Project Manager

Lanesra Technical Recruitment; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Project Manager to oversee the delivery of a wastewater treatment scheme valued at up to £40m. This role involves engaging with the workforce on health and safety, managing project forecasts, and ensuring quality standards are met. Experience in the water/wastewater industry and an engineering qualification are required. The position offers hybrid working with a competitive salary ranging from £60k to £70k.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Car allowance

Qualifications

• Experience within the water/wastewater industry.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Oversee successful delivery of wastewater treatment scheme.
• Engage with workforce on health and safety.
• Accountability for design integration and commercial forecasts.

Skills

Project Management

People Management

Commercial Awareness

Education

Qualified in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Position: Project Manager

Location: Abingdon with hybrid working available

Salary: £60-70k (Neg DOE), car/allowance and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is a Tier 1 D&B contractor operating predominantly in the water industry and are a strategic partner to Thames Water for AMP7 and AMP8 on capital frameworks across the Thames Water supply treatment regions. They deliver design & build services for new and existing non-infrastructure assets.

The Role: Working with a Senior Project Manager, you will oversee the successful delivery, through all stages, from design to handover, on a wastewater treatment scheme valued at up to £40m.

Responsibilities

• Overall project reporting.
• Implementation and monitoring of SHE policies and procedures.
• Engage with direct and supply chain workforce on H&S and Wellbeing.
• Selection of Civil and M&E supply chain and package scope based on technical and commercial judgement.
• Accountability for design integration of civil and M&E package plants and associated control and automation.
• Programme ownership and advice to the Project Planner.
• Promote collaborative planning with the client and suppliers to maintain a common focus on key outputs and deliverables with appropriate escalation as risks occur.
• Promote cross framework resource sharing working collaboratively with other managers to create one-team ethos.
• Managing people the right way, encouraging and supporting opportunities for development.
• Line management duties of project engineers, commissioning engineers, mechanical and electrical supervisors.
• Accountability for commercial forecast on the scheme, ensuring robust control of actual costs.
• Participate in forecast reviews, final cost & value review with the commercial team.
• Identify opportunities to increase value through effective change management, ensuring instructions are received and processed to realise a change to target cost as applicable.
• Identify project risks and opportunities along with implementing mitigation and realisation measures respectively.
• Promote a right first-time culture.
• Maintain quality standards set out in the project execution, inspection and testing plans (ITP), ensuring works are delivered in accordance with relevant specification and standards with a proactive approach to non-conformance.
• Effective project handover.
• Timely closure of actions generated from safety, quality and environmental audits.

Experience & Qualifications

• Experience within the water/wastewater industry.
• Qualified in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• People and project management skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Full driving licence.

Keywords

• Project Manager
• Senior Project Manager
• Project Management
• Project Delivery
• Project Director
• Project Execution
• Design & Build
• Construction
• Contracts
• Contractual
• NEC
• Water Industry
• Water Sector
• Water Treatment
• Wastewater
• Sewage
• Utilities
• Power Generation
• Power Sector
• Nuclear
• Energy Sector
• Energy from Waste
• Infrastructure
• Anaerobic Digestion
• Project Planning
• Risk Management