Project Management (PMO Lead)

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Management PMO Lead to join their Natural Resources team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to manage a significant £1bn framework with Southern Water, focusing on civils and capital projects. You'll be responsible for strategic planning, project governance, and ensuring efficient project execution across a diverse portfolio of water and wastewater projects. With flexible working options and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this is a chance to advance your career in a supportive environment. If you're passionate about making an impact in the infrastructure sector, we encourage you to apply!

Qualifications

• Experience in regulated utilities or infrastructure sectors.
• Chartered Status in a relevant professional body.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic planning and project governance.
• Manage resources across projects based on priorities and budgets.
• Maintain relationships with clients to meet their needs.

Skills

Project Management

Strategic Planning

Governance

NEC3/NEC4 Awareness

Resource Allocation

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

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We're looking for a Project Management PMO Lead to join our Natural Resources team, within a commutable distance to Falmer.

In this role, you'll have civils and capital projects experience and will provide strategic planning, project governance, and support to the design and build activity of our new 7-year, c£1bn framework with Southern Water.

Location: Agile working from home and the Falmer office, East Sussex

Contract: Permanent, Full Time – flexible and part-time hours may be available if desired, just let us know

Responsibilities

As a Project Management PMO Lead, you'll provide strategic planning, project governance, and support to the design and build activity across the Southern Water portfolio of non-infrastructure, water, and wastewater projects.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Building and maintaining excellent working relationships with the client to ensure their needs are met.
• Creating and operating a centralized and coordinated management hub for all projects, with the aim to create efficiencies.
• Seeking to standardize the execution of projects to maintain productivity.
• Managing and allocating resources across projects based on priorities, schedules, budgets, and more.
• Facilitating project planning, analyzing financial information, modifying processes, and ensuring proper documentation for the projects overseen.

What are we looking for?

This Project Management PMO Lead role is great for you if:

• You have similar experience as a planner within regulated utilities, infrastructure, or the built environment sector, and hold a degree related to the industry.
• You're a senior specialist responsible for overseeing significant parts of the programme.
• You have Chartered Status in a relevant professional body or an appropriate professional qualification.
• You possess excellent NEC3/NEC4 contractual and commercial awareness.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you'd like to explore more about the growth and scale of our water business, our diverse project portfolios, and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved. Register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information about benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees help shape our diversity and inclusion initiatives, and their experiences influence our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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