Project Manager

Kier Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier is seeking a Project Manager to join our Natural Resources team on the Severn Trent Water framework, based in Derby. You’ll lead design and build projects from conception through handover, delivering across water and wastewater assets.

The role requires NEC3/NEC4 knowledge, a driving licence, and the ability to coordinate with clients and supply chain partners while maintaining safety standards and project margins. 45 hours per week with some flexibility.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Water or Utilities.
• Knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts and CDM regulations.
• Ability to organise tasks and communicate with stakeholders.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from conception through to handover, ensuring timely delivery.
• Implement and monitor Health, Safety and wellbeing policies with the team and supply chain.
• Manage programme ownership and liaise with clients to ensure high standards of service.
• Support selection of supply chain partners based on technical and commercial judgement.
• Take P&L responsibility for projects and drive margin.

Skills

Project management

NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Health & Safety awareness

Stakeholder communication

Driving licence

Education

Relevant degree (or equivalent) in Water/Utilities or related

Job description

We're looking for a Project Manager to join our Severn Trent Framework based in Derby.

Location: Derby
Hours: 45 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Project Manager, you'll be working within the Natural Resources team on our Severn Trent Water framework, supporting them in delivering design and build projects across a portfolio consisting of both infrastructure and non-infrastructure, water and wastewater projects. Kier is a strategic partner to Severn Trent Water for AMP8 on capital frameworks, delivering design and build services for new and existing assets. This is an exciting opportunity to lead projects from conception through to handover, ensuring smooth delivery whilst maintaining the highest standards.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Project Manager, you'll be working within the Natural Resources team, supporting them in delivering design and build projects across a portfolio.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading projects from conception through to handover, ensuring timely and smooth delivery
• Implementing and monitoring Health, Safety and wellbeing policies, engaging with your team and supply chain partners
• Managing programme ownership and liaising with clients to ensure high standards of customer service
• Supporting the selection of supply chain partners based on technical and commercial judgement
• Taking P&L responsibility for projects in your portfolio, delivering and enhancing margin

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Manager is great for you if:

• You have a relevant degree (or equivalent) and/or demonstrable experience within Water or Utilities
• You have strong knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts and Health & Safety legislation, including CDM regulations
• You are capable of organising yourself and others and communicating clearly with different levels of stakeholder
• You hold a Full driving licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box,

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved,

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of 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 are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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