Location
Hybrid – 2/3 days a week on-site or at a Thames Water office location, with flexibility to travel within London and the Thames Valley.

Hours
36 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Salary
£67,000 to £88,000 per annum

About the Role
The Senior Project Manager is a key leadership role within Thames Water projects, focusing on leading a team of project managers and directing major improvements to wastewater treatment works. You will be accountable for a portfolio of projects and personally lead a small number of complex above-ground/process projects from inception to completion. This involves guiding and developing a multi-disciplined team to ensure successful delivery to time, cost, and quality commitments.
You will play an integral role in the project management community by establishing best practices, supporting the development of project managers and apprentices, and fostering relationships across Thames Water.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading a team of project managers to deliver a portfolio of projects successfully.
- Ensuring governance compliance and stakeholder engagement throughout project lifecycles for efficient portfolio management and smooth transition of infrastructure into operations.
- Supporting solution definition to meet project objectives and overseeing the contract award process.
- Preparing and supporting the development of clear, affordable project business cases that offer value for money.
- Developing project delivery strategies to manage risks effectively and obtain third-party consents timely.
- Promoting and sustaining Thames Water’s Health & Safety vision (zero incidents, zero harm, zero compromises) throughout project lifecycles.
- Managing and assuring contractor performance to deliver project outcomes on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
- Contributing to continuous improvement within the Thames Valley Delivery team and meeting challenging targets.
- Commercially managing contract matters to achieve optimal outcomes for Thames Water.

Experience
- Proven experience delivering a portfolio of complex projects valued up to £100m.
- Strong knowledge of contract management and negotiation.
- Demonstrated capability in risk-based and analytical decision-making.
- Experience leading health and safety performance to meet zero harm targets.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple multi-million-pound construction projects.
- Preparedness to travel and work across multiple sites.

About you
- Excellent leadership and management skills across multi-disciplined teams.
- Strong presentation and communication skills with an engaging and open approach.
- Business knowledge supported by relevant qualifications.
- Commitment to Thames Water’s values and health & safety vision.
- Flexible and proactive with a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications
- Engineering or relevant degree with chartered status.
- Post-graduate qualification in business or project management.

Desirable
- Broad utility industry experience, ideally within the Water industry.
- Experience working within a regulated infrastructure environment.