Project Manager – Water Sector

Stantec; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is hiring a Project Manager for their Water Sector team based in Manchester. This hybrid role involves managing water sector projects, building relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring timely project delivery while mitigating risks. Candidates should have experience in the Water industry alongside an industry-recognized project management qualification. The position offers opportunities for innovation and client service as part of an established consultancy with over 150 years of experience.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple deadlines effectively.
• Passion for innovation and client service in the water sector.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex projects at every stage of the lifecycle.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks across projects.
• Manage project budgets and resources effectively.

Skills

Experience in the Water industry

Project management

Successful stakeholder relationships

Proactive risk management

Education

Industry recognised project management qualification (e.g., APM's PMQ)

Job description

The Opportunity

Stantec has a new opportunity for a Project Manager to join our Water Sector team. This role will be based at our Manchester office, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of in-office and home working.

Stantec is an industry‑leading consultancy within the Water Sector. We are involved in a wide variety of projects across the sector – including water resources, wastewater networks and treatment, water treatment and supply, flood mitigation and other specialist areas. Our success has helped us grow as an organisation, and this new opportunity is part of that growth.

Responsibilities

As a Project Manager you will work closely with our multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex projects at every stage of the project lifecycle. You will build close relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, to cost, and to a high level of quality. Excellent client service is a key expectation of our Project Managers.

You will be responsible for a portfolio of water sector projects in the North West and will need to be proactive in identifying and mitigating potential risks across these projects. You will also work towards ensuring project success by managing project budgets and resources effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in the Water industry and prior experience of project management is essential.
• Industry recognised project management qualification such as the APM’s Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or similar.
• Experience managing multiple deadlines and the ability to demonstrate successful working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. Track record of successful project management and proactive risk management and mitigation.
• Passion for innovation and client service, with ambitions to tackle a range of challenges as the team looks to continue its growth within the sector.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world‑class talent is a crucial key to our success.

If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.