Project Manager

Thomson Environmental Consultants is seeking a capable, commercially aware Project Manager with 3–4 years' experience working with NEC4 contracts. This is an exciting opportunity for someone ready to step into a leadership role while continuing to grow their career within a supportive and expanding environmental consultancy.

You will manage and deliver environmental projects, particularly in habitat creation and arboriculture. You’ll be involved in every stage—from pricing and planning to site delivery, change control, and client reporting. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered safely on time, and within budget while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance under NEC4 contractual obligations.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of environmental projects using NEC4 contracts.
• Support commercial performance: margin tracking, forecasting, and cost management.
• Prepare and manage project programmes, key milestones, and resource plans.
• Liaise with clients, internal teams, and subcontractors to ensure alignment and delivery.
• Manage change, compensation events, early warnings, and risk registers in accordance with NEC4.
• Conduct site visits and oversee project execution as required.
• Prepare and maintain accurate project documentation, RAMS, and progress reports.
• Track and report project performance including risk, cost, and schedule metrics.
• Lead the preparation and management of Early Warning Notices and Compensation Events.

This position will provide a supportive environment to develop your project management career with exposure to a variety of environmental, ecological, and arboricultural projects.

Salary: up to £48,000 per annum, dependent on skillset.

Successful candidates will:

• Have 3–4 years of experience in a Project Management or Assistant PM role delivering projects under NEC4.
• Have strong working knowledge of NEC4 contractual procedures (Option A/B).
• Have experience in environmental projects, construction, civil engineering, or arboriculture is desirable.
• Be a proactive communicator with good stakeholder management skills.
• Be competent in scheduling tools (MS Project or equivalent) and financial reporting (CVRs, budgeting).
• Be organised, commercially aware, and capable of leading multidisciplinary teams.

At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual’s unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service.

We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges. We recognise the importance in training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package.

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join Thomson.