Project Manager

Position: Project Manager

Location: Chelmsford or London with hybrid working available

Salary: £75-83k (neg DOE), car/allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,400 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

They are part of an ongoing framework delivering multi-million-pound design and build projects for Essex & Suffolk Water

The Role: You will report directly to the Senior Project Manager or Operations Manager and you will manage the design, construction, commissioning and putting to work of contracts to ensure they are completed in the most efficient manner to the specification, within the time required and within the tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of all concerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction

Responsibilities: Promote exceptional safety and delivery quality standards to direct and subcontracted work force.

Ensure that the BMS is implemented at all stages throughout the project delivery process, i.e from tender handover to final completion.

Maintain good client relationships at all levels.

Maintain the company's reputation on a project by ensuring good relationships are maintained with joint venture partners and suppliers.

Ensuring that sufficient trained personnel are available for the project and that they are aware of their individual responsibilities.

Plan projects, including reviewing and approving the Project Execution Plan (PEP), and then monitoring and controlling the delivery of projects

Ensure that appropriately detailed construction plans and method statements are prepared, in place and approved prior to commencement of activities.

Ensure at contract completion that all records referred to in the PEP are complete and available.

Ensure all site non-conformities are reported and approximate costs identified.

Ensure all commercial aspects of the project are managed in a timely and proactive way giving accurate forecast and estimates.

Have detailed working knowledge and experience of project management practices from scheme conception through to end user acceptance.

Understand and implement the quality, safety and environmental policies and targets

Experience: Essential:

Project Management experience in managing multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, ideally within the water industry

Qualification in a construction, commercial, or engineering related discipline.

Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent

Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients, stakeholders, and end users.

Must be delivery driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.

Experience in project delivery

Strategic, operational, technical and management skills

Knowledge of Construction Contracts, ideally NEC and/or IChemE, with ability to negotiate and administer

Able to present at Governance Reviews in a leading capacity

Risk & Opportunity Management experience

Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety

Desirable

Experience in water and wastewater treatment plants

Chartered with and engineering, commercial, or construction institution

NEC Project Manager Accreditation

Technical Competencies: Advanced

1. Contract Management
2. Governance
3. Budgeting and cost control
4. Risk, Opportunities and issue management
5. Project Planning (schedule)
6. Digital Delivery
7. Procurement (negotiations and management)
8. Solutions development (pre- construction / design development)
9. Client, stakeholder and conflict management
10. Resource management
11. Change management
12. Quality management

Behavioural competencies: Advanced

1. Communication
2. Collaboration
3. Client Focus
4. Striving for Results
5. Integrity, Trust and Respect
6. Coaching and Providing Feedback
7. Leadership

Package includes: A competitive salary, car/car allowance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance and many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.

Key Words:

Senior Project Engineer

Project Engineering

Project Management

Project Manager

Project Delivery

Project Execution

Subcontractor Management

Procurement

Commissioning

Contract programme

Subcontract performance

MEICA

M&E

Civils

Civil Engineering

Design & Build

Construction

Contracts

Contractual

Conditions of Contract

NEC

IChemE

Risk Management

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Wastewater

Sewage

Utilities

Power Generation

Power Sector

Nuclear

Energy Sector

Energy from Waste

Infrastructure

Thames Water

Southern Water

South East Water

Anglian Water

AMP 7

AMP 8