Project Manager - Reading and Thames Water Region

Project Manager - Reading and Thames Water Region

Department: Project Management

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: South East England

Reporting To: Laurent Wallis

Description

Join Trant Engineering and help shape the delivery of complex, high-impact projects.

Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a GBP 150m turnover, we're growing-and now looking for an Project Manager to play a key role in our project delivery teams.

The Role

The Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering assigned engineering projects within agreed scope, budget, and timelines. This role involves managing resources, risks, budgets, and stakeholder relationships to ensure projects meet quality, safety, and commercial objectives. The Project Manager will coordinate closely with internal teams, clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.

What You'll Be Doing

Technical Responsibilities - Project Planning & Execution

• Develop project plans including scope, objectives, schedules, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate engineering, design, procurement, and site activities.
• Ensure projects comply with technical, safety, and quality requirements.
• Monitor progress and make adjustments to meet project objectives.
• Prepare and manage project budgets, cost forecasts, and cash flow.
• Monitor project costs and report variances to senior management.
• Approve invoices and track subcontractor and supplier payments.
• Identify and mitigate commercial risks.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, statutory, and client standards.
• Oversee quality assurance, inspections, and commissioning activities.
• Maintain Health, Safety, and Environmental compliance on all sites

Safety, Health, Environmental, Quality & Compliance

• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all SHEQ, industry and client standards.
• Ensure compliance with environmental permits.
• Drive delivery of carbon reduction, sustainability and biodiversity targets in line with client commitments
• Promote innovation in construction methods, digital delivery and sustainable solutions
• Monitor and audit sites in all aspects of safety, quality and compliance

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned projects.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and consultants.
• Communicate project progress, risks, and changes to stakeholders.
• Address and resolve project issues or escalations promptly.

Leadership & Support

• Lead and coordinate project teams, including site engineers, designers, and subcontractors.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across the project team.
• Support the professional development of project staff as required.

Key Interfaces: Internal Interfaces

• Senior Management / Directors
• Site Engineers / Site Managers
• Operations & Engineering Teams
• Commercial / Contracts Teams
• SHEQ Teams External Interfaces
• Clients / End Users
• Subcontractors / Suppliers
• Consultants / Technical Advisors
• Regulators / Authorities

Core Values
Uphold and promote the Company's Core Values - Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• NVQ/HND/HNC in Engineering, Construction, or Project Management.
• Knowledge of UK engineering standards, construction practices, and regulatory requirements.
• SMSTS
• Proven experience managing engineering projects, ideally in water, energy, or utilities sectors.
• Experience delivering projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management, including clients, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Experience coordinating project teams, including site engineers, designers, and subcontractors.

Desirable

• Degree in Engineering, Construction, or Project Management
• Professional project management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner, APM, or equivalent).
• Knowledge of engineering contracts (e.g., NEC, JCT, FIDIC) and commercial management.
• Experience managing multi-site projects or projects with complex logistics.
• Exposure to budget monitoring, cost control, and commercial risk management.

Why Join Trant?

At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure - shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.


Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities - from concept and design through to manufacturing, construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise. This means you'll work on projects that are varied, challenging and genuinely impactful.


Our multi-disciplinary teams bring together specialists in civil, mechanical, electrical, process, instrumentation, and control & automation engineering, alongside our in-house manufacturing of control panels, MCCs, PLCs and SCADA systems. With over 1,000 people and a strong, growing pipeline of work, it's an exciting time to join Trant. We are committed to helping our people succeed through our Career Development Association, providing structured support, mentoring and clear pathways to help you reach your full potential.


Whether you're starting out or looking to take your next career step, Trant offers the chance to develop, progress and make a real difference.

Our company benefits package includes.

• Competitive salary.
• Company car or car allowance (some levels.)
• Mentored support within our 'Career Development Association', to work towards chartership.
• 24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays.
• Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Flexible working based on a 'core hours' system.
• 1 x Professional Membership paid annually.
• Hybrid working.
• Employee assistance program.
• Free onsite parking.
• Bike to Work scheme.
• Discretionary annual bonus.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and be part of something bigger.