Senior Project Manager

MWH Treatment; Eling; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water management company seeks a Senior Project Manager for their Delivery team located in Eling, with hybrid working options. This role involves overseeing projects to ensure they meet deadlines, quality standards, and keep safety paramount. Candidates should have extensive project management experience, ideally in the water industry, and relevant qualifications. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential for client and team success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience, ideally within the water industry.
• Extensive experience in project delivery with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strategic and operational skills relevant to project management.

Responsibilities

• Manage project direction, coordination, and execution adhering to health and safety.
• Ensure quality standards and client satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Promote and implement risk management strategies effectively.

Skills

Project Management experience in managing multi-disciplinary design and construction projects

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Delivery-driven with the ability to manage and motivate teams

Risk & Opportunity Management experience

Working knowledge of Health & Safety

Education

Degree in a construction, commercial, or engineering related discipline

Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent

Chartered with an engineering, commercial or construction institution

NEC Project Manager Accreditation

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our Delivery team with a Senior Project Manager based at Testwood with hybrid working available. You will report directly to the Operations Manager / Framework Director and you will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy by planning and evaluating project activities, within the time required and within the tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of all concerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction.

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, i.e. from tender handover to final completion
• Maintain good client relationships at all levels
• Maintain the company's reputation on a project by ensuring good relationships are maintained with joint venture partners and suppliers
• Ensuring that sufficient trained personnel are available for the project and that they are aware of their individual responsibilities
• Planning projects, including reviewing and approving the Project Execution Plan (PEP), and then monitoring and controlling the delivery of projects
• Ensuring that appropriately detailed construction plans and method statements are prepared, in place and approved prior to commencement of activities
• Ensuring at contract completion that all records referred to in the PEP are complete and available
• Ensuring that all site non-conformities are reported and approximate costs identified
• 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
• Being aware of the need to satisfy customer requirements with the aim of enhancing the customers' perception and satisfaction
• Maintain an appropriate practical knowledge and appreciation of all technical disciplines associated with delivering water and waste water design and build projects
• Have detailed working knowledge and experience of project management practices from scheme conception through to end user acceptance
• Ensure your own continuous professional development by participating in external networking/conferences/ associations/groups, to stay current on industry changes and innovations
• Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role
• In all internal and external contact, present a professional and positive image of the department and MWH Treatment as well as maintaining mutually constructive, positive and beneficial relationships.

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
• Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to work in close partnership with clients, stakeholders, and end users
• Delivery-driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives
• Extensive experience in project delivery
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills
• Knowledge of Construction Contracts, ideally NEC and/or IChemE, with ability to negotiate and administer
• Ability to present at MWHT Governance Reviews in a leading capacity
• Risk & Opportunity Management experience
• Maintain a positive and solution-oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback
• Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety, Experience in water and waste water treatment plants
• Chartered with an engineering, commercial, or construction institution
• NEC Project Manager Accreditation
• Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety

Technical Competencies

• Contract Management
• Governance
• Budgeting and cost control
• Risk, Opportunities and issue management
• Project Planning (schedule)
• Digital Delivery
• Procurement (negotiations and management)
• Solutions development (pre-construction / design development)
• Client, stakeholder and conflict management
• Resource management
• Change management
• Quality management

Behavioural Competencies

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Client Focus
• Striving for Results
• Integrity, Trust and Respect
• Coaching and Providing Feedback
• Leadership