Project Manager - Water

Lord Search & Selection; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the water industry is seeking a Project Manager to lead significant wastewater projects in Worcestershire. This role involves managing all aspects of project delivery, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and fostering strong client relationships. The ideal candidate will have a background in project management, preferably within the water sector, and possess strong leadership and communication skills. The contract is for a duration of 18-24 months, offering competitive daily rates.

Qualifications

• Project Management experience in multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, ideally in water.
• Degree or equivalent in a construction or engineering-related discipline.
• Excellent communicator with client and stakeholder interaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage design, construction, and commissioning of contracts efficiently and safely.
• Ensure compliance with Quality, Safety, and Environmental Policies.
• Maintain relationships with clients and suppliers.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Team Management

Risk Management

Health & Safety

Education

Degree in construction, commercial, or engineering discipline

Job description

Position: Project Manager - Water

Location: Worcestershireshire

Rate Guide: .00 Per Day (Guide Rate Inside IR35)

Duration: 18-24 Months

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a significant proportion of Severn Trent Water's AMP7/AMP8 programme of clean and wastewater non-infrastructure projects throughout the Midlands.

They are looking to recruit a Project Manager to based on one of their key wastewater projects in Worcestershire with the responsibility to manage the design, construction, commissioning and putting to work of contracts to ensure they are completed in the most efficient manner to the specification, within the time required and within the tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of all concerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities:

• Promote exceptional safety and delivery quality standards to direct and subcontracted work force
• Ensuring that the BMS is implemented at all stages throughout the project delivery process
• Maintain good relationships are maintained with the client and suppliers
• Ensuring, in conjunction with the Design Manager, that an adequate Technical, Safety and Environmental review is carried out for each project to ensure successful delivery
• Ensuring that appropriately detailed construction plans and method statements are prepared, in place and approved prior to commencement of activities
• Ensuring works procedures are produced to assist with control quality where applicable
• Ensure all commercial aspects of the project are managed in a timely and proactive way giving accurate forecast and estimates
• Understanding and implementing the Quality, Safety and Environmental Policies and Targets
• Maintain an appropriate practical knowledge and appreciation of all technical disciplines associated with delivering water and wastewater design and build projects.

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