Project Manager - Complex Surveys and Investigations

Glanville Environmental; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Company pension

Life assurance (x4 salary)

Bupa healthcare for dependents

Refer a friend scheme

Employee assistance programme

Annual leave + bank holidays

Training and career progression

Job summary

Glanville Environmental is seeking a proactive Project Manager to lead investigation and solution delivery for CCTV and cleansing projects in Devon. You will oversee day-to-day survey data management, coordinate teams, manage access, permits, and commercial closure, and drive cost-effective rehabilitation strategies across complex catchments.

The role requires strong organisation, problem solving, and the ability to liaise with delivery managers to meet KPIs and client expectations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management within wastewater infrastructure, utilities or construction.
• Experience in ensuring smooth operational delivery on both simple and complex engineering sites.
• Excellent organisational and problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage a team and coordinate them to achieve the best results for projects.
• Relevant qualifications (but not limited to) SMSTS, Project Management, Street works, Confined Space.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the effective delivery of multiple CCTV and cleansing projects associated with AMP8 drainage works, including rehabilitation scopes.
• Produce and maintain a program of works to ensure productivity and timely client reporting.
• Understand commercial close down, quotation generation and purchase order control.
• Develop rehabilitation concepts for surface water separation and affordability.
• Maintain knowledge of streetworks permitting and traffic management implementations.
• Ensure HS & S compliance and conduct site audits across activities.
• Provide timely updates to clients and liaison with Pre-construction teams.

Skills

Project management

Team coordination

Problem solving

Education

SMSTS

Project Management

Street works

Confined Space

Job description

Company Description

Glanville Environmental is a well-established drainage and civil engineering company that has been operating successfully since 1983 in the South West and Midlands regions.

Job Description

Project Manager – Complex Surveys and Investigations

Location: Devon

Competitive salary + benefits on offer

Due to ongoing successful contracts, we are seeking a dynamic and proactive Project Manager to lead our fast-paced investigative and output concept solution projects.

The successful candidate would play a key role managing the implementation of innovative and solution driven investigations in challenging and varying catchments with an output of reviewing extensive and wide ranging survey data to collate and devise the best and most cost-effective rehabilitation solutions over trenchless and civil engineering based methods.

As a Project Manager for investigation solution works, you’ll oversee day to day program and reporting of whereabouts of survey teams by liaising with delivery managers, ensuring quick response times review day by day outputs from the teams to cross check key points and quick wins are found, and ensure cost-effective solutions whilst ensuring high standards of survey outputs.

Reporting into the Head of Delivery CCTV and Cleansing, you’ll need to be self-sufficient in project managing the incoming and outgoing datasets for each catchment allocated, ensuring deadlines are maintained and early warnings raised when it’s not on target, arranging access, streetworks permitting, purchase order and quotation control while maintaining commercial closedown is cross checked with the CCTV and cleansing divisions.

More about the role:

• Manage and coordinate the effective delivery of multiple CCTV and cleansing projects associate with AMP8 drainage works, while building rehabilitation scopes, RAG status of hotspots, gap analysis on data and understanding of full catchment reviews
• Be able to produce and maintain a program of works to ensure high productivity and maintain the reporting timelines back to the client
• #understanding the process of commercial close down, quotation generation and purchase order control
• Be able to understand all the various methodologies of rehabilitation as well as being able to think outside of normal processes in order to generate some concept ideas for surface water separation and affordability
• Have knowledge of streetworks permitting and applications including traffic management implementation
• Have a strong knowledge of H&S requirements through project delivery including being able to carry out standard site auditing across investigation and construction activities
• Ensure prompt and timely responses project KPIs / SLAs and maintain strong communication with clients to provide updates and resolve issues promptly
• Regular liaison with Pre-construction teams to enhance and develop engineering solutions and ensuring customers / clients receive timely updates and outputs
• Use of Software to produce site documentation, close down documents, workflow productivity reports and general work management monitoring systems

Qualifications

About You

• Proven experience in project management within wastewater infrastructure, utilities or construction
• Experience in ensuring smooth operational delivery on both simple and complex engineering sites
• Excellent organisational and problem solving skills
• Ability to manage a team and coordinate them to achieve the best results for projects
• Relevant qualifications (but not limited to) SMSTS, Project Management, Street works, Confined Space.

Relevant experience in the wastewater / utility industry is key, however, outstanding candidates will be considered and the business will support individuals with personal development and career progression opportunities.

Additional Information

What we can offer you:

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave
• Company pension
• Life assurance scheme (x4 salary)
• Bupa (includes cash payments towards dental, medical, therapeutic treatments) with the option to add up to 4 dependents
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee assistance programme (access to GP appointments and mental health support)
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidaysTraining and career progression opportunities

About us:

Glanville Environmental is a reputable and thriving drainage and civil engineering company that has been a driving force in the Southwest region for over three decades. As we continue to expand our impressive portfolio of clients and secure long-term contracts, we are seeking talented individuals to join our passionate team. If you are ready to make your mark in the industry and be part of a family-owned business, this is your opportunity to thrive.

We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.