What you’ll be doing
as a Project Manager
1. Establish and continuously promote a proactive health, safety, and environment culture across complex and high-risk Project portfolios and our service providers.
2. Develop and deliver an optimised project to achieve all regulatory, statutory, and internal outputs, deadlines, and targets.
3. Accountability throughout the project lifecycle, governance compliance, and internal/external stakeholder engagement lead to the smooth transition of the project outcomes into the operational business.
4. Actively protecting, managing, and enhancing Thames Water’s reputation with external customers and stakeholders.
5. Development of project briefs, including supplementary information for the project's subsequent early contractor involvement phase.
6. Supporting the development and definition of the tender package(s), including the scope of work to support the Procurement team through each stage of the tender process, ensuring the demanding timescales are met.
7. Managing the project's ‘route to consent’ strategy, highlighting program and project risks relating to required consents, and considering any potential early works.
8. Managing and ensuring the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes on time, on cost, and to quality.
Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading, you will be expected to be present at the office and/or sites twice a week.
36 hours a week, Monday through Friday.
Candidates must have access to a car and hold a driving licence.
What you should bring to the role
9. Have a background in construction or utilities-based projects, ideally in the water sector.
10. Understand the project life cycle and how to communicate this with external and internal stakeholders.
11. Strong understanding and appreciation of meeting customers’ needs and requirements.
12. An ability to find solutions and work professionally with contractors and stakeholders.
What’s in it for you?
13. Competitive salary from £56,000 to £67,000 per annum.
14. 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
15. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
16. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.