Senior Electrical Project Manager in London, Greater London

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Client: Working throughout several sectors including commercial, residential, education, and data centres, the business has seen a significant amount of growth in the last 5 Years. With a traditional engineering mindset and reinvestment into new principals, the business expects 2026/2027 to be a similar period of growth. After a successful year, they are now looking to increase turnover to £200M, consequently they are looking to expand their operations team. Despite their size, my client are a family owned and run business and this is a trait they pride themselves on with well over 80% of their clients using them on multiple occasions because of the nature of the business.


Senior Electrical Project Manager – Central London - £450-£500 per day (CIS only) or up to £110,000 + Package (DOE)


Preconstruction has recently commenced, with the install beginning around Q2. The successful candidate will be expected to take the project from pre-construction through to handover. Key to this role is relationship management, team coordination and project reporting. The position will be supported by a team of engineers, construction managers and supervisors


Role/Responsibilities:

  • Tender review/validation
  • Design Management (reviewing design liaising with client, main contractor and consultants)
  • Procurement of subcontractors, kit and plant
  • Technical submittals
  • RFIs – Liaison with client team, main contractor and sub contractors
  • Value Engineering where applicable
  • Programming of works
  • Health & Safety management (RAMs)
  • Commercial Responsibility, assisting with sub contractor variation accounts working alongside project specific Quantity Survey.
  • Management of variations
  • Team Coordination (overseeing junior engineers, construction managers and supervisors)
  • Progress meetings with sub contractors, client and internal meetings
  • Overseeing commissioning stages
  • Formulation of OM Manuals and client handover


The ideal candidate:

  • Experience working in the commercial sector
  • Experience managing projects to a minimum of £10M within your own discipline
  • A minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior management role
  • Ideally the candidate will have subcontracted to main contractors such as Multiplex, Lend Lease, Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace.
  • The candidate will show longevity in previous employment.


In return they offer:

  • The opportunity to work on a landmark , one of kind project.
  • A healthy pipeline of work – having secured their 2027 turnover already.
  • Join a stable business who have an excellent staff attrition rate.
  • A very competitive basic salary and good package.
  • Our client are keen to promote from within and this position is no exception, with realistic opportunities to progress into an operational role in the future.



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