

* Coordinating delivery across utility, grid and specialist electrical stakeholders

* Ensuring strong governance, reporting and control throughout delivery

* Acting as the key interface between internal stakeholders and external delivery partners, including DNOs, National Grid, ICPs and principal contractors

* Driving projects through to operational handover with confidence and clarity

This role suits experienced delivery leaders who enjoy owning outcomes, making informed decisions and operating close to delivery – not managing from a distance.

The Background That Fits

This role is specifically aimed at candidates with experience delivering grid-connected infrastructure projects within:

* Energy

* Utilities

* Power

* BESS

* HV / MV infrastructure

* Substations

* Power generation

* Industrial electrical infrastructure

* ICP / DNO environments

You don’t need to tick every box, but this role will suit you if you have:

* Proven experience delivering grid-connected infrastructure, utilities or energy projects

* Strong understanding of HV / power or utility delivery environments

* Experience managing contractors and delivery partners under NEC4 contracts

* Experience working alongside DNOs, National Grid, ICPs or utility stakeholders

* Strong appreciation of health, safety and regulatory compliance within high-risk infrastructure environments

* A practical, delivery-focused mindset with the confidence to lead under pressure

* Experience within energy, power, renewables or utilities is essential

* Candidates without direct experience delivering grid-connected power, utility or energy infrastructure projects are unlikely to be considered

Salary

£80,000 – £105,000