Senior Project Manager

M Group Services Limited; Fleet; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure service provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to manage projects for National Grid. This role involves overseeing internal project resources, ensuring milestone delivery, and maintaining strong relationships with customers. Required skills include project management expertise, telecom knowledge, and excellent communication abilities. The position offers competitive benefits, including a company car, private healthcare, and a discretionary bonus.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24/7

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal for retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity leave

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

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Qualifications

• Responsible for driving project delivery to meet milestones across all areas.
• Report progress against targets and chair meetings with customers and supply chain.
• Build strong internal and external relationships.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of internal project resources & suppliers.
• Ensuring all aspects of the project are running to the agreed timescales.
• Support customers, field engineers, and project teams.

Skills

project/programme management

commercial acumen

Microsoft Office proficiency

organisational skills

communication skills

telecoms knowledge

leadership

ISO experience

customer focus

integrity

safety-first mindset

team empowerment

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where you will be working?

At M Group Telecom, we’re enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech‑enabled future. We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators. Private networks – we find the best technology, manage assets and refresh systems. With 24/7 network operations, we keep things running smoothly, while operating comprehensive network repair and maintenance to keep everything in top shape.

What will you be doing?

M Group is looking for a Senior Project Manager to be part of our Project Management Team in the UK, working across a range of projects for our customer, National Grid. Reporting into the Head of Delivery, your role will be day‑to‑day management of our internal project resources & suppliers responsible for delivering both activities and ensuring that all aspects of the project are running to the timescales agreed.

What you’ll bring?

Responsible for driving project delivery to meet milestones across all areas, ensuring quality and health & safety standards. Report progress against targets, chair meetings with customers and supply chain, and build strong internal and external relationships. Support customers, field engineers and project teams. Required competencies include excellent organisational and communication skills, telecoms knowledge, leadership, ISO experience and flexibility. Key skills: project/programme management, commercial acumen, Microsoft Office proficiency. Personal traits: customer focus, integrity, safety‑first mindset and team empowerment.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car or car allowance
• Private health care single cover
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eye care and physiotherapy and much more!
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd‑party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.