Project Manager – Utilities / Water

Salary: £50,000 - £70,000
Location: Reading
Regions: Berkshire, London, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, South East, Southern England, Surrey

My client is a Regional Civil / Utilities water Contractor with a growing order book is seeking an experienced Project Manager within Utilities experience .

The client has been established for over 25 years’ within the utilities sector working on some of the most prestigious schemes and frameworks across the country, maintaining a strong pipeline of work with a low staff turnover.

They are now seeking someone to work within the West London / Berks area, working on a multi million pound framework

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the business results of the project
• Project organisation and definition and regulation of responsibilities
• Communicate all project requirements to the project team
• Set and agree challenging stretch targets for all team members
• Establish communications with Client/Representative
• Organize the flow of information between the whole integrated project team members and third parties
• Implement the management system within the project team
• Lead HSQE management
• Approve Project IMS Plan and appoint duties
• Evaluate opportunities and risks
• Organise planning management
• Establish procurement deadlines
• Review and revision of contract programme
• Establish works packages
• Cooperate in the awarding of contracts to sub-contractors and suppliers
• Contract management and supervision of project progress
• Responsible for project controlling
• Change management process
• Collaborate in the recruitment of staff
• Identify and coordinate training requirements
• Represent the project to internal stakeholders with period commercial and delivery reporting

 

Ideal Candidate

• Degree/HND in Engineering.
• Previous experience as a Project Manager on Utilities projects
• Commercial, Financial, Project and Programme management experience
• Excellent leadership and tendering skills
• Good level of numeracy and IT skills – MS Office, Word, Excel etc
• Strong team player who is self-motivated and able to communicate with people at all levels
• Excellent organisation and time management skills

The rewards for working for this highly successful main contractor are, a car allowance, a great healthcare and one of the best pension available in the industry.