AMI Project Manager

Application Deadline: 18 March 2026

Department: Service Delivery

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Jersey, Channel Islands

Reporting To: Madison Myrfield

Description

We are looking for an expert AMI Project Manager to own the end-to-end delivery of the next-generation smart metering upgrade for Jersey Electricity: AMI 2.0.

In this high-impact role, you will be the utility-side owner of scope, schedule, governance, and deployment. This responsibility covers all phases: development, implementation, testing, pilot, and full rollout. You will coordinate cross-functional delivery across Metering, IT, Customer Care, Finance, Service Delivery, and external partners to ensure that our new AMI solution is implemented safely, compliantly, and efficiently.

You will play a central role in translating vendor design, testing, and deployment models into operationally ready processes for Jersey Electricity-ensuring visibility of ownership, robust governance, and effective risk management. The role will also involve leading changes arising from wider Smart Upgrade programme activities.

This is a multi-year, safety-critical, and highly visible project, offering an outstanding opportunity to build a major technology and operational transformation for the island's energy future.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Jersey Electricity's AMI 2.0 project delivery in line with the agreed implementation model, turning points, and acceptance criteria.
• Work across internal teams and external suppliers to align design, system integrations, testing activities, and field deployment plans.
• Own and run the master schedule, dependencies, and critical path across all delivery phases.
• Identify risks early, coordinate mitigations, and ensure formal governance and modification oversight processes are rigorously followed.
• Coordinate JE's involvement in FAT, SIT, UAT, and SAT, ensuring resource readiness, evidence review, and structured acceptance decisions.
• Lead all aspects of installation logistics, installer capacity planning, sequencing, and site access readiness.
• Act as the primary coordination point between JE teams and the AMI supplier, ensuring effective communication and clear paths for resolving customer concerns.
• Ensure processes, documentation, and training are in place for a smooth transition into business-as-usual operations.
• Embed safety and environmental considerations into all planning and delivery activities.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential Experience

• Proven delivery of large, sophisticated infrastructure and systems projects.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams in regulated or safety-critical environments.
• Solid understanding of project governance, risk management, and change control.
• Experienced in overseeing delivery from external suppliers under formal contracts.
• Understanding of system integration projects involving databases and technical interfaces.

Desirable Experience

• Background in utilities, energy, or infrastructure sectors.
• Experience with large-scale technology deployments involving field teams.
• Familiarity with structured testing frameworks and formal acceptance processes.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in engineering, project management, or related field.
• Professional project management qualifications (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP, PMP) are desirable.

Core Skills & Behaviours

• Strong project governance and structured delivery skills.
• Effective risk and dependency management.
• Excellent communication, partner engagement, and vendor management.
• Confident decision-making, even in ambiguous environments.
• High operational and safety awareness.
• Demonstrates reliability, teamwork, excellence, responsibility, customer focus, and open safety leadership.

Job Benefits

Jersey Electricity provides excellent benefits, catered towards financial, physical and mental wellbeing. Starting with private medical insurance, discounted electricity rates, discounts within our Powerhouse shop, subsidies on EVs, gym memberships, on-site Mental Health First Aiders, organised sports and activities groups.

We offer competitive salaries combined with an attractive pension. We are family-friendly and strive to give you a life work blend to both love your job, do excellent work and spend important time with your family and friends.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.