Project Manager - Critical Assets London

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A major water service company is seeking a skilled Project Manager to oversee large construction projects in London. The role involves managing project lifecycles, ensuring safety standards, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a background in utilities or construction management. Salary ranges from £56,000 to £67,000, with additional benefits and opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Competitive salary

26 days holiday, increasing to 30

Performance-related pay

Generous Pension Scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in managing civil infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of the project lifecycle.
• Knowledge of stage-gate project management process.

Responsibilities

• Manage project lifecycle including risk and commercial management.
• Promote health, safety, and environment culture across projects.
• Develop and deliver optimized project outputs.

Skills

Construction project management

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Health and Safety standards knowledge

Education

Technical education in engineering

Job description

Overview

This is a high-profile Project Manager role, offering career development and a varied working environment. Are you a technically skilled Project Manager with experience working on large infrastructure projects? Are you ready for a new challenge? Join Thames Water's exceptional project teams as we invest more than ever in London to improve our critical infrastructure, tackle complex structural issues and drive excellence in our network. Apply now and make an impact!

What you'll be doing as a Project Manager

• Manage several projects through their life cycle, including commercial management, risk management and associated reporting.
• Establish and continuously promote a proactive health, safety, and environment culture across complex and high-risk project portfolios and our service providers.
• 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 effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the smooth transition of project outcomes into 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.
• Supporting the development and definition of the tender package(s), including the scope of work to support the Procurement team through each stage of the tender process, ensuring the demanding timescales are met.
• Managing the project's route to consent strategy, highlighting program and project risks relating to required consents, and considering any potential early works.
• Managing and assuring the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes on time, cost, and quality.
• A hybrid basis in a London-based office – as per business needs, you must be on-site or in the office 2–3 days a week. 36 hours Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will ideally drive and have access to transportation.

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria are:

• A background in construction or utilities-based projects.
• A technical education and engineering background.
• Understanding of the project's life cycle and how to communicate it to both external and internal stakeholders effectively.
• Be knowledgeable of the stage-gate project management process.
• Have a strong background in delivering a programme of projects from beginning to end of completion.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of Health and Safety standards, legislation, and governance.

Additional skills and experiences would be great to have

• Previous water or utilities experience.

Who we are

We are the UK\'s largest water and wastewater company, serving more than 16 million customers. We aim to build a better future for our customers, communities, people, and the planet. We offer meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and benefits.

Benefits

• Competitive salary from £56,000 to £67,000 per annum
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan linked to company and individual performance
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Benefits to support health, wellbeing and finances — including health MOTs, access to physiotherapy and counselling, Cycle to Work, vouchers and life assurance