Project Manager - County Durham

Costain have won extensive work across the water sector this year to support the AMP 8 investment cycle. We have been appointed by Northumbrian Water to the Living Water Enterprise to help shape and deliver its strategic infrastructure upgrade programme with contracts valued up to c.£670m to Costain over 15 years. We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join the Framework team and drive quality delivery.

The Project Manager will support the delivery of planned work across the Northumbrian Water region and develop key relationships within Northumbrian Water operational personnel, supply chain partners and wider Enterprise Partners. The role will require experience of both design and delivery of water projects with the successful individual either responsible for the delivery of one major project or a portfolio of smaller projects.

• Leadership, line management and development of site teams
• Provide whole life oversight and accountability for the successful completion of projects and services, through design, procurement, assembly, commissioning, and handover
• Ensure supply chain remain compliant with the framework management plan
• Provide Leadership to create a safety culture to ensure Zero LTI and RIDDOR Incidents
• Ensure a commercial focus with a high level of challenge on project scope and choosing efficient delivery strategies
• Ensure all stakeholders within the Enterprise are engaged at strategic & operational levels and supportive of the projects and services and their potential impacts
• Ensure consistent and reliable reporting of project/services performance into the MSP systems
• Ensure key project and programme risks are identified early, and mitigated where possible

• Previous experience of managing multidisciplinary projects including Civils and MEICA (preferably in the water sector)
• Strong track record of delivery of project programmes
• Knowledge and understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training
• Ability to build trusted relationships with key client stakeholders, within your team and across the Framework & Costain group
• Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control system, Primavera software)
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Relevant CSCS card

• HNC/HND or degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• SMSTS qualification

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company.

We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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