Senior Project Manager

Do you want to work where change is happening and be part of shaping the future? Join Heat UK’s journey towards Fossil Freedom as our new Senior Project Manager

Vattenfall has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our UK Heat team in Edinburgh to develop and establish the extensions of our growing district heating assets.

Vattenfall UK Heat is responsible for the development and construction of the heat and power generating assets and the district heating grid in the UK region. The work in our international team is characterised by diversity, openness, and a high degree of cooperation. Respect in dealing with each other, our colleagues and business partners is just as important to us as having fun in our daily work.

In the position of Senior Project Manager you will strengthen our Project Management team which is part of the Scotlang regional business office. You will be responsible for development and realisation of multi-million investment projects in line with the outlined objectives, business drivers and the Vattenfall project management model and governance. You will be supported by a strong (local) project team and Vattenfall competence and resource pools, tools, and systems.

 Your tasks and responsibility will be widespread:

• Reinforcing robust management of health and safety to industry best practice
• Continuous steering, planning, scheduling, managing, executing, and controlling the project with responsibility for budget, deadlines, quality, occupational safety, and risk management, from concept development, construction to the start of commercial operation of a new plant
• Development and controlling/monitoring of contracts with suppliers and service providers
• Coordination and determination of all relevant project results with the decision makers
• Proactive management of the critical path and, execution of subordinate tasks
• Reporting on key Performance Indices
• Leadership of the project multi-disciplinary team
• Resourcing and cost management
• Responsible for keeping the project running according to schedule, within budget with the highest standard of quality and safety with support and input of the team

Your profile:

Being the right candidate, you are characterised as structured and equipped with a sound judgment. You easily connect to people and your advanced communication skills are usable towards senior management as well as on work floor level. You are passionate about being part of the transformation taking place in the shift to a zero-carbon energy sector and are able to keep focus on what is important for Vattenfall. The job requires an orientation on international cooperation with technical, as well as business-oriented experts.

Next to this you are:

• High communication, and influencing skills, proficient at addressing Executive to team audiences.
• Able to take initiative and ownership of responsibilities and drive to completion
• High affinity with complex technical asset investment projects in the realization phase with the practical experience, solution orientation and confidence to steer your team and the contractors to successful completion.
• Confident and experienced in mastering critical project content (irrespective of it being technical or commercial) together with a Project Team and a wider team of experts in order to enable and/or maintain project success
• Someone eager to grasp the full picture of the company’s interests, prepare decision making correspondingly, able to manage a team which is paying close attention to details but still manages consideration and connection of details with the overall project picture
• Passionate about setting up something new, building new processes and setting new standards
• A promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

To be successful, you should further bring:

• Proven multi-year experience in District Heating projects in a technical area (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering/ I&C, process engineering, civil engineering) or in a commercial area, in particular commercial project management and contract management
• Project management qualification (e.g: IPMA certification or similar qualifications)
• Proven experience in leading project teams in the UK market
• Excellent interpersonal skills: you are an inspirational leader, working in teams motivates you, and you are able to build a bridge between the project and all internal and external stakeholders relevant for success
• Negotiating skills, willingness to compromise and persuasiveness
• Good networking within the industry
• High degree of competence with software including: Office 365 suite (Word/ Excel Planner); MS Project

The successful candidate will need to have the right to work in the UK

Our offer 
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. 

More Information 
We welcome your application in English, no later than 10/08/2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 
 
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Adam Hammond via adam.hammond@vattenfall.com 

Commitment to Diversity

Vattenfall is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and services to support all our employees.

We are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. 
 
We look forward to receiving your application!