Senior Project Manager

MWH Treatment; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water sector design and build provider in the UK seeks a Senior Project Manager to join their Delivery team. This role involves overseeing project delivery, maintaining safety standards, and managing client relationships. Applicants should have strong project management experience, ideally in water projects, and possess a relevant degree and management qualification. This position offers hybrid working and a range of competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health insurance

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, ideally in the water industry.
• Ability to work in partnership with clients, stakeholders, and end users.
• Extensive experience in project delivery with strong management skills.

Responsibilities

• Promote exceptional safety and delivery quality standards.
• Maintain good client relationships and project reputation.
• Plan projects and monitor delivery against objectives.

Skills

Project Management experience

Excellent oral and written communication

Delivery driven

Risk & Opportunity Management

Knowledge of Construction Contracts

Education

Degree or equivalent in construction, commercial, or engineering related discipline

Project Management Qualification (PMQ)

Job description

About The Role

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 theoverall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control andcompletion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy byplanning and evaluating project activities, within the time required and withinthe tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of allconcerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities will include :

• 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.

About You

Essential :

• 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 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.
• 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

Desirable :

• Experience in water and waste water treatment plants
• Chartered with and engineering, commercial, or construction institution
• NEC Project Manager Accreditation
• Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety.

Technical Competencies : Advanced

• 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 : Advanced

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

About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1400 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances.

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills.

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don't just tick boxes; we live these values every day.

What MWH offer

Packages include -

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• Car / car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc