project manager Basingstoke, England
Job description
About the Role
Base Location: Basingstoke
Salary: £39,415 - £45,136 + Car/Car Allowance + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Field and Office based
We are looking for a Field Project Manager to join our busy Minor Connections Team. We deliver a range of jobs to our customers from New Supplies, Increases in load for EV Chargers and Service Alterations.
The Field Project Manager is responsible for carrying out site visits prior to the connection of the job, ensuring jobs can be delivered right first time and to cost.
The ideal candidate will be someone who can deliver excellent customer service whilst ensuring our customers understand all the requirements needed to allow us to deliver the job competently and through to completion.
If this sounds of interest to you, please read on for more information.
Roles & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Contribute towards our Time to Connect & Broad Measure incentives carrying out a comprehensive site visit ensuring customers understand what is needed to allow us to deliver the customers job on time and to cost.
- Resolving customer queries/consenting issues prior to work commencing.
- Identifying and raising variation requests if there are any changes to how the project is to be delivered and reviewing all costs associated with the design and ensure they are accurate to prevent projects becoming overspent.
- Providing accurate and timely information from the site visits to the Hub Project Managers to enable, the job to be booked with the correct skilled resource and construction packs to be produced for the delivery teams.
- Resolve technical issues that may arise in day and work with stakeholders and deliver teams to seek a timely and positive outcome.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:
- Good business and technical knowledge of electricity distribution LV network.
- Excellent Customer service skills.
- Awareness of street works and permitting and ideally hold NSWRA accreditation.
- I.T. literate being comfortable with Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel, and Office.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential and the ability to comfortably deal with stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external.
Regular travel is required and as a result we can only accept applications from candidates that hold a current driving licence.
About our Business
SSEN Distribution powers 3.8 million homes and businesses in communities across central southern England and the north of Scotland. Our team of more than 3,500 people keep customers connected to a safe and reliable supply of electricity whilst developing the flexible networks that are vital to achieving net zero. By enabling a smarter, more resilient electricity network we're ensuring our local communities continue to receive the power they need, both now and in the future. We are consistently investing and innovating to improve network resilience and future-proof power supplies for life's changing demands, from rolling out large scale EV charging schemes to supporting small community generation projects.
What's in it for you?
An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Kim on [email protected] / 01738 344051.
Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.
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