WTW Project Manager

Kier Group; Brighton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Project Manager to lead projects within the Natural Resources team across Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire. This permanent, full-time role involves overseeing design and build projects for Southern Water, ensuring timely delivery, Health and Safety compliance, and client liaison. Applicants should have a relevant degree and experience in regulated utilities or the built environment, with knowledge of NEC contracts.

Qualifications

• Experience within regulated utilities infrastructure or built environment sector.
• Strong knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts and Health & Safety legislation.
• Commercially and operationally experienced.

Responsibilities

• Leading projects from conception through to handover.
• Ensuring the highest Health and Safety standards are implemented.
• Liaison with clients and management for smooth project delivery.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Client Management

Subcontract Administration

Education

Relevant Degree (or equivalent)

Job description

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We're looking for Project Managers to join our Natural Resources team working on our Southern Water framework, based on projects across Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire. This is our new 7-year, c£1bn framework for Southern Water.

Location: Working on projects across Kent, Sussex, or Hampshire

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

What will you be responsible for?

As a Project Manager, you'll be working within the Natural Resources team on our Southern Water framework, supporting them in delivering design and build projects across the Southern Water portfolio of non-infrastructure, water, and wastewater projects.

What will your day-to-day look like?

Your day-to-day will include:

• Leading projects from conception through to handover, ensuring timely and smooth delivery.
• Ensuring the highest standards of Health and Safety are implemented and demonstrated.
• Liaison with clients and management to ensure smooth project delivery, with customer service as a priority, and management of Site Agents on your projects.
• Development of new and existing relationships with clients, suppliers, and stakeholders, demonstrating leadership, man-management, developmental, and motivational skills.
• P&L responsibility for projects in your portfolio, delivering and enhancing margin and prompting.

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Manager is great for you if:

• You have a relevant degree (or equivalent) and experience within regulated utilities infrastructure or the built environment sector.
• You have strong knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts and Health & Safety legislation, including CDM regulations.
• You are commercially and operationally experienced, with robust subcontract administration and management skills.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply, and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved—register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information about benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives, and our people have made a significant impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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