Project Manager Water

We are recruiting for a Project Manager to join our UK Climate Adaptation team managing a portfolio of projects across water civil engineering and environment. As part of our Programme and Project Management team youll oversee delivery from mobilisation through to close-out; managing scope programme cost risk and quality to achieve measurable client outcomes. With your energy agility and a keen eye for detail youll coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to deliver transformational results for multiple clients every day.

Our team delivers flood defence and adaptation schemes and supports clients to protect and enhance environmental outcomes across England. As a Senior Project Manager youll manage Water Civil Engineering and Environment projects with a strong focus on NEC4 contracts providing contractual advice and leading contract administration through the appraisal phase. Youll work closely with clients contractors consultants and third parties to maintain robust governance and ensure safe compliant delivery.

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations. Around the world were feeling the effects climate change rapid urbanisation loss of biodiversity. The rate at which were seeing large-scale unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more are here to protect our natural environment and water resources while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities:

• Project manage a range of civil engineering water and environment projects using the NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) and/or the Engineering and Construction Short Contract (ESCS) including contract administration in accordance with the role of the Service/Project Manager on several NEC contracts.

• Work collaboratively with all stakeholders; clients contractors consultants and third-party stakeholders on each project to ensure delivery is on time within budget and to a high quality and in accordance with the NEC contract you will be administering.

• Provide high level advice and support to resolve issues during appraisal ensuring that decisions are made on sound technical grounds in line with best practice and required standards & timeframes.

• Monitor progress of work identify risks in the delivery of priorities and implement timely resolution of issues to ensure appropriate reallocation of time finance and effort and enhancement of the service.

• Provide good quality management reporting on service delivery to support the planning of operational work inform business decisions and provide a sound basis from which to communication with and influence internal / external partners.

• Lead or support project teams to achieve well planned and managed integrated solutions that progress effective change and improvement in the organisation and support the best environmental outcomes.

• Provide effective leadership to health safety and wellbeing matters by actively promoting health & safety awareness and ensuring the provision of safe working practices.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience of project management and PSC contract management to enable successful delivery of larger-scale complex and demanding projects according to agreed outcomes.

• Civil Engineering Water Environment Infrastructure project experience.

• Track record of leading integrated and multi-disciplinary project management teams.

• Membership of; Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Association of Project Managers (APM) or Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)

• Desired: Flood Risk Management experience and/or a background within Civil Engineering