Pollution Improvement Project Manager

Thames Water Utilities Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A large water utility company in the UK is seeking a Pollution Improvement Project Manager to drive performance and reduce pollution. The role involves managing projects with a focus on safety and financial performance, alongside a passion for environmental improvement. Candidates should have strong planning, financial acumen, and leadership skills. The position offers a salary of up to £55,000, hybrid working options, and a range of benefits including generous leave policies.

Benefits

Annual Leave - 26 days, increasing with service

Health and wellbeing services

Performance-related pay plan

Generous Paternity and Maternity Leave

Access to discounts and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Excellent planning, organisation, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Evidence of working flexibly across organisations and embedding improvements.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen for substantiating business cases.
• A passion to improve environmental performance.
• Project Management Skills with stakeholder management experience.
• Leadership experience to support and motivate teams.
• Ability to analyse and communicate written data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage pollution reduction projects using data-led insight.
• Evolve reporting for wastewater teams to support initiatives.
• Bring benefit measurement into initiatives.
• Liaise with industry counterparts to share and learn.
• Provide data to support continuous improvement.

Skills

Planning

Communication Skills

Financial Acumen

Leadership

Project Management

Continuous Improvement

Job description

Hybrid - Chertsey (STW), Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB, Hybrid - Crossness (STW) - SE2 9AQ, Hybrid - Hammersmith (PS), Hybrid - Oxford STW - OX4 4YU, Hybrid - Rye Meads (STW), Hybrid - Swindon (STW)

Job title Pollution Improvement Project Manager Ref 42603 Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Hybrid - Chertsey (STW), Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB, Hybrid - Crossness (STW) - SE2 9AQ, Hybrid - Hammersmith (PS), Hybrid - Oxford STW - OX4 4YU, Hybrid - Rye Meads (STW), Hybrid - Swindon (STW) Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 36 hours per week Salary Offering a salary up to £55,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience Job grade B Closing date 22/12/2025

We are looking for a Pollution Improvement Project Manager to join Thames Water.

The purpose of the role is to drive performance and directly impact one of the top three deliverables for Thames Water, pollution reduction. The role will aim to create a low-polluting entity where the events are few between and have minimal environmental impact.

The influence on pollution reduction must be delivered alongside safety and financial performance.
Our environmental performance is monitored and evaluated by our regulators using a range of measures, such as our compliance with our environmental permits, and the number and severity of pollution incidents that we cause, which in turn informs our Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA).

The role will programme manage initiatives delivered by others to ensure that pollution events are few between and have minimal environmental impact.

These initiatives are documented in the pollution incident reduction plan (PIRP) and our turnaround plan. The influence on pollution reduction must be delivered alongside safety and financial performance.

We would appreciate it if you could attach a cover letter alongside your CV so we can get to know you better and understand your motivation for applying.

What will you be doing as a Pollution Improvement Project Manager

• Following both agile and waterfall ways of working to manage projects across our organisation based on data-led insight to drive performance improvement through reducing pollution incidents.
• Evolve reporting for the core wastewater teams to deliver the pollution reduction initiatives and create different formats suitable for a variety of stakeholders and purposes.
• Bring benefit measurement into our initiatives.
• Liaise with industry counterparts to share and learn.
• Provide data and insight to support continuous improvement.

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:

• Excellent planning, organisation, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Evidence of working flexibly across organisations, building and/or improving ways of working and embedding them into organisations.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen to ensure business cases for change can be substantiated.
• A passion to improve our environmental performance.
• Full driving licence.
• Project Management Skills – delivering projects through others, stakeholder management & project governance.
• Continuous improvement experience – working on business processes.
• Leadership experience with the capability to support, motivate and drive people to build strong relationships.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and effectively communicate written data and information to drive performance.
• Positively influence and work collaboratively with all levels of an organisation to achieve improved business outcomes.

What’s in it for you?

• Offering a salary up to £55,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• WeCare, a variety of health and wellbeing services for you and your family, including up to 10 specialist counselling sessions, 24/7 access to a virtual GP, get fit programmes and access to a nutritionist.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Benefits on Tap, access to discounts, cashback and instant vouchers.
• Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

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 meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

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.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process . If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, 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.