Construction Manager

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Rickmansworth; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water and wastewater company seeks a skilled Construction Manager to oversee major infrastructure projects, particularly the Northern Outfall Sewer upgrade. The role involves ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards, managing contractor performance, and leveraging your engineering expertise to deliver projects that impact millions of customers in the UK.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Personal medical assessments

Wider benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in utilities or rail networks beneficial.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure project management.
• Ability to drive compliance with health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of critical infrastructure programmes.
• Ensure quality, safety, and environmental compliance.
• Verify and approve project plans and contractor programmes.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Environmental Compliance

Education

Chartered Civil Engineer

NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate

Job description

Job title Construction Manager Ref 41178 Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Hybrid - Maple Lodge (STW) - WD3 9SQ Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Salary Competitive salary from £52,000 - £65,000 per annum depending on skills and experience of successful candidate Job grade C Closing date 20/06/2025

Join us as a Construction Manager – Shape the Future of London’s Infrastructure

Are you ready to take on a career-defining role where your work directly impacts millions of people? Thames Water is looking for a passionate and experienced Construction Manager to lead delivery on one of our most critical infrastructure programmes — the Northern Outfall Sewer.

In this high-impact role, you’ll be at the forefront of a major infrastructure upgrade, ensuring contractors deliver the highestquality, safety, and environmental compliance standards . From design through to completion, your leadership will be vital in ensuring the success of this programme and protecting one of London’s most important assets.

What you’ll be doing as a Construction Manager

• Ensuring compliance with environmental requirements in asset design and delivery, monitoring delivery performance and working with contractors to address issues and improve.
• Ensuring compliance with current CDM regulations.
• Work closely with the Integration team to ensure project deliverables are clear and agreed upon by all stakeholders.
• Support the contractor and Operations liaison during the design process, promoting innovation, best practices, and compliance with quality standards.
• Engage with Asset Management. Engineering and Operations: Identify synergies and use lessons learned from previous projects to agree on the most effective solutions.
• Support the assessment and appointment of contractors.
• Work closely with the Integration team to ensure project deliverables are clear and agreed upon by all stakeholders.
• Verify and approve project plans (Project Delivery Plan, Commissioning Plan, test plans).
• Stress test contractor programmes and ensure compatibility with other projects and isolations.
• Assess and report weekly progress against the programme.

This role will be based at Maple Lodge - Hybrid.

36 hours a week, 80% of this role will be site-based, and 20% will be hybrid working. The successful candidate must have a driving licence and access to a car. This role will come with a £5,800 car allowance.

What you should bring to the role

• Chartered Civil Engineer or substantial experience in a similar role.
• Background of working within utilities or rail networks would be a benefit in this role.
• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate.
• Understanding of the development of design, construction and operation of infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of performance and quality management.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £52,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Car allowance of £5,800.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process . Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support .

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.