Project Advisor

Overview

In this role, you drive delivery of utility infrastructure projects within complex, fast-paced settings, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time outcomes. You lead planning, stakeholder collaboration, and risk management to align with a Project Execution Plan and achieve KPIs. You champion safety, sustainability, and client-focused outcomes while coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and managing changes. This is a chance to contribute to net zero goals within a values-driven firm.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options
• hybrid working opportunities
• part-time options

Responsibilities

• Determine project management, technical services and external resources required for projects
• Lead and supervise project teams and stakeholders to achieve KPIs
• Monitor health, safety and wellbeing across project lifecycle
• Prepare and update project plans and ensure relevance
• Oversee budgets, timelines, risks, and mitigations
• Ensure robust quality systems and clear stakeholder communications
• Record and manage project meetings, site walks, and contextual analyses
• Collaborate on risk management and carbon emissions reductions during delivery
• Coordinate with all project parties and ensure task ownership and proper records
• Document changes and track project changes
• Support net zero carbon transition through proactive sustainability practices

Key requirements

• Proven experience delivering utility infrastructure solutions (power, gas, water, telecom) across new connections, diversions, protections
• Strong knowledge of safe excavation practices (HSG 47)
• Understanding BWIC and CDM Regulations
• Ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders
• Sound decision-making based on project criticality and outcomes
• Experience building long-term client relationships and leading high-performing teams
• Professional membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent development
• Significant experience in delivery phases of utility projects and programmes
• Expertise in property or infrastructure project management
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Experience leading elements of large multi-disciplinary projects
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders
• Understanding of carbon and sustainability priorities influence on project strategies

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• communication
• utility project delivery
• BWIC
• CDM Regulations

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