Project Manager - Water

Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd; Chesterton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Job summary

Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd is assisting a Tier 1 D&B contractor in recruiting a Project Manager - Water in Peterborough. The role is hybrid, with responsibilities spanning from scoping through handover and warranty, leading multidisciplinary teams and ensuring CDM compliance.

The ideal candidate will have water-industry project delivery experience, a degree in a construction/engineering field, and strong stakeholder engagement skills to deliver on time, budget, and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Project Management experience delivering multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, ideally in water.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in construction, commercial, or engineering.
• Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to partner with clients, stakeholders, and end users.
• Delivery-driven with the ability to set targets and manage multi-disciplinary teams to deliver time, cost and quality.
• Experience in project delivery.
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills.
• Knowledge of Construction Contracts, ideally NEC, with ability to negotiate and administer.
• Risk & Opportunity Management experience.
• Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety.

Responsibilities

• Assure CDM compliance of each scheme through the TOTEX Delivery Process and audits to promote a 'Zero- Harm' culture.
• Create and maintain a high performing team culture with reports from Engineers to Commercial staff.
• Translate Programme level strategy into outcomes so teams understand their roles in success.
• Accountable for full project lifecycle from receipt to handover and warranty issues.
• Collaborate with Commercial and Planning to maintain cost and resource forecasts.
• Oversee promoted solutions ensuring safety, viability and fit for purpose.
• Ensure projects meet deliverables and key milestones like Project Rehearsal and Fit for Assembly.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Delivery focus

Risk management

Contract knowledge

CDM & HSE knowledge

Water industry experience

Education

Degree in construction/engineering

NEC Project Manager Accreditation

Job description

Position: Project Manager - Water

Location: Peterborough (Hybrid Working)

Salary Guide: £65,000 - £75,000 Plus Car / Allowance and Excellent Benefits

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a significant proportion of Anglian Waters AMP8 programme of clean and wastewater non-infrastructure projects. Our client is looking to strengthen their delivery team with a Project Manager where you'll manage a team and oversee the development of solutions to ensure multiple projects are completed on time, to quality, water industry and safety standards whilst in line with legislation and processes.

Key responsibilities:

• Assure CDM compliance of each scheme through the TOTEX Delivery Process and through a series of audits, checks and peer reviews to champion a 'Zero- Harm' culture
• Create and maintain a high performing team culture with a range of reports from Engineers to Commercial staff to feel empowered and think creatively to resolve issues
• Translating Programme level strategy into actual outcomes so team members are utilised correctly and fully understand the role they play in achieving success
• Accountable for full project lifecycle from receipt of need through scoping, construction, project handover, formal sign off and managing any warranty issue that arise post-handover
• Work closely with Commercial and Planning teams to ensure cost and resource forecasts are maintained to required levels of accuracy whilst issues are mitigated and/ or escalated to the Integrated Projects Leader for successful resolution
• Oversee the teams' promoted solutions ensuring they are safe, commercially viable and resolve the project requirements whilst being fit for purpose
• Responsible for ensuring each project meets the required deliverables, and key project milestones such as Project Rehearsal and Fit for Assembly

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• Project Management experience in managing multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, ideally within the water industry
• Degree or equivalent qualification in a construction, commercial, or engineering related discipline.
• Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients, stakeholders, and end users.
• Must be delivery driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.
• Experience in project delivery
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills
• Knowledge of Construction Contracts, ideally NEC, with ability to negotiate and administer
• Risk & Opportunity Management experience
• Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety

Desirable:

• Experience in water and wastewater treatment plants
• Chartered with and engineering, commercial, or construction institution
• NEC Project Manager Accreditation