Project Manager

This is a high-profile Project Manager role, offering career development and a varied working environment. You’ll have single-point accountability and leadership for the delivery of multiple projects within a Programme of work in a defined geographical area.  This will be achieved by managing the early stages of project development, building and presenting business cases for governance approval and assuring the performance of consultants and contractors to deliver project outcomes to time cost and quality.

Join Thames Water’s exceptional project teams as we invest more than ever in London and the Thames Valley to improve our critical infrastructure and drive excellence for our customers.

What you’ll be doing as a Project Manager

• Develop and deliver optimised projects to achieve all regulatory, statutory and internal outputs, deadlines and targets.
• Accountability throughout the project lifecycle, governance compliance, and internal/external stakeholder engagement, leading to the smooth transition of the project outcomes into the operational business
• Refinement of project briefs, including supplementary information for the subsequent early contractor involvement phase of the project.
• Managing the ‘route to consent’ strategy for the project, highlighting program and project risks relating to consents required, including consideration of any potential early works.
• Managing and assuring the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes to time, cost, and quality.
• Robust financial forecasting of project costs across months, years and AMP intervals
• Management of risk issues and change, in a fully transparent manner through effective reporting and escalation.
• Contributing to steering project-wide continuous improvement and delivering against stretching targets.
• Commercially managing all contract matters to achieve the optimal outcome for Thames Water.

A hybrid basis in a London-based office - as per the business needs, you must be on-site or in the office 2 – 3 days a week.
36 hours Monday to Friday.

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

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role the essential criteria are:

• Be educated to HNC /degree level with further or outstanding role-specific experience in a relevant operational or project management capacity.
• Have an excellent contractual awareness of Project Management work.
• Have a proven track record of managing the performance of third-party organizations
• Be financially capable of running a Profit & Loss, taking account of revenue expenditure and cash flow to deliver agreed financial goals.
• Understanding of Health and Safety standards and legislation and governance.
• Be able to set up and regularly implement feedback systems to improve business performance. Be able to deliver tough messages with empathy.
• Develop excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and have a positive approach to them.
• Be able to demonstrate a strong external customer service ethic, measurement of customer satisfaction, and a proven track record of delivering improvements for internal and external customer experiences.

Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring

• Previous water or utilities experience.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £56,000 to £67,000 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.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

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.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

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.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.

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.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.