Project Coordinator - Alness, Scotland

Alness, Scotland, United Kingdom

4/10/2025

Job Description

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood Transmission & Distribution Ltd is looking for a talented Project Coordinator to join our team! This key role involves overseeing access ground investigation works for the Carnaig to Fanellan 400kV OHL scheme in Scotland. As part of our dynamic team, you will play a crucial role in directing, organizing, and controlling activities essential to the project's success under senior management guidance. This site-based position in Alness offers growth opportunities and requires flexibility in work locations, including travel across Scotland and the UK. Join us in delivering power for the future!

The Role

Wood Transmission & Distribution Ltd is seeking a talented Project Coordinator to join our project management team. This key role supports the T&D strategy by overseeing the access ground investigation works for the Carnaig to Fanellan 400kV OHL scheme. As part of our dynamic team delivering power for the future, you will be responsible for directing, organizing, and controlling activities crucial to the project's success under the guidance of senior management. This site-based role primarily in Northern Scotland offers the opportunity for growth and requires flexibility in work locations, with travel across Scotland and the UK. You will lead the ground investigations which will be a specialist contractor/s, organise and attend meetings with Design, Procurement, and the client at offices and potentially work on other schemes across the UK. The role will require the candidate to be onsite and to attend meetings in Perth, Inverness, and Glasgow with the client/customer. You will be away from home for periods of time and you will also be expected to work from home and your nearest Wood office to suit business needs.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

As a prominent provider of engineering and construction services in the UK transmission and distribution sector, we are dedicated to leading the way towards achieving net zero by 2050. We have secured a robust workstream for the upcoming years, offering a unique opportunity for successful candidates to contribute to our ongoing project management requirements. Your involvement will directly help contribute to the expansion of network capacity crucial for fulfilling the UK government's 2030 objectives, Great British Energy’s mission and the pivotal transition to a sustainable, net-zero future.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across emerging energy sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
  
  

Responsibilities

Typical Responsibilities:

• Lead a small project team consisting of technical/professional staff
• Define/design activities, starting from existing solutions
• Provide the interface and maintain a confident relationship with other contributors to the project
• Contribute to setting project evaluation parameters
• Interact with the project sponsor/customer at a tactical level
• Regularly review and report project progress to senior management and/or the sponsor/customer
• Solve problems requiring investigation and interpretation
• Conduct kick off meetings and work initiation processes
• Attend customer meetings and assist with determination of project requirements
• Assist in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, tenders, budgets, cash flow, plans, procedures, and preliminary schedules
• Chair progress/site/closeout meetings as appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members
• Track the progress and quality of work being performed by project team members, assuring outputs meet quality standards and capturing lessons learned
• Use project scheduling and control tools to monitor project plans, work hours, budgets, and expenditures
• Keep the project sponsor/customer and other stakeholders informed about project status and issues that may impact customer relations, flagging early signs of schedule or budget slippage in order to agree corrective actions
• Anticipate and take pre-emptive action to address potential conflict situations that may impact on project delivery
  
  

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Essential

• Degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience
• Proven experience in a project delivery environment and has gained good team leadership and analytical skills with the ability to influence and communicate at all levels are essential
• Well-developed scheduling and organisational skills
• An understanding of metrics and data collection and analysis methods as well as business awareness and ability to develop relationships across the project team to facilitate data collection
• Basic knowledge and experience of project success and benefits management on small, standard projects
• Basic knowledge and experience of stakeholder and requirements management
• Awareness of national and international quality assurance standards
• Knowledge of the basic principles of work breakdown structures. Awareness of task logic and durations in design, construction, or other relevant activities
• Awareness of the sources of change on projects and ability to identify change
• Experienced in the document control/management environment on standard projects and familiar with the use of electronic document management systems
• Knowledge of operational handover and close-out activities and the importance of meeting the timescales of close-out activities
• Knowledge of the project management system and reporting activities and the ability to produce relevant project management reports
• Good knowledge of company standards and practices relating to design safety matters
  
  

Join us in driving innovation and excellence in the energy sector. Apply now to be part of a team that is shaping the future of power transmission across the UK.

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.