Job Description

Project Manager
Rickmansworth
Full–time
PCD310090

Job description
Project Manager – Water Mains Replacement Programme

What you’ll be doing as a Project Manager
• Manage several projects through their life cycle, including commercial management, risk management and associated reporting.
• Establish and continuously promote a proactive health, safety, and environment culture across complex and high-risk Project portfolios and our service providers.
• Develop and deliver an optimised project to achieve all regulatory, statutory, and internal outputs, deadlines, and targets.
• Accountability throughout the project lifecycle, governance compliance, and effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders lead to the smooth transition of project outcomes into operational business.
• Actively protecting, managing, and enhancing Thames Water’s reputation with external customers and stakeholders.
• Development of project briefs, including supplementary information for the project's subsequent early contractor involvement phase.
• Supporting the development and definition of the tender package(s), including the scope of work to support the Procurement team through each stage of the tender process, ensuring the demanding timescales are met.
• Managing the project's ‘route to consent’ strategy, highlighting program and project risks relating to required consents, and considering any potential early works.
• Managing and assuring the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes on time, cost, and quality.

This is a high-profile Project Manager role, offering career development and a varied working environment. Are you a technically skilled Project Manager with experience of working on large infrastructure projects? If you are ready for a new challenge? Join Thames Water’s exceptional project teams as we invest more than ever in London and the Thames Valley to improve our critical infrastructure, tackle complex structural issues and drive excellence in our network.

What you should bring to the role

Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring
• Previous water or utilities experience.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

36 hours Monday to Friday

Hybrid basis – 2 to 3 days a week at our Maple Lodge Office, WD3 9SQ and visiting our construction sites.

The successful candidate will ideally drive and have access to transportation.

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria are:
• A background in construction or utilities-based projects.
• A technical education and engineering background.
• Understanding of the project’s life cycle and how to communicate it to both external and internal stakeholders effectively.
• Be knowledgeable on the stage-gate project management process.
• Have a strong background in delivering a programme of projects from beginning to end of completion.
• Strong communication skills to be able to liaise with internal and external backgrounds
• Understanding of Health and Safety standards, legislation and governance.

What’s in it for you?
• Competitive salary from £67, 000 to £80, 500 per annum.
• 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.