Project Manager

Overview

Lead Thames Water projects, ensuring safety, budget, timeline, quality and client relations.

Key Responsibilities

• regulatory compliance
• technical review
• project management
• quality assurance
• risk management
• digital tools

Tasks

-Ensure adherence to UK building regulations, health and safety laws, and company policies. -Support technical investigations, technical reviews, troubleshooting, and problem-solving for complex challenges. -Build strong relationships with clients, contractors, and other stakeholders. -Support framework improvement activities by providing technical expertise, support and ensuring feasibility of proposals. -Lead, mentor, and develop project teams, promoting continuous learning and professional development. -Track project performance using key performance indicators (KPIs) and implement improvements as needed. -Develop and implement the company’s project management strategies in alignment with business objectives (Including adoption of new IMS). -Support implementation of quality management systems to uphold industry standards and accreditations. -Oversee the planning, execution, and successful completion of construction projects. -Promote sustainable practices and solutions in line with company goals and client requirements. -Support Identification of potential risks and support development of mitigation strategies to ensure project success. -Provide guidance and training to junior staff. -Foster collaboration across departments, ensuring alignment between client, project delivery teams, supply chain and end users. -Drive innovation, ensuring adoption of best practices and emerging technologies in construction and engineering. -Provide strong operational, safety, health, wellbeing and environmental leadership to the project delivery team. -Ensure adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards. -Encourage the adoption of digital tools such as A-Site and the IMS, and other advanced technologies to enhance project efficiency. -Develop and oversee project budgets, monitor expenditure, and identify opportunities for efficiency and cost-saving measures. -Recruit and develop project delivery teams that are recognised by stakeholders for excellence in delivery.

Requirements

• smsts
• cscs
• ciob
• hnc
• project management
• digital tools

What You Bring

Please note that this role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance which includes identity, employment history, and criminal record checks. Please note we do not have a sponsorship licence. We look forward to receiving your application! The Project Manager leads a team delivering projects at Thames Water Treatment Works, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and safety. This role requires leadership, planning, technical expertise, excellence at client relationships and exceptional problem-solving skills. Thames Water is a complex multi-faceted organisation; the Project Manager will need to be experienced in developing and managing the client relationship at different interface points and across varying levels of leadership seniority. -3 additional long service days achieved after 3, 7 and 10 years. -Excellent organisational and communication skills. -Excellent client relationship management. -Strong operational, safety, health, wellbeing and environmental leadership. -High level of Commercial and Financial ability. -Technical expertise in project management. -SMSTS safety qualification and relevant CSCS card is essential. -High level of leadership and management skills. -Has an appreciation of MMC, Lean Construction, Agile Programme Management, Production Thinking and other techniques that assure programme, cost and quality performance. -Has excellent communication and customer service skills. -Professional Qualification e.g. CIOB, CITB Level 3 Safety Course. -Experience in a similar Project Management role for a main contractor. -HNC (or equivalent) in appropriate construction related subject. -Experience with digital tools and advanced technologies in construction. -Exceptional problem-solving skills. -Knowledge of sustainable practices in engineering.

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Benefits

Pay range and compensation package -Perks at Work Employee discount scheme offering discounts on a range of categories such as electronics, home appliances, food & groceries, car buying, travel, fitness and more. -Dental Insurance. -2 days volunteering opportunities. -Critical illness insurance (with option to purchase for your partner). -Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%. -Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role). -Employee Assistance Programme. -Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits such as: -Travel insurance. -Cycle to work scheme. -Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover). -Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave. -Life Assurance. -Competitive salary. -26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday). -Car Allowance (Green Car Scheme). -Professional membership fees. -Retail vouchers/payroll giving/activity pass for top leisure attractions.

About Tilbury Douglas

-The business has evolved from river cargo handling to civil engineering and infrastructure projects, showcasing its versatility and adaptability over nearly 140 years. -Its services span critical public-sector projects, including schools, hospitals, prisons, highways, water treatment facilities, and defense infrastructure. -The Paragon division specializes in fast-track Cat A/B fit-out services in live and heritage buildings, demonstrating expertise in quick, specialized projects. -Notable projects include the rapid construction of the NHS Nightingale hospital in just nine days, proton beam therapy units, emergency care campuses, and major leisure centers. -The company combines in-house mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering with infrastructure delivery, providing integrated project management capabilities.

Sector Specialisms

Visa Sponsorship

-we do not have a sponsorship licence.

Security Clearance

-baseline personnel security standard (bpss) clearance required, including identity, employment history, and criminal record checks.