Overview In this role, you will lead mechanical and electrical (M&E) water project delivery from planning to completion, ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. You’ll work with Wessex Water and South West Water across cross-functional teams to keep programmes, budgets, and delivery plans on track. You will tackle risks, coordinate subcontractors, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to meet contractual requirements. This is a chance to shape essential water infrastructure and grow in a collaborative, delivery-driven environment.
Pay / Benefits - Permanent role in water and utilities sector
- Professional development and growth in water project management
- Collaborative engineering and delivery teams environment
Responsibilities - Managing mechanical and electrical water projects from inception through to completion
- Co-ordinating project teams, subcontractors, suppliers and client representatives
- Developing and maintaining project programmes, budgets and delivery plans
- Monitoring progress, quality, health and safety, and environmental compliance
- Managing risks, variations, resources and project-related documentation
- Building effective relationships with stakeholders across Wessex Water and South West Water projects
- Providing regular progress updates and ensuring projects meet contractual and operational requirements
Key requirements - Experience as an M&E Project Manager within water, utilities, engineering or construction
- Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems used in water and wastewater projects
- Proven ability to manage project programmes, budgets, risks and resources
- Knowledge of construction health and safety requirements and industry standards
- Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Strong organisational skills with a structured and proactive approach to project delivery
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance
- Excellent communication
- Leadership
- Stakeholder management
- M&E systems knowledge for water/wastewater
- Project programme management
- Budget management
