Project Manager – Faults (Nights) 
Location: Washington
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £50,000 + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Freedom has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to lead the delivery of Faults work within our Cable Engineering Services contract with Northern Powergrid. This role is focused on night operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and high‑quality delivery of fault response works across the region.
Working Hours: Night shifts – 22:00 to 06:30

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Oversee night operations for faults work, ensuring delivery to specification and programme.
• Lead and manage a team of site operatives, promoting a strong safety and performance culture.
• Act as the main point of contact with Northern Powergrid for operational matters.
• Ensure full compliance with HSQE policies, procedures and legal requirements.
• Manage multiple fault jobs from planning through to energisation and handover.
• Plan and allocate labour, plant and materials to meet operational demands.
• Monitor KPIs and drive continuous improvement across contract performance.
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of all documentation, including RAMS and as-built records.
• Liaise with local authorities, subcontractors and stakeholders to support delivery.

What We’re Looking For
Essential:

• Experience in a senior operational role within faults, cable installation, utilities or power distribution.
• Strong knowledge of LV/HV cable networks, ideally within a DNO environment.
• Understanding of faults processes within a regulated utility environment.
• Streetworks knowledge (essential).
• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Strong client and stakeholder management ability.
• Good commercial awareness and contract management experience.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Desirable:

• Experience working on Northern Powergrid contracts.
• Project Management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, APM).
• NEBOSH/IOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification.

Benefits
We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
• Personal development programme

Next Steps: 

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.  

 

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. 

About Us:

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

 

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

 

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