Project Manager

Would you like to work for an inclusive and collaborative company which is achieving great success?

My client is working closely with long established clients to deliver a range of water infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. These works are key to ensuring sustainable, high-quality services for communities across the region.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Project Manager to take overall responsibility for the successful delivery of allocated multidisciplinary projects. You will lead projects from conception through to completion, ensuring safe and efficient execution within agreed timescales, budgets, and quality standards.

This role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge, and commercial awareness, alongside the ability to manage internal teams, external consultants, and key customer relationships. You will be expected to deliver projects in line with core company values, driving service excellence and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee delivery of projects across design, engineering, construction, handover, and commercial phases
Ensure projects meet scope, programme, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction requirements
Implement risk and value engineering processes, identifying risks and cost-saving opportunities
Lead, motivate, and support internal staff, consultants, and contractors
Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards
Provide project planning advice, recommendations, and progress updates to customers and stakeholders
Review and challenge budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting to ensure deliverable approaches
Develop and maintain strong customer relationships, regularly reviewing performance
Implement management systems and procedures, ensuring compliance with statutory and legal requirements
Drive continuous improvement, service excellence, and best practice across projects
Manage project costs, ensuring accurate expenditure tracking and resource allocation
Review and approve management plans, health and safety plans, and work package plans
Support senior management with business planning, performance reviews, and bid development
Promote collaborative supplier relationships, monitoring and improving performance
Ensure all M&E services and installations are designed, built, and certified to required standards
Mentor and motivate project staff, ensuring performance issues are addressed and development supported

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

You will be an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in delivering Water Treatment projects.

You will bring:

Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate teams to achieve high standards
Excellent organisational, planning, and time management skills
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising on quality
Sound knowledge of the Water industry, particularly M&E disciplines
Strong commercial awareness and ability to work with senior stakeholders to set and achieve targets
Effective negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to build lasting relationships
Computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Project)
Commitment to personal development and continuous improvement

What's in it for you?

Below is a selection of benefits that are available:

- Working with a very successful and highly experienced team

- Family friendly policies and work/life approach

- Excellent day rate / CIS / Outside IR35

- Strong potential of continuation onto other regional projects

All applicants must be able to provide two references.

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