Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager is a key leadership role, within our Thames Water projects. This role will heavily focus on leading a team of project managers as well as directing a project team on some major improvements to our wastewater treatment works. You'll be accountable for a portfolio of projects and personally lead a small number of complexes above-ground/process projects from inception to completion, guiding and developing a multi-disciplined team to ensure successful delivery to time, cost, and quality commitments.

You’ll also play a role in our project management community, establishing best practices and supporting the development of project managers and apprentices, and creating relationships across Thames Water.
What you’ll be doing as a Senior Project Manager

• Lead a team of project managers to successfully deliver a portfolio of projects.
• Take accountability throughout the project lifecycles for governance compliance, and internal/external stakeholder engagement, leading to the efficient running of your portfolio, effective project delivery, and the smooth transition of built infrastructure into operational business.
• Support the definition of solutions to meet the project objectives and oversee the contract award process, from the production of ‘requests for proposals' to the preparation and signing of contract documentation.
• Prepare, and support the development of, clear project business cases that are affordable and offer value for money.
• Develop the best project delivery strategy to ensure that key risks and assumptions are managed effectively, and third-party consents are obtained in a timely manner
• Promote and sustain Thames Water’s Health & Safety vision (zero incidents, zero harm, zero compromises) throughout the lifecycle of the projects
• Manage and assure the performance of contractors allocated to your projects, to deliver project outcomes to time, cost, and quality
• Contribute to steering continuous improvement within the Thames Valley Delivery team and delivering against stretching targets
• Commercially manage all contract matters to achieve the optimal outcome for Thames Water

Location: Hybrid – 2/3 days a week on-site or at a Thames Water office location, with flexibility to travel within London and the Thames Valley.

Working Hours: 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.


What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• An engineering or other relevant degree and chartered status with either a post-graduate business or project management qualification.
• Business knowledge with prior involvement in delivering a portfolio of complex projects (up to £100m in value)
• Knowledgeable in contract management with experience in negotiation.
• Demonstrate your capability with risk-based and analytical decision-making.
• Excellent leadership and management skills across multi-disciplined teams, as well as excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Experience in leading the health and safety performance of the team to ensure the 3-zero targets are met.
• The ability to multitask and manage several multi-million dollar construction projects.
• Excellent communication and listening skills with an engaging and open approach.
• Prepared to travel and work across a number of sites.

Nice-to-haves that would make you stand out:

• Broad utility industry and ideally previous experience in the Water industry.
• Ideally, experience within a regulated infrastructure environment.

What’s in it for you?

Join us in this challenging role and make a positive impact on the environment and local communities.

• Competitive salary from £67,000 to £88,000 per annum.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• 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.