Senior Project Manager in London

Make an impact for Thames Water in London and improve our infrastructure for local communities, customers and the environment. We're looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of a portfolio of complex infrastructure projects. You'll lead projects from the start - engaging with procurement, engineering and other functions, then work closely with your team, contractors and internal teams to drive performance. This role demands a flexible, proactive, hands-on leader with the determination and enthusiasm to make a real impact. You'll champion health, safety, and environmental excellence while delivering outstanding results for local communities.

What you'll be doing as a Senior Project Manager:

• Developing and delivering optimised projects to achieve all regulatory, statutory and internal outputs, deadlines and targets.
• Engaging with Asset Management, Engineering and Operations; identifying synergies and using lessons learned from previous projects to agree the most effective solutions.
• Informing business planning of delivery timescales and costs to execute works.
• Delivering successful technical solutions that provide optimal value for money on a capital and whole life cost basis.
• Managing and developing the project team in a culture of accountability and achievement.
• Leading a customer-focused culture unrelenting in its pursuit of excellence in service delivery to both internal and external customers.
• Proactively ensuring every customer touch point is a positive experience to remember.
• Maintaining strong external stakeholder relationships to actively protect and enhance Thames Water's reputation to external customers and communities.
• Establishing and continuously promoting a proactive health, safety & environment culture across Project and our service providers.
• Delivering sustainable financial out-performance against approved budgets.
• Commercially managing all contract matters to achieve the optimal outcome for Thames Water.

What you should bring to the role:

• An experienced Infrastructure Senior Project Manager – with a background in delivering solutions in complex, regulated environments, ideally water or utilities.
• Understanding of the development of design, construction and operation of infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects.
• Experience of leading the health and safety performance of the team.
• A proactive, hands-on leader with the determination and enthusiasm to make a real impact.
• Commercially astute, able to negotiate, develop strong contractual relationships and drive results with Tier 1 Contractors.
• The ability to multi-task and manage several multi-million-pound 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:

• Chartered Engineer or substantial experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience in the water industry.

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).
• 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.

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.

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.