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Project Manager Would you like to work for an inclusive and collaborative company which is achieving great success? My client is working closely with long established clients to deliver a range of water infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. These works are key to ensuring sustainable, high-quality services for communities across the region. Role Overview We are seeking a Project Manager to take overall responsibility for the successful delivery of allocated multidisciplinary projects. You will lead projects from conception through to completion, ensuring safe and efficient execution within agreed timescales, budgets, and quality standards. This role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge, and commercial awareness, alongside the ability to manage internal teams, external consultants, and key customer relationships. You will be expected to deliver projects in line with core company values, driving service excellence and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Oversee delivery of projects across design, engineering, construction, handover, and commercial phases Ensure projects meet scope, programme, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction requirements Implement risk and value engineering processes, identifying risks and cost-saving opportunities Lead, motivate, and support internal staff, consultants, and contractors Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards Provide project planning advice, recommendations, and progress updates to customers and stakeholders Review and challenge budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting to ensure deliverable approaches Develop and maintain strong customer relationships, regularly reviewing performance Implement management systems and procedures, ensuring compliance with statutory and legal requirements Drive continuous improvement, service excellence, and best practice across projects Manage project costs, ensuring accurate expenditure tracking and resource allocation Review and approve management plans, health and safety plans, and work package plans Support senior management with business planning, performance reviews, and bid development Promote collaborative supplier relationships, monitoring and improving performance Ensure all M&E services and installations are designed, built, and certified to required standards Mentor and motivate project staff, ensuring performance issues are addressed and development supported Skills, Experience and Qualifications You will be an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in delivering Water Treatment projects. You will bring: Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate teams to achieve high standards Excellent organisational, planning, and time management skills Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising on quality Sound knowledge of the Water industry, particularly M&E disciplines Strong commercial awareness and ability to work with senior stakeholders to set and achieve targets Effective negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to build lasting relationships Computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Project) Commitment to personal development and continuous improvement What's in it for you? Below is a selection of benefits that are available: - Working with a very successful and highly experienced team - Family friendly policies and work/life approach - Excellent day rate / CIS / Outside IR35 - Strong potential of continuation onto other regional projects All applicants must be able to provide two references.

Are you a Site Engineer that wants to get into Planning? This might be just the opportunity for you About The Role Our client is looking to strengthen the Planning team with a Junior Planner for their ever increasing workload, driven by increased orders from Severn Trent and Thames Water. Working alongside a very experienced team, full training and support will be given to develop and hone your skills into a fully fledged Planner. What will you be doing as a Junior Planner? You ll (eventually) take ownership of the project plan, assist the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. You ll be viewed as an approachable Planning advocate who is keen to work with the team and drive performance forward. Key responsibilities: Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team in accordance with requirements, ensuring methodology is consistently followed Ensure project plans capture the full project scope and resources are considered and loaded as required Pro-actively identify opportunities and risks in the plan and monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes Develop 4D animations of the project plan to aid digital rehearsal of the project construction. Design and implement effective and value- added communication plans ensuring relevant teams and individuals are clear and buy into the strategy and approach Appreciate and uphold the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes with the mantra of Nothing is so important that we cannot take the time to do it safely at the heart of all activities About You Skills/Experience To be considered for this role, you ll have demonstrable experience of working on relevant projects within the Civil engineering sector, preferably in the Water Industry. To succeed in this role, you ll require P6 experience. With experience of collaborative planning processes, you ll have the ability to interrogate / take information from drawings to implement efficient planning service to the business. Your ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences whilst working in a pressurised situations to tight deadlines will be crucial. Able to adapt as required to meet project objectives, you ll be innovative and supportive to other member of the teams to enhance the reputation of the Planning team amongst the business. Our ideal candidate will be someone that has experience as a Site Engineer but sees their long term future as a Planner. All the training, support and development will be provided by an expert team.