Senior Project Manager - Water

My client is an award-winning company that provide project solutions for the water and wastewater industry. They are in both Ireland and the UK, and are industry leaders in the water and wastewater sector.  

Job Description:  

Due to new projects being won they are looking to recruit Senior Project Managers from a strong water / wastewater background across the London region. The Senior Project Manager is a key leadership role, within my clients Major Projects team, responsible for directing a project team on major improvements to their wastewater treatment works. You'll be accountable for one or more complex projects from inception to completion, and you’ll guide and develop a multi-disciplined team to ensure successful delivery to time, cost, and quality commitments.  

Key activities for the role include:  

- Take accountability throughout the project lifecycle, governance compliance, and internal/external stakeholder engagement leading to the smooth transition into operational business  

- Support the definition of solutions to meet the project objectives and will be responsible for preparing a clear business case  

- Develop the best procurement strategy for the project and oversee the production of the specifications and contract documentation  

- Lead the procurement process with support from the Procurement team to successful contract awards  

- Develop a strategy for obtaining any required third-party consents, highlighting programme and project risks relating to consents required  

- Effective liaison with the relevant town planning authorities as well as key internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth running and timely project delivery  

- Promote and sustain the company's Health & Safety vision (zero incidents, zero harm, zero compromise) throughout the lifecycle of the project  

- Work closely and collaboratively with technical and commercial teams and all internal and external project stakeholders to ensure that project timescales and objectives are met  

- Manage and assure the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes to time, cost, and quality  

- Management of risks, issues, and change in a fully transparent manner through effective reporting and escalation  

- Contribute to steering project-wide continuous improvement and delivering against stretching targets  

- Commercially manage all contract matters to achieve the optimal outcome for the company  

- Management of contractors and consultants, including discharging responsibilities under CDM regulations

- An engineering or other relevant degree and chartered status with either a post-graduate business or project management qualification  

- Broad utility industry and business knowledge with prior involvement in delivering major complex projects (up to £100m in value) within a regulated infrastructure environment  

- Knowledgeable in managing contract specification preparation, tendering, and tender evaluation process with experience in negotiation  

- Experience in managing main contractors through a major construction project to commissioning and project handover  

- Demonstrate your capability with risk-based and analytical decision making  

- Excellent management skills across multi-disciplined teams as well as excellent communication skills  

- Ability to present a business case and project strategies at a level necessary to satisfy appropriate governance  

- Self-starting, resilient, and tenacious under pressure, with a desire to successfully deliver projects on time, cost, and quality  

- A great team player with the ability to work collaboratively in a challenging project environment