Location
London (Hybrid basis with office attendance as per business needs)

Hours
36 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary
£56,000 to £67,000 per annum

About the Role
This is a high-profile Project Manager role offering career development and a varied working environment. You will have single-point accountability and leadership for the delivery of multiple projects within a programme of work in a defined geographical area. Your responsibilities will include managing the early stages of project development, building and presenting business cases for governance approval, and assuring the performance of consultants and contractors to deliver project outcomes on time, within cost, and to quality standards.
Join Thames Water’s exceptional project teams as we invest heavily in London and the Thames Valley to improve critical infrastructure and drive excellence for our customers.

Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and delivering optimised projects to meet all regulatory, statutory, and internal outputs, deadlines, and targets
- Accountability throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring governance compliance and engaging internal and external stakeholders to enable smooth transition of project outcomes into operational business
- Refining project briefs and preparing supplementary information for early contractor involvement phases
- Managing the ‘route to consent’ strategy, identifying programme and project risks related to consents, including potential early works
- Managing and assuring contractor performance to deliver project outcomes on time, cost, and quality
- Robust financial forecasting of project costs across months, years, and AMP intervals
- Managing risk issues and changes transparently through effective reporting and escalation
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and delivering against challenging targets
- Commercially managing all contract matters to achieve optimal outcomes for Thames Water

The successful candidate will ideally drive and have access to transportation.

Experience
- Proven track record of managing the performance of third-party organisations
- Excellent contractual awareness of Project Management work
- Financially capable of managing Profit & Loss, including revenue, expenditure, and cash flow to deliver agreed financial goals
- Experience in setting up and implementing feedback systems to improve business performance

About you
- Educated to HNC/degree level or equivalent with further or outstanding role-specific experience in a relevant operational or project management capacity
- Strong understanding of Health and Safety standards, legislation, and governance
- Ability to deliver tough messages with empathy and develop excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrates a strong external customer service ethic, with proven success in improving customer experiences
- Positive, proactive, and collaborative approach

Qualifications
- HNC or degree level education in a relevant field is essential

Additional desirable skills
- Previous experience in water or utilities sectors would be advantageous