Senior Project Manager (Water)

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We are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join our Water team based in London to lead the delivery of projects involving multidisciplinary teams from optioneering through delivery and handover to the Client. You will be responsible for:

• Managing project proposals including determining project requirements, scope, resources, programme, and cost estimates (budgets) for delivering the project.
• P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing and cash collection.
• Development of project management documentation including project management plans, cost estimates and forecasts, risk registers, project schedules, stakeholder registers, project organisation charts etc. to successfully deliver the project objectives.
• Monitoring and controlling the project schedule, manhours, budgets, forecasts, and expenditure.
• Monitoring and controlling project progress according to agreed measures and organisational procedures and recommending corrective action where necessary.
• Contract management and contract administration including change management.
• Manage work being performed by project team members (including assistant PM’s working under your control), assuring outputs meet the project requirements.
• Managing project deliverables, information, and records.
• Effectively and accurately communicate relevant project information to the project team and customer.
• Anticipates and takes pre-emptive action to address issues and potential conflict situations that may impact on project delivery.
• Leading multi-disciplinary project teams consisting of technical/professional staff and suppliers.
• Promotes culture of continuous improvement and captures lessons learned.

Our Water Asset Design team works primarily in the municipal water sector as well as the non-regulated (industrial / international) sector. Our clients include some of the largest water companies in the UK, and contractors working in the sector. We deliver wastewater treatment, water treatment, sewerage, and water network schemes, as well as supporting other related industries. Our projects range in scope from routine network maintenance projects to some of the largest water projects in the UK. Our team is distributed across the UK and is supported by an outsourced team in India. As a Project Manager within the Asset Design team you will work on a range of infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects for a variety of water industry and industrial clients.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate:

• Experience in delivery of projects within the regulated water industry and / or non-regulated water projects, eg for industrial clients working in high performance teams with a passion for delivering high quality work.

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