Join OCU Group and play a leading role in delivering major HV transmission infrastructure projects that will help reinforce and future-proof the UK's electricity network. As a Construction Manager, you'll take ownership of construction delivery from mobilisation through to commissioning and handover, leading complex programmes across major cable infrastructure works. Working closely with project teams, clients, subcontractors, and key stakeholders, you'll ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.
This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong operational expertise, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage multiple work fronts within a fast-paced infrastructure environment. Your work will directly contribute to nationally significant energy projects supporting the UK's transition to a more secure and sustainable energy future.
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Lead the safe delivery of major HV transmission and infrastructure projects from mobilisation through to commissioning and handover.
- Manage construction activities across multiple work fronts, leading site teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and key stakeholders.
- Oversee construction programmes, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
- Coordinate HV cable installation activities, including enabling works, trenching, duct installation, HDD, joint bays, cable installation, reinstatement, and commissioning interfaces.
- Promote a strong health, safety, environmental, and quality culture across all project activities.
- Work closely with design teams to resolve technical queries, improve buildability, and manage construction-related changes.
- Manage project resources, productivity, costs, and subcontractor performance to maximise project success.
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, client specifications, DCO obligations, and industry standards.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with clients, National Grid, DNOs, local authorities, and other key stakeholders.
- Lead project reporting, quality assurance activities, governance processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Mentor and develop construction teams, promoting collaboration and high performance.
- Proven experience as a Construction Manager delivering major civil engineering, utility, energy, or infrastructure projects.
- Strong experience delivering HV cable, power transmission, utility, or major infrastructure projects.
- Excellent leadership skills with experience managing multidisciplinary construction teams.
- Strong understanding of construction methodologies, temporary works, and utility infrastructure delivery.
- Experience managing construction programmes, subcontractors, resources, and project delivery risks.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of contract administration.
- SMSTS qualification.
- CSCS Black Card (or equivalent).
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Experience delivering HV transmission infrastructure projects (132kV–400kV).
- Experience delivering projects under a Development Consent Order (DCO) regime.
- Knowledge of National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) standards, procedures, and governance requirements.
- Degree qualified in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Professional membership or accreditation (CIOB, ICE, APM, or equivalent).
- Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) or Temporary Works Supervisor (TWS) qualification.
- Knowledge of NEC, FIDIC, and other standard forms of contract.
- First Aid at Work qualification.
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
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