Thames Valley Water Pipeline Project Lead

Wolviston Management Services Limited; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolviston Management Services are recruiting for an experienced Infrastructure Project Leader to support the delivery of a new non-potable water pipeline project in the Thames Valley. This long-term, client-side contract involves a pipeline of less than 3km connecting a water treatment plant to customer infrastructure.

The role provides day-to-day coordination and oversight of the pipeline workstream, reporting to the client’s Project Manager responsible for the water treatment plant delivery,

Qualifications

• Significant project delivery experience within water, utilities, pipeline or civil infrastructure.
• Experience delivering underground pipeline projects.
• Client-side or client-representative project experience.
• Experience coordinating and managing Design & Build contractors.
• Strong programme and project controls capability.
• Commercial awareness including cost, variation and change control.
• Experience managing third-party stakeholders, approvals and consents.
• Experience with route development, utility interfaces or ground investigation activities.
• Strong risk-management and stakeholder-management skills.
• Understanding of CDM requirements and infrastructure construction risks.
• Ability to work effectively across design, construction, commissioning and handover phases.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day client-side leadership and coordination of the pipeline project.
• Managing the interface with the appointed Design & Build contractor.
• Monitoring contractor performance against programme, cost, scope and quality requirements.
• Coordinating interfaces between the pipeline and parallel water treatment plant project.
• Aligning programme, design, construction, commissioning and stakeholder activities across both projects.
• Reviewing and challenging contractor programmes, progress reports and recovery plans.
• Supporting cost control, forecasting, variations and change management.
• Maintaining project risk, change, action and decision registers.
• Coordinating route development, utility surveys, ground investigations and crossing assessments.
• Supporting management of land access, easements, permits, approvals, third-party agreements.
• Coordinating stakeholders including water companies, Canal & River Trust, National Highways, local authorities, the Environment Agency, utility owners and landowners.
• Providing oversight of the canal crossing design, approvals, programme and construction interfaces.
• Monitoring design development and coordinating technical reviews where required.
• Monitoring construction progress, quality and contractor performance.
• Supporting testing, commissioning, customer connection and final handover.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cost control

Risk management

Programme controls

Interface management

Job description

Wolviston Management Services are recruiting for an experienced Infrastructure Project Leader to support the delivery of a new non-potable water pipeline project in the Thames Valley. This long-term, client-side contract involves a pipeline of less than 3km connecting a water treatment plant to customer infrastructure.

The role provides day-to-day coordination and oversight of the pipeline workstream, reporting to the client’s Project Manager responsible for the water treatment plant delivery,