Project Manager

Thames Water; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Project Manager, where you'll lead impactful water and wastewater projects. In this role, you will define project scopes, timelines, and budgets, ensuring compliance and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle. This position offers a competitive salary and the chance to contribute to building a resilient future for communities. With flexible working arrangements and a strong focus on health and safety, this is an opportunity to make a real difference every day. If you're passionate about project management and want to be part of a diverse team, apply now!

Benefits

26 days holiday per year

Contributory pension

Personal Medical Assessments

Wider benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in project management with a focus on water and wastewater projects.
• Ability to lead and develop teams in a culture of accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of water and wastewater projects from design to delivery.
• Ensure project delivery meets time, cost, and quality outputs.

Skills

Project Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Stakeholder Engagement

Contractual Awareness

Performance Management

Education

HNC/Degree Level Education

Job description

Ready to shape the future of Thames Water’s infrastructure?
We’re looking for a driven Project Manager to join our Capital Delivery team in the Thames Valley and Home Counties. You’ll lead a portfolio of water and wastewater projects from design to delivery, helping to modernise and strengthen our networks.
As part of our AMP8 programme and Turnaround Plan, you’ll define project scope, timelines, and budgets, making a real impact across our business.

Join us and help build a better, more resilient future for our communities.

What you’ll be doing as a Project Manager

• Establish and continuously promote a proactive health, safety, and environment culture across complex and high-risk Project portfolios and our service providers.
• Accountability for project delivery and meeting time, cost and quality outputs.
• Develop and deliver an optimised project to achieve all regulatory, statutory, and internal outputs, deadlines, and targets.
• Accountability throughout the project lifecycle, governance compliance, and internal/external stakeholder engagement lead to the smooth transition of the project outcomes into the operational business.
• Actively protecting, managing, and enhancing Thames Water’s reputation with external customers and stakeholders.
• Development of project briefs, including supplementary information for the project's subsequent early contractor involvement phase.
• Managing and ensuring the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes.

Hybrid—Clearwater Court, your role will require you to be on-site and in the office 2-3 days a week, as required by the role and the business's needs, so flexibility is required.
We are open to part-time applications for this role, 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
A driver's licence and access to a car for this role would be ideal.

What you should bring to the role of Project Manager

• Be educated to HNC /degree level with further or outstanding role-specific experience in a relevant operational or project management capacity.
• Managing, leading, and developing people in a culture of accountability and achievement.
• Have a background in contractual awareness of Project Management work.
• Have a proven track record of managing the performance of third-party organisations.
• Set up and regularly implement feedback systems to improve business performance.
• Be able to deliver tough messages with empathy.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £46,560- £69,840 per annum, depending on the skills and experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays).
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme, including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your well-being.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?
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.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water
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 fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference in 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.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, 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, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

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.