Overview You will lead design, construction, commissioning and handover of water projects in the Essex/Suffolk framework, delivering safely, on time, and within budget. You’ll report to a Senior PM and work from Chelmsford with hybrid options, coordinating cross-disciplinary teams and maintaining strong client and partner relationships. The role emphasizes strong governance, quality, and safety across the project lifecycle, with a focus on customer satisfaction and operational delivery.
Pay / Benefits - Salary up to 83k
- Car allowance
- Hybrid working
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (+5 buy option)
- Contribution pension scheme
- Life assurance quality health insurance
Responsibilities - Promote safety and delivery quality across direct and subcontracted teams
- Ensure BMS is applied from tender to completion
- Maintain client relationships and protect company reputation
- Forecast, plan and manage project delivery using the Project Execution Plan (PEP)
- Prepare and approve detailed construction plans and method statements
- Ensure complete records at contract completion and report non-conformities with cost estimates
- Manage commercial aspects, forecasts and estimates
- Apply project management practices from conception to end-user acceptance
- Engage in CPD and industry networks to stay current
- Represent department professionally in internal and external interactions
- Comply with quality, safety, and environmental policies
- Maintain knowledge of technical disciplines in water and wastewater design/build projects
- Undertake additional duties as required
Key requirements - Project management experience in multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, preferably in water
- Degree or equivalent in construction, commercial, or engineering disciplines
- Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent
- Strong communication skills with clients, stakeholders and end users
- Delivery-driven with ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to time, cost and quality objectives
- Experience in project delivery and risk/opportunity management
- Knowledge of construction contracts (NEC and/or IChemE) and governance reviews
- CDM and construction Health & Safety knowledge
- Experience in water and wastewater treatment plants
- Chartered status with an engineering, commercial or construction institution
- NEC Project Manager Accreditation
- Excellent communicator
- People leadership and motivation
- Strategic and operational thinking
- Project management practices from scheme conception to end-user acceptance
- Knowledge of NEC IChemE contracts
- Risk & Opportunity Management
