Senior Project Manager

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water company in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive pollution reduction initiatives. The role involves leading a portfolio of projects, working closely with environmental regulations and ensuring impactful delivery. Candidates should have strong project management skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for environmental performance. Offers include a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Salary from £63,000

Annual Leave - 26 days holiday

Annual Bonus

Private Medical Health Care

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Qualifications

• Evidence of working flexibly across organisations to improve ways of working.
• Understand Environmental Legislation and / or Regulations.
• A full driving licence as travel is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and delivery of the Pollution Incident Reduction Plan.
• Deliver projects under the portfolio to time, cost, and quality.
• Ensure projects impact the pollution performance commitment.

Skills

Communication skills

Project Management

Organizational skills

Environmental legislation understanding

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join Thames Water on a 12 month Contract

The purpose of the role is to drive performance, and directly impact pollution reduction, one of the top three deliverables for Thames Water. Our environmental performance is monitored and evaluated by our regulators using a range of measures, such as our compliance with our environmental permits, and the number and severity of pollution incidents that we cause, which in turn informs our Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA).

The role will aim to create a low-polluting entity where events are few and far between and have a minimum environmental impact.

As part of the Environmental Performance team, you will be at the forefront of ensuring that Thames Water continue to take a data-led approach to reducing pollution incidents.

You will take initiatives from pipeline feasibility through to implementation, embedding and measuring the benefit of your portfolio. Reporting from your portfolio will be used in discussions with our CEO, so accuracy and delivery of benefits are essential.

What will you be doing as a Senior Project Manager?

• Lead the successful creation and delivery of the Pollution Incident Reduction Plan across multiple stakeholders, as well as the core components of the EPA scorecard for pollution.
• Deliver projects under the portfolio, to time, cost and quality from concept and feasibility assessment through to seeing benefits when embedded using both agile and waterfall project management.
• Ensure projects impact the pollution performance commitment with measurable benefits.
• Incorporate continuous and business improvement into the portfolio.
• Steer the reporting strategy for the pollution reduction portfolio, driving action from root cause data and insight.
• Reporting directly to our Head of Environmental Performance, working with a team of environmental enthusiasts and leading a team of project managers.
• Engage and liaise with the Environment Agency on strategic pollution discussions, giving performance updates and driving challenging conversations. Communication with the regulator must be consistent, timely and accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time.
• Support and drive improvement in our incident investigations, data capture, pollution challenges and incident learning.
• Support customer engagement in pollution reduction and self-reporting workstreams.
• Ensure internal stakeholders have the right data to make decisions to reduce pollution incidents.
• Lead the business through pollution reduction in AMP8 with strong working relationships to enable the successful delivery of the portfolio.
• Be seen as a leader in pollution reduction, and act as a trusted advisor and critical friend to operational colleagues.
• Create a network across the industry to ensure best practice and innovation is shared and, where possible, integrated into the plan.
• Represent the company to stakeholders to build awareness externally, regulate their activities or maintain the reputation of the Thames Water brand, to include the National Pollution Group.

What should you bring to the role?

• A passion to improve our environmental performance.
• Deliver exceptional service through an enthusiastic, positive and proactive approach, taking initiative and accountability for your role while working accurately within a busy team.
• Excellent planning, organisation, and verbal / written communication skills, including report writing.
• Evidence of working flexibly across organisations, building and / or improving ways of working and embedding them into organisations.
• Understand Environmental Legislation and / or Regulations, including CICS & 16_02.
• Understanding of the waste network and the waste treatment operation.
• Positively influence and work collaboratively with all levels of an organisation to achieve improved business outcomes.
• Project Management or proven track record in delivering business projects.
• A full driving licence as travel is required.
• Excellent IT literacy, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• IOSH / NEBOSH would be beneficial but not essential.

What's in it for you?

• Offering a starting salary from £63,000 per annum plus a car allowance on top.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Annual Bonus.
• Benefits on Tap, access to discounts, cashback and instant vouchers.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay.
• Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family's health and wellbeing, and your finances - from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We're the UK's largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It's a big job and we've got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you'll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you're looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people's lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we'll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We're committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process . If you need any adjustments, whether that's extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we're here to help and support .

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you'll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.