Senior Project Manager, Water Infrastructure Delivery

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £75,000 per year

26 days holiday escalating to 30

Generous Pension Scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Thames Water Utilities Limited is seeking a senior leader to oversee complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects from planning to handover. You will drive performance, manage commercial outcomes, and support your team to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality infrastructure for customers and communities.

You will lead cross-functional teams, engage with developers and authorities, and ensure projects meet time, budget and quality targets while optimizing value for money.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex infrastructure projects.
• Strong commercial and financial skills including budget forecasting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Good understanding of health and safety, CDM Regulations, risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects from planning through handover.
• Ensure on-time delivery within budget and high safety/quality standards.
• Build relationships with developers, contractors, authorities and stakeholders.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts and contract administration; drive efficiency and value.
• Coach and support Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams for high performance.
• Drive portfolio-wide continuous improvement and share lessons learned.

Skills

Infrastructure delivery

Budget management

Contract administration

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership & coaching

Reporting & governance

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Thames Water Utilities Limited is seeking a senior leader to oversee complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects from planning to handover. You will drive performance, manage commercial outcomes, and support your team to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality infrastructure for customers and communities.

You will lead cross-functional teams, engage with developers and authorities, and ensure projects meet time, budget and quality targets while optimizing value for money.