About the role:
As an Asset Management Project Manager, you will lead, support and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to develop innovative solutions and procure and deliver the resulting projects to achieve best whole life value for Thames Water.
You will be responsible for managing individual study project budgets of variable size around £5m+.
Key areas of accountability will include:
- Develop best value solutions to briefed studies and projects.
- Build and lead high performing project teams.
- Apply commercial acumen in managing contractors and suppliers to deliver best value solutions to agreed programmes.
- Drive constantly improving health, safety and environmental performance through portfolio of assigned projects.
- Initiate and develop communication and good relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, with the aim of delighting our customers.
To be successful, you will have the following skills and experience:
- A technical degree or equivalent; preferably at or nearing chartered Engineer/Scientist status.
- A track record in project delivery, including experience in scoping studies, design and/or contract management.
- Demonstratable ability to deliver projects to meet both commercial and technical objectives.
- Motivation and drive to deliver.
- Ability to analyse data and make decisions on partial information.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong inter-personal skills.
- Commercial awareness.
- Strong Influencing/negotiating skills.
- Good planning and estimating skills.
- Fully competent at using the appropriate Company IT systems and Office software.
- Travel to key business sites will be required and therefore a full driving licence is essential.
What’s in it for you?
This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a highly engaged and multi-disciplinary team. The role will suit an experienced Project Manager who is looking for their next challenge and enjoys a diversity of work with a varied schedule. You will join a highly collaborative and supportive team and ensure the management and delivery of projects are executed safely, efficiently and cost effectively.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, a minimum of 26 days holiday per year increasing to a maximum of 30 days depending on grade and length of service and a wider benefits scheme. This includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets, loyalty awards for continuous service plus much more, including our refer-a-friend bonus, where you can receive up to £1,000 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company. Flexible working hours will be considered for the role.
We’re also proud to be here for our local community, offering all of our teams two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities.
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About us:
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to millions of customers by suppling 2.7 billion litres of world-class water to around 10 million homes.
As our world changes, the need to take care of our most precious resource is greater than ever, both locally and globally. That’s why, at Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open. We’re passionate about providing world-class tap water, now and for the future.
We’re also turning waste into power, self-generating 20% of the energy we use and, in turn, doing our bit for the planet. We’re reducing plastic waste by celebrating our tap water and rolling out an ambitious water fountain project. We’re using our voice to lobby for change and partnering with WaterAid to provide clean water to the world’s poorest communities.
Together, we’re building a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader, welcoming individuals from all walks of life and leading the way with an award-winning mental health and wellbeing strategy.