Water\" Project Manager - Thames Region

Edge Careers; Lewknor; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent promotion opportunities

Excellent annual bonus scheme

Job summary

Edge Careers is recruiting a Project Manager to lead water infrastructure projects across the Thames region from conception to delivery. You will steer multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, timescales, quality and safety, and maintain strong client relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires proven leadership, strong knowledge of the Water industry and M&E disciplines, plus commercial awareness and the ability to collaborate with internal staff and external consultants

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and management skills; ability to motivate teams to high standards.
• Excellent organisational, planning, and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising quality.
• Sound knowledge of the Water industry, particularly M&E disciplines.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to work with senior stakeholders to set and achieve targets.
• Effective negotiation and communication skills; build lasting relationships.
• Computer literacy including MS Project and Office software.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of projects across design, engineering, construction, handover, and commercial phases.
• Ensure projects meet scope, programme, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction requirements.
• Implement risk and value engineering processes; identify risks and cost-saving opportunities.
• Lead, motivate, and support internal staff, consultants, and contractors.
• Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Provide project planning advice, recommendations, and progress updates to customers and stakeholders.
• Review and challenge budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting to ensure deliverable approaches.
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships, regularly reviewing performance.
• Implement management systems and procedures, ensuring compliance with statutory and legal requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement, service excellence, and best practice across projects.
• Manage project costs, ensuring accurate expenditure tracking and resource allocation.
• Review and approve management plans, health and safety plans, and work package plans.
• Support senior management with business planning, performance reviews, and bid development.
• Promote collaborative supplier relationships, monitoring and improving performance.
• Ensure all M&E services and installations are designed, built, and certified to required standards.
• Mentor and motivate project staff, ensuring performance issues are addressed and development supported.

Skills

Leadership

Planning

Time management

Multi-project management

Water industry knowledge

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Communication

Computer literacy

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Project Manager - Thames Region

Would you like to work for an inclusive and collaborative company which is achieving great success?

My client is working closely with long established clients to deliver a range of water infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. These works are key to ensuring sustainable, high-quality services for communities across the Thames region.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Project Manager to take overall responsibility for the successful delivery of allocated multidisciplinary projects. You will lead projects from conception through to completion, ensuring safe and efficient execution within agreed timescales, budgets, and quality standards. These projects will be located across the Thames Water region.

This role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge, and commercial awareness, alongside the ability to manage internal teams, external consultants, and key customer relationships. You will be expected to deliver projects in line with core company values, driving service excellence and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of projects across design, engineering, construction, handover, and commercial phases
• Ensure projects meet scope, programme, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction requirements
• Implement risk and value engineering processes, identifying risks and cost-saving opportunities
• Lead, motivate, and support internal staff, consultants, and contractors
• Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards
• Provide project planning advice, recommendations, and progress updates to customers and stakeholders
• Review and challenge budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting to ensure deliverable approaches
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships, regularly reviewing performance
• Implement management systems and procedures, ensuring compliance with statutory and legal requirements
• Drive continuous improvement, service excellence, and best practice across projects
• Manage project costs, ensuring accurate expenditure tracking and resource allocation
• Review and approve management plans, health and safety plans, and work package plans
• Support senior management with business planning, performance reviews, and bid development
• Promote collaborative supplier relationships, monitoring and improving performance
• Ensure all M&E services and installations are designed, built, and certified to required standards
• Mentor and motivate project staff, ensuring performance issues are addressed and development supported

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

You will be an experienced "Water" Project Manager with a proven track record in delivering Water Treatment projects.

You will bring:

• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate teams to achieve high standards
• Excellent organisational, planning, and time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising on quality
• Sound knowledge of the Water industry, particularly M&E disciplines
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to work with senior stakeholders to set and achieve targets
• Effective negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to build lasting relationships
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Project)
• Commitment to personal development and continuous improvement

What's in it for you?

Below is a selection of benefits that are available:

• - Working with a very successful and highly experienced team
• - Family friendly policies and work/life approach
• - Excellent promotion opportunities
• - Excellent annual bonus scheme

All applicants must be able to provide two references.