Project Manager UK

Your Responsibilities 🚀

• Take ownership of EV charging infrastructure projects from development through to construction,
  grid connection, commissioning and handover.
• Lead the day-to-day delivery of multiple sites, ensuring programmes, actions, approvals, risks and
  dependencies are actively managed and progressed.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with local authorities, contractors, DNO/ICP partners
  and other key stakeholders.
• Act as a key point of contact for local authority partners, building strong working relationships and
  ensuring clear, consistent communication throughout project delivery.
• Lead weekly and monthly progress meetings with local authorities, providing clear updates on
  programme status, key milestones, risks, issues and upcoming activities.
• Prepare and present project progress information, ensuring local authority stakeholders are kept
  informed of delivery performance and any changes to programme.
• Coordinate site surveys, designs, technical approvals, highway permits, utility connections and other
  activities required to make sites construction ready.
• Manage contractors through the construction phase, monitoring programme, quality, health & safety
  and completion of outstanding works.
• Proactively identify and resolve project risks, blockers and delays, escalating material issues to the
  Programme Manager where required.
• Maintain accurate project information, forecasts and reporting within Qwello's systems.
• Provide clear project updates, KPI information and programme forecasts to the Programme Manager
  and wider Qwello team.
• Support the continued development and improvement of Qwello's project delivery processes as the
  UK rollout grows.
• Mentor and share knowledge around project management best practices

Your Profile ✨

• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in project management, delivering infrastructure, construction,
  utilities, highways or similar projects, with proven experience independently managing multiple live
  projects or sites
• Highly organised, proactive and commercially aware, with a strong sense of ownership and the
  ability to drive actions through to completion
• Strong communicator with the confidence to lead meetings and manage relationships with local
  authorities, contractors, utilities and senior stakeholders.
• Must be based in Milton Keynes or the surrounding area, with flexibility to regularly attend project
  sites and meetings as required
• Full UK driving licence
• Experience within EV charging, electrical infrastructure, DNO connections, highways or local
  authority projects is highly desirable
• A relevant degree and/or recognised project management qualification such as APM or PRINCE2 is
  desirable
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office / Google Workspace and project management systems.
  Willingness to travel throughout UK
• Fluency in written and spoken English, additional language knowledge is a plus

Your Benefits 🪴

• The opportunity to play a key role in shaping the mobility revolution
• Be part of an international and dynamic team of more than 30 nationalities
• Enjoy a remote-friendly environment with the possibility to work from your home a few days a week
  and you have the possibility of workation within the EU, plus 28 vacation days
• Regular company and team events outside of the office to disconnect from our computers and
  reconnect with colleagues on hikes, mountain e-bike tours, offsites and more
• Personal and professional development through in-house lunch & learn sessions, as well as
  externally provided training, courses and conferences