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HV Substation Construction Manager – Madrid, Spain – 12 months+
HV Substation Construction Manager – Madrid, Spain - 12 months+
We are seeking an experienced HV Substation Construction Manager to lead the delivery of a major grid connection and high-voltage substation project in Madrid. This is a critical role responsible for ensuring the successful design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and energisation of HV infrastructure that supports a large-scale, mission-critical development.
- You will need to work onsite in Madrid on a full time basis.
- Fluent in English and Spanish.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of HV substation works, ensuring safe, on-time, and high-quality execution.
- Drive programme certainty through robust planning, schedule management, and contractor performance oversight.
- Champion a zero-harm safety culture, ensuring compliance with local regulations, industry standards, and best practices for HV construction.
- Manage EPC contractors, consultants, and owner’s engineers through all project phases.
- Coordinate utility and grid interfaces, including engagement with REE, DSOs, and connection stakeholders.
- Oversee commissioning, energisation planning, and readiness activities.
- Ensure effective integration between HV infrastructure, MEP systems, and wider project delivery programmes.
- Monitor budgets, forecasts, variations, and commercial performance while supporting value engineering initiatives.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate key project risks, including utility constraints, long-lead equipment, and programme dependencies.
- Provide clear reporting on progress, risks, schedule performance, and delivery outcomes.
Your Skills
- Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years’ experience delivering HV substation, transmission, or grid infrastructure projects (45kV to 400kV+).
- Proven track record managing EPC contractors and delivering projects through commissioning and energisation.
- Strong understanding of Spanish grid requirements, utility interfaces, IEC standards, and HV construction safety practices.
- Experience in data centre, mission-critical, or large-scale infrastructure environments is highly desirable.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, commercial awareness, and programme delivery skills.
Advantageous experience:
- Safe delivery of HV infrastructure with excellent EHS performance.
- Achievement of key energisation milestones ahead of operational requirements.
- Strong contractor performance and programme optimisation.
- Effective coordination between utility, construction, and commissioning stakeholders.
- Transparent reporting and proactive risk management throughout the project lifecycle.
Please apply with your latest CV, chloe.carr@next-ventures.com
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