Project Manager

CIH International Housing Group; Hatherleigh; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier in Hatherleigh is seeking a Project Manager - MEICA Planned Works to lead the MEICA team across the South West Water region. The role combines site delivery with engineering oversight, coordinating operations, design, commissioning and commercial teams to ensure safe, compliant project execution.

The role requires an engineering degree or equivalent, a driving licence, and proven experience managing utilities or process projects with strong communication and organisation skills.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering engineering projects within utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing, industrial or process environments.
• Strong understanding of project delivery principles and excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and supporting the delivery of projects from handover through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Line management of Project Engineers, including performance development reviews, monitoring and scheduling workloads.
• Coordinating labour, materials, plant and subcontractors, and monitoring project progress against programme milestones.
• Conducting site visits, inspections and progress reviews, ensuring works comply with approved designs and specifications.
• Acting as a key interface between clients, operational teams, subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring efficient coordination across multiple concurrent schemes.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Driving licence

Education

HNC/HND or Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or related Engineering

Job description

Project Manager

We're looking for a Project Manager - MEICA Planned Works to join our Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) team based in Hatherleigh Office, covering Devon & Cornwall.

Location: Hatherleigh Office, covering Devon & Cornwall - Mobile across the South West region with potential to support wider parts of the business

Hours: Full Time - 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.

We are seeking an ambitious and motivated Project Manager to join our expanding MEICA team delivering Reactive, RIO and Planned works across the South West Water region. Working within the water and wastewater sector, you will support the safe, compliant and efficient delivery of a varied portfolio of projects ranging from planned maintenance and asset upgrades through to operational enhancements. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys a hands-on role, working collaboratively with operations, design, commissioning and commercial teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions that maintain and improve critical infrastructure serving local communities.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Project Manager - MEICA Planned Works, you'll be working within the MEICA team, supporting them in delivering safe, compliant and efficient projects across the South West Water region. Your day to day will include:

• Overseeing and supporting the delivery of projects from handover through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to the required quality standards
• Line management of Project Engineers, including performance development reviews, monitoring and scheduling workloads
• Coordinating labour, materials, plant and subcontractors, and monitoring project progress against programme milestones
• Conducting site visits, inspections and progress reviews, ensuring works comply with approved designs and specifications
• Acting as a key interface between clients, operational teams, subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring efficient coordination across multiple concurrent schemes

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Manager - MEICA Planned Works is great for you if:

• You hold an HNC/HND or Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or related Engineering discipline
• You have experience delivering engineering projects within utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing, industrial or process environments
• You have a strong understanding of project delivery principles and excellent communication and organisational skills
• You hold a Full driving licence
• You can manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously with strong problem-solving and decision-making capability

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

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.