Project Manager / Senior Project Manager | Infrastructure Development & DCO Consenting

Job Description

Pershing Consultants is a specialist project management consultancy supporting the development of major energy and infrastructure projects. We are looking for a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager to help clients progress complex projects through the development and consenting stages.

You will oversee projects or lead specific development work-streams, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing interfaces and keeping programmes, budgets and deliverables on track. Working closely with clients, technical specialists and stakeholders, you will bring structure to complex challenges and help teams make informed decisions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing development-phase projects or work-streams, primarily within Development Consent Order (DCO) or Developments of National Significance (DNS) projects.
  
• Coordinating planning, environmental, engineering, legal and other specialist inputs.
  
• Managing programmes, budgets, risks, dependencies and change.
  
• Maintaining clear governance, reporting progress and resolving issues.
  
• Building effective relationships with clients, project teams and external stakeholders.
  
• Contributing to the development of a growing consultancy through knowledge sharing, service improvement and client relationships.
  

At Senior Project Manager level, you will take greater ownership of complex assignments, provide strategic advice to clients and support colleagues in their development.

Requirements

• Experience managing complex infrastructure projects, ideally within a multidisciplinary consultancy or major project environment.
  
• Experience overseeing the development phase, or specific workstreams within it, ideally on a DCO or DNS project.
  
• An understanding of how planning, consenting, environmental and technical activities interact during project development.
  
• The ability to coordinate specialists across disciplines, manage competing priorities and maintain momentum.
  
• Experience managing project programmes, budgets, risks and stakeholder relationships.
  
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to turn detailed information into practical advice and concise reporting.
  
• A proactive, collaborative approach and confidence working with autonomy in a smaller consultancy.
  
• A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent practical experience.
  

For Senior Project Manager applicants, we are also looking for evidence of leading complex assignments, advising senior stakeholders and taking responsibility for client delivery.

Benefits

Requirements
Experience managing complex infrastructure projects, ideally within a multidisciplinary consultancy or major project environment. Experience overseeing the development phase, or specific workstreams within it, ideally on a DCO or DNS project. An understanding of how planning, consenting, environmental and technical activities interact during project development. The ability to coordinate specialists across disciplines, manage competing priorities and maintain momentum. Experience managing project programmes, budgets, risks and stakeholder relationships. Clear communication skills, with the ability to turn detailed information into practical advice and concise reporting. A proactive, collaborative approach and confidence working with autonomy in a smaller consultancy. A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent practical experience. For Senior Project Manager applicants, we are also looking for evidence of leading complex assignments, advising senior stakeholders and taking responsibility for client delivery.