What does an electrical project manager do?
As an electrical project manager you would be responsible for overseeing the design, installation and supply of electrical systems. Day-to-day, you’d draw up schedules, allocate time, resource and budget, as well as manage staff to ensure work is completed on time, to a high standard.
You could be supplying energy to housing estates, businesses and urban infrastructure, or working on renewable energy projects such as solar, wind or wave farms, or gas plants.
The job role of an electrical project manager you could be:
- Understanding what the client or company wants to achieve
- Defining the technical requirements and feasibility of a project
- Outlining timescales, costs and resources needed to design and deliver an electrical operations project
- Making sure the work follows strict health and safety guidelines
- Complying with the National Grid and other regulators and managing grid connections
- Developing step-by-step project plans
- Leading a multi-disciplinary project team
- Negotiating with designers, engineers, contractors and suppliers
- Liaising with staff at every level
- Overseeing several aspects of a project at the same time
- Ensuring each stage of the project happens on time, on budget and to a high standard
- Sharing regular progress reports with the client and stakeholders
- Resolving any issues or delays
- Working in an office or onsite.
