Project Manager

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a  friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.  We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our Water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.  We’re proud to be a key partner on the Caledonia Water Alliance and will successfully and safely work with Scottish Water to jointly deliver SR21, a six-year water and wastewater infrastructure pan Scotland capital investment programme.

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing? 

You'll be experienced in delivering s trategic health, safety and environmental management to drive the highest standards.  You'll work in timely manner to delivery.  Project to the agreed time, cost & quality requirements.

Work closely with PMO planning team to build X19 contractual programmes and monitor progress, working closely with the construction team to ensure targets are understood. You'll work closely with the commercial team to understand project LBE / Target Cost / monthly forecasting and expenditure through project life cycle. Managing change management during project lifecycle, while driving risk management for the projects.

Project Management of the principal subcontracts. Manage the SW project governance process to ensure CWA are not working at risk and the project can be delivered within the desired timescales. Prepare and progress reports for the CWA Management team Management of the Project team, working with the CWA management team to ensure availability of suitably skilled resource.

• Running a portfolio of projects
• Work closely with the Commercial Team to understand project LBE/target
• Carry out cost/monthly forecasting and expenditure through project life cycle
• Project management of the principal subcontracts
• Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative technical solutions
• Develop strong relationships with the SW & CWA management team
• Deliver projects to meet key milestones reported to SW
• Ensure design is progressed to support programme requirements
• Ensure resources are identified, sourced & available for delivery of the projects
• Maintain strong relationships with the wider functions to support projects delivery
• Meet SW & CWA investment targets
• Ensure defects are identified, recorded and closed off timeously
• Lead incident investigations in conjunction with SHEQ
• Set productivity stretch targets with delivery management teams
  

What you’ll bring 

• Knowledge of the water, construction or utilities industry is essential
  
• Valid UK driving licence
• Degree/HND/HNC or equivalent in construction management or engineering
• Proven track record in managing construction teams and front line managers
• Proven track record in delivering efficiency savings
• Proven stakeholder and customer management skills

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• • Contributory pension scheme
  • Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Employee assistance programme
  • My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
  • Life assurance
  • Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
  • Reward and recognition scheme
  • Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

• In addition, this role offers;

  • Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
  • My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
  • Health Care Cash Plan, giving you and your family the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
  • Private Healthcare - family cover
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re  responsible  and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re  open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re  together  and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re  ambitious  and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.