Project Support Officer

About the role

Join us and help connect clean energy.

As a Project Support Officer for our Yorkshire GREEN or North London Reinforcement (NLR) project, you'll provide support throughout the project delivery life cycle. This will include supporting project managers and consenting staff with day-to-day project delivery tasks, while working in a large, integrated and collaborative project team. Your role will be varied and include contract and finance management processes, procurement, change control, contract variations and preparing appropriate communication documentation.

These projects involve the upgrade and reinforcement of the high-voltage electricity network to improve the transfer of clean energy across the country. You'll be supporting some of the biggest, most exciting projects in green energy. These projects play a vital part in achieving the UK Government’s ambition of connecting 50GW of offshore wind by 2030. 

This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their career in Project Management, in a company where you can have a clear and positive impact on the energy transition. It’s an environment with an array of opportunities to grow and progress – a place where each individual can reach their full potential.

In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office/site and home. You'll be flexible to travelling to sites in either Yorkshire or North London approximately 3 days per week.

Key accountabilities

• Process and progress change requests from Suppliers and National Grid.
• Support the project team with the monthly drumbeat project management processes.
• Support project managers in organising and managing meetings.
• Managing action logs and prioritising workload for the team.
• Preparation of slide packs for presentation at forums / meetings / stakeholder events.
• Help support NEC contract management (Early warnings / Compensation Events / Applications for Payment).
• Support the regular contractual audit processes where required.
• Manage Purchase Order requisitions and support the project manager with finance forecasting.

About you

What we do isn’t just important – it’s essential. That’s why we look to recruit current – or potential – experts in their field. In this case, we’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience of working in a successful project delivery team.
• A desire to progress their career in project management.
• An awareness of project life cycle processes and stage gates.
• Experience of working in a commercial environment and of contract management processes.
• Experience of finance management and forecasting would be useful.
• Good stakeholder management and supplier management skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships across multiple teams quickly.
• Good communication and organisation skills.
• APM Project Management Qualifications (or similar) or keen to work towards this.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £38,000 - £42,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales. 

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people. 

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future. 

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More information

This role closes on 18 July 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews to be held end of July / start of August. 

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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