Project Manager in Christchurch, Dorset

Position: Project Manager

Location: Christchurch with hybrid working available

Salary: £75-83k (Neg DOE), car/allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package or £500-550 per day (inside IR35)

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,400 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Project: A water treatment works near Christchurch is undergoing a major £85m upgrade. This involves implementing advanced modular ceramic membrane technology and ozone dosing to provide a cleaner, more efficient, and reliable drinking water supply for the region.

The upgrade uses a Design for Modular Assembly (DfMA) approach, with 70 modular units being fabricated and tested off-site before being delivered to the site for installation.

The modular approach is expected to deliver the project at twice the speed of traditional methods.

The Role: Report directly to the Senior Project Manager or Operations Manager and your role will be to manage the design, construction, commissioning and putting to work of contracts. Ensure they are completed in the most efficient manner to the specification, within the time required and within the tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of all concerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction

Responsibilities: Promote exceptional safety and delivery quality standards to direct and subcontracted work force.

Ensuring that the BMS is implemented at all stages throughout the project delivery process, i.e from tender handover to final completion.

Maintain good client relationships at all levels.

Ensure good relationships are maintained with joint venture partners and suppliers.

Ensure sufficient trained personnel are available for the project.

Planning projects, including reviewing and approving the Project Execution Plan (PEP), and then monitoring and controlling the delivery of projects.

Ensure that appropriately detailed construction plans and method statements are prepared, in place and approved prior to commencement of activities.

Ensure at contract completion that all records referred to in the PEP are complete and available.

Ensure that all site non-conformities are reported and approximate costs identified.

Ensure all commercial aspects of the project are managed in a timely and proactive way giving accurate forecast and estimates.

Have detailed working knowledge and experience of project management practices from scheme conception through to end user acceptance.

Understand and implement the quality, safety and environmental policies and targets

Experience: Essential:

Project Management experience in managing multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, ideally within the water industry.

Degree or equivalent qualification in a construction, commercial, or engineering related discipline.

Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent

Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients, stakeholders, and end users.

Must be delivery driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.

Experience in project delivery

Strategic, operational, technical and management skills

Knowledge of Construction Contracts, ideally NEC and/or IChemE, with ability to negotiate and administer them.

Risk & Opportunity Management experience

Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety

Desirable:

Experience in water and wastewater treatment plants

Chartered with and engineering, commercial, or construction institution

NEC Project Manager Accreditation

Package includes: A competitive salary, car/car allowance (level dependent)

Bonus (level dependent)

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance and many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.

Key Words:

Senior Project Engineer

Project Engineering

Project Management

Project Manager

Project Delivery

Project Execution

Subcontractor Management

Procurement

Commissioning

Contract programme

Subcontract performance

MEICA

M&E

Civils

Civil Engineering

Design & Build

Construction

Contracts

Contractual

Conditions of Contract

NEC

IChemE

Risk Management

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Wastewater

Sewage

Utilities

Power Generation

Power Sector

Nuclear

Energy Sector

Energy from Waste

Infrastructure

Thames Water

Southern Water

South East Water

Wessex Water

AMP 7

AMP 8