Senior Project Manager

Vertical Recruitment Limited; Copythorne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertical Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a major water infrastructure programme across North Wales and Chester, ensuring safe, efficient, and commercially successful delivery.

The role offers hybrid working with site presence, office collaboration, and remote flexibility, and involves NEC contract administration, stakeholder engagement, and governance across multiple workstreams within AMP8.

Qualifications

• Strong infrastructure or major capital project PM experience.
• Excellent knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders and partners; strong commercial awareness.
• Ability to lead projects through full lifecycle delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of major infrastructure projects within a regulated environment.
• Manage programme performance across scope, cost, risk, and schedule.
• Administer and manage NEC contracts effectively.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and external stakeholders.
• Support client engagement and maintain strong working relationships.
• Drive project governance, reporting, and commercial performance.
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with safety, quality, and compliance standards.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Lifecycle delivery

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to support the delivery of a major water infrastructure programme across the North Wales and Chester region as part of AMP8 investment. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering long-term infrastructure improvements that will have a lasting impact on regional utilities networks.

Working within a collaborative and technically driven environment, you will lead project delivery across key infrastructure workstreams, managing programme performance, stakeholder engagement, and NEC contract administration throughout the project lifecycle.

The Role

As Senior Project Manager, you will play a key role in leading and coordinating infrastructure projects from inception through to delivery. You will work closely with clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and commercially successfully.

The role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with a mix of site presence, office collaboration, and remote flexibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of major infrastructure projects within a regulated environment
• Manage programme performance across scope, cost, risk, and schedule
• Administer and manage NEC contracts effectively
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and external stakeholders
• Support client engagement and maintain strong working relationships
• Drive project governance, reporting, and commercial performance
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with safety, quality, and compliance standards

About You

We are looking for an experienced project professional with a strong infrastructure background and proven experience operating within complex delivery environments.

Essential:

• Strong Project Management experience within infrastructure or major capital projects
• Excellent working knowledge of NEC contracts
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders and delivery partnersStrong commercial awareness and programme management capability
• Ability to lead projects through full lifecycle delivery

Desirable:

• Utilities or water sector experience
• Previous experience working on AMP programmes
• Professional qualifications or chartership (APM, RICS, ICE, etc.)

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to work on a high-profile AMP8 infrastructure programme
• Hybrid and flexible working environment
• Long-term project pipeline and career progression opportunities
• Collaborative consultancy culture with exposure to major UK infrastructure projects
• Competitive salary and benefits package