Project Manager at Ipsum, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Project Manager

Location: Chippenham area 

Employment type: Full time / Permanent 

Working Hours: (Monday to Friday, 45 hours per week with overtime opportunities available) 

What’s in it for you… 

We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.?? 

• Annual leave plus bank holidays  
• Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays 
• Group Personal Pension Plan 
• Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications  
• 24/7 access to a virtual GP??and Mental health support & counselling services?? 
• Cycle to Work scheme?? 
• Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more?!? 
• Life assurance cover?? 
• Long service recognition?? 
• Enhanced Maternity Pay 
• Paid volunteering opportunities in your community?? 

About the role… 

This is an office-based role responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering 11kV and 33kV Network Improvement (NI) projects for SSE under the OHL framework. The role ensures all project requirements are effectively managed, including feeder surveys, work scoping, programme planning, resource allocation, shutdown coordination, materials, traffic management, generation provision and safety documentation. Working closely with commercial teams to support quotations and payment applications, the position is focused on achieving operational and financial targets while delivering a high standard of service to SSE, customers and other key stakeholders.

As a Project Manager you will…? 

• Day to day planning of projects (mainly a given work stream)
• Day to day client liaison
• Actively Configure Network requirements (HV / LV) to enable works.
• Monitor performance and safety requirements regularly and implement improvements.
• Arrange Surveys and carry out quoting of individual projects based on a contract schedule of rates
• Ensure resources are adequate for the workload
• Ensure Plant & Materials are adequate for the works
• Ensure Ipsum Power policies are implemented, monitored, and audited.
• Operate in full compliance with Ipsum Power Policies, procedures, and instructions.
• Post Work commercial and asset paperwork / forms submitted
• Ensuring PSIs are well planned and properly resourced to reduce risk of over-run or cancellation to absolute minimum
• Ensuring we support good cashflow by working with the QS to make prompt applications for payment for completed Activity Schedules
• Consistently complete you quote of site inspections

About you… 

• Proven experience in a Project Planning position preferably overhead line power distribution.
• Preferably C&G electrical qualification (or willing to work towards)
• Knowledge of Process Implementation, Planning Works / Projects
• Proven experience of working in client focused environment with performance management responsibility
• Understanding of a distribution network particularly LV, 11kv and 33kV connectivity and construction methods
• Overhead line construction and dismantlement techniques
• Excavation and underground cable laying in adopted highway and private land
• Professional, customer focused with a good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning.
• Ability to communicate both up and down within Ipsum and the Client Organisation
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent time management skills, with ability to deliver tasks to deadline.

Our commitment to Equal Opportunities... 

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences, and we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.? 

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Next steps... 

If you’re interested in this opportunity, please apply or reach out to the Talent Team for more info!