Water Infrastructure Project Leader – UK

AtkinsRéalis Group; Epsom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Competitive salary

Training and development opportunities

Travel across South East England

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Project Manager to deliver water infrastructure programmes across major UK water companies. You will manage projects from feasibility through handover, coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, and administer NEC3/NEC4 contracts while maintaining governance and KPI tracking.

The role requires travel across the South East and East of England, strong client relationships, and a collaborative leadership style to drive safe, sustainable outcomes for customers and communities.

Qualifications

• Years of project delivery experience, including UK water sector experience.
• Experience managing projects or substantial work packages in water infrastructure.
• Practical experience with NEC3 or NEC4 contracts and change control.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of water infrastructure projects or defined work packages from initiation through handover.
• Establish objectives, scope, delivery strategy and success measures with client and Project Director.
• Manage programme, cost, risk, opportunity, change, quality and interfaces.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, environmental, commercial, planning and construction.
• Administer NEC3/NEC4 contracts, including early warnings and compensation events.
• Maintain governance, reporting and assurance aligned with requirements.
• Monitor performance against programme, budget, KPIs and regulatory commitments.
• Build relationships with water company clients, delivery partners and regulators.
• Plan work around assets, outages, commissioning and handover.
• Promote health, safety and wellbeing throughout delivery.
• Identify risks early and lead mitigation actions.
• Support continuous improvement and use of digital tools and data.
• Coach junior team members; travel to SE England sites as required.

Skills

Project delivery experience

UK water sector experience

NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Programme, cost, risk management

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Relationship building

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Driving licence & travel readiness

Education

Project management/engineering/construction qualification

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Project Manager to deliver water infrastructure programmes across major UK water companies. You will manage projects from feasibility through handover, coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, and administer NEC3/NEC4 contracts while maintaining governance and KPI tracking.

The role requires travel across the South East and East of England, strong client relationships, and a collaborative leadership style to drive safe, sustainable outcomes for customers and communities.