Senior Project Manager - Water and Environment

Due to continued growth and recent project successes, we're expanding our Project Management team and are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to support the delivery of major complex infrastructure projects and programmes, with a particular focus on the Water and Environment sector.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on impactful projects that improve communities and the environment while collaborating with clients, consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams. You'll join a growing, ambitious team where you'll have the opportunity to develop your career, take on meaningful responsibility, and contribute to our future success.

The role can be based from any of our UK offices, including Cardiff, Bristol, London, Winchester, Reading, Oxford, Cheltenham, Cambridge, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, and Newcastle.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Lead the delivery of complex water infrastructure projects and programmes from inception to close-out.
• Take responsibility for client faced roles, providing strategic direction, ensuring governance compliance, and driving successful outcomes across multiple workstreams.
• Be proactive in finding potential clients and opportunities for business and account growth.
• Take accountability for the administration and commercial management of projects under NEC3/NEC4 forms of contract, including forecasting, change control and performance.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, developing senior stakeholder relationships and identifying opportunities to add value and grow accounts.
• Represent Ridge and our clients professionally across projects and programmes.
• Be willing to support the business where required, and any administrative requirements.
• Ensure project controls and project management plans are developed and implemented.
• Manage and mentor project managers and provide support to their development.
• Lead the development and implementation of project governance and assurance processes.
• Lead and support tender submission and framework bids.
• Take full responsibility for planning, scheduling, cost control, and risk management across workstreams.
• Develop and maintain project management plans, dashboards and reporting systems.
• Actively contribute to a positive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.

Skills and experience you need to have for this role

• At least 5-8 years’ experience delivering complex infrastructure projects and programmes, with a strong focus on Water and Environmental sector (this is essential). Other infra sectors are desirable.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills, with the ability to manage senior client relationships effectively.
• Significant experience with co-ordinating contractors, consultants and client stakeholders.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Project Management, Environmental Management, or a related discipline.
• Hold an industry-recognised qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 or equivalent).
• Chartered status (ChPP, MRICS, MICE or equivalent) is preferred, or demonstrable progress towards achieving chartership.
• Have both site and office-based experience on a variety of infrastructure projects.
• Strong working knowledge on pre and post contractual administration of the NEC3/NEC4 forms of contract, cost control and risk management.
• A collaborative mindset with a proactive, solution orientated approach to problem solving.
• Understand the CDM responsibilities from a client perspective.
• Significant experience with managing project scope, programme, costs, risks and quality throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Project Management Platforms (E.g. MS Project, Primavera P6), with a familiarity with reporting tools such as Power BI and document control systems like SharePoint.