Location
Reading

Hours
Hybrid role with 2 office days per week

Salary
£60,000 - £70,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

About the Role
Step into a leadership role where you’ll shape the delivery of high-impact water and wastewater projects across the Thames Valley and London. As a Senior Project Manager within our Developer Services team, you’ll lead, inspire and develop a team of Project Managers driving best-value solutions across a diverse portfolio ranging from £250k to £10m+ projects for developers, infrastructure providers and transport authorities. This is a fast-paced, high-visibility role where no two days are the same. You’ll balance office-based leadership with time on-site and with stakeholders, using your strong communication, problem-solving and people management skills to influence at all levels. If you thrive on delivering results, building high-performing teams and shaping how projects are delivered, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.

Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and motivating a team of Project Managers to deliver high-quality projects safely, on time and within budget
- Owning project and programme performance, managing scope, schedules, costs and quality to drive successful outcomes
- Embedding and evolving best practice across project delivery, including processes, tools and ways of working
- Championing a strong health, safety and environmental culture across all projects
- Building trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, confidently presenting to senior audiences
- Creating a customer-focused, accountable culture, adapting quickly to changing requirements to deliver excellent service

Experience
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams within a project or operational environment
- Extensive background in construction or utilities project management, with a track record of delivering complex projects and leading multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong commitment to health and safety, with experience embedding a positive H&S culture across projects and teams
- Commercially aware with experience in contract management and working closely with service providers to deliver successful outcomes

About you
- A confident communicator and collaborator, able to build strong relationships, influence stakeholders and work across teams to achieve shared goals
- A proactive, solutions-focused thinker who challenges the status quo, adapts to change and drives innovation to deliver value for customers and the wider business

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated but relevant project management qualifications and experience in construction or utilities sectors are implied.