Senior Project Manager

Costain; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure solutions company is seeking a Project Manager in Manchester to oversee the delivery of a project portfolio for the UU Water customer group. This role involves complete accountability for project lifecycle management, ensuring delivery safety, budget compliance, and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in regulated environments and necessary qualifications, including a degree in M&E or Civil Engineering. This position promises engaging challenges and responsibilities, making it perfect for driven professionals.

Responsibilities

• Ensure project safety, budget adherence, and quality.
• Manage a professional team integrated with clients.
• Own project packages and disciplines.
• Deliver projects according to targets and specifications.
• Liaise effectively with clients and the supply chain.
• Support managerial staff and team members.
• Maintain good working relationships with clients.
• Be familiar with drawings and relevant project information.

Skills

Awareness of NEC Form of Contract

Understanding of Engineering Principles

Technical knowledge of construction techniques

Significant work experience in a regulated environment

Education

Degree level/HNC/HND qualification in M&E or Civil Engineering

Relevant CSCS Card

Full Driving Licence

Job description

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Job Description

The role has accountability for the full lifecycle delivery of a project portfolio provided for the UU Water customer group and leads in understanding client needs, emerging requirements, challenges and in shaping a suitable response/approach from the MSP team. Individual project values will typically range between £500k - £3M with varying degrees of complexity.

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Responsibilities

• Ensuring the project is delivered safely, within Budget, on programme and to the required Quality
• Managing a dedicated professional team integrated with the Clients team
• Ownership of the packages and disciplines
• Delivering to budget and production targets, programme, and specification
• Owning the relationship and maintain a liaison with the client and the supply chain
• Supporting the manager and the staff under your control
• Maintaining a good working relationship with the Client and associated personnel
• Being conversant with all drawings, specifications, and relevant information for works package

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

• Awareness of NEC Form of Contract and Subcontract
• Understanding of Engineering Principles
• Technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices
• Significant work experience within a similar role with a main contractor in a highly regulated environment

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level/HNC/HND qualification in a M&E or Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering
• Relevant CSCS Card
• Full Driving Licence

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future‑shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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