Assistant Project Manager

M Group Services; Romsey; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services provider in Romsey is seeking a Project Manager for their Southern Water contract. The role involves delivering a major cross-country pipeline project, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. Candidates should have experience in the water industry and complex civil engineering projects. Attractive benefits include a company car, health care plans, and additional leave.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Discretionary bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working on large complex Civil Engineering projects.
• Committed to health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Familiarity with large diameter pipelines and no-dig techniques.

Responsibilities

• Report on project status to all levels of the organization.
• Update and produce the project programme.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure safe and efficient project delivery.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Skills

Water Industry Experience

Project Management

Problem Solving

Risk Management

Collaborative Working

Job description

About The Role
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our Water and wastewater capital project delivery- Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
Morrison Water Services is recruiting for a Project Manager to work on our Southern Water contract north of Southampton.
As the Project Manager you will be part of our Site Team who are responsible for the delivery of a major cross country pipeline, WSR and pumping station forming part of Southern Water's Water for Life project.
This is a flag ship project and involves the design, construction, testing and commissioning of approximately 21km of large diameter DI cross country pipeline, a 8.5ML WSR and a Pumping Station. Approximately 8No sections of the project are planned to be delivered by no-dig techniques. Construction is planned to commence in Spring 2025.
As the Project Manager your responsibilities will include:

- All project reporting on project status to all levels of the organisation and client team.
- Accountable for the production and update of the project programme alongside the project planner.
- Work with the project team to ensure the project is delivered in a safe, efficient and timely way promoting best practice in quality management.
- Problem solving, identifying risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Foster a collaborative and productive environment where ideas and best practice are shared across the team.
- Collaborate with Clients, designers, regulatory authorities and delivery teams.
- Ensure compliance with environmental processes and procedures.

What you’ll bring

- Experience of working in the Water Industry and preferably on large complex Civil Engineering projects.
- Committed to delivering the highest health, safety and environmental standards.
- Experience in large diameter cross country pipelines, no-dig techniques, insitu reinforced concrete water retaining structures and pumping stations.

What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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