Senior Project Manager (Water)

STRABAG Real Estate GmbH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK seeks an ambitious Senior Project Manager to oversee its investment in the water sector. The role involves leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver both small and large projects effectively while ensuring compliance with safety, health, and environmental standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in programme management, strategic planning, and strong negotiation skills, contributing to the company's goal of sustainability and client satisfaction.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Health and safety focus

Sustainable work environment

Qualifications

• Track record of effective staff development and employee relations.
• Extensive knowledge of Water/Wastewater Treatment and Infrastructure.
• Capability to manage complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams for large engineering projects.
• Cultivate client relationships to expand offerings.
• Ensure compliance with STRABAG UK governance.

Skills

Programme Management experience

Strategic planning

Excellent communication skills

Autonomous decision-making

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree level qualification (preferred)

Job description

If you are an ambitious Senior Project Manager looking for a new challenge within STRABAG UKs investment into the UK water sector and would like to help shape future of STRABAG, then please read the below job description.

• Track record of effective staff development and employee relations
• Programme Management experience within the water sector
• Capable of strategic planning and managing change
• Excellent track record of HS&E performance
• Full project/programme life cycle experience
• Track record of accountability for the performance of a business
• Facilitates team and client meetings effectively
• IT Literate
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion
• Ability to make autonomous decisions and be able to support your outcomes
• Preferably degree level qualified but not essential.
• Extensive knowledge of Water/Wastewater Treatment and Infrastructure construction sectors preferred
• Excellent oral and written and communication skills
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, consultants, and supply chain to ensure repeat business.
• Evaluate and communicate client insight, clientfacing, to continuously improve business strategies, offerings, and overallperformance

• STRABAG UK is investing in theUK water sector to build a long‑term, market‑leadingpresence. Through the development of a skilled and growing water team,supported by innovation and global expertise, the business is committed todelivering value, certainty, and successful outcomes for its clients and supply‑chainpartners
• STABAG UK Water is looking for a motivated andexperienced senior project manager to join our team and develop operationalprocess to delivery safe quality project and lead a multi discipline teamacross a full project life cycle. This is a fantastic opportunity for someonewho is keen to further develop their skills and take on increasing levels ofresponsibility, develop processes and procedures and build a team to manage anddeliver multiple projects in a framework and or a major DPC projects in the UK andIreland water sector.
• As a Senior Project Manageryou will be accountable for the successful delivery of a large programme ofwork with a framework or on single large Major projects. You will leadmulti-disciplinary teams in delivering projects ranging from small and simplecomplexity to large and technically challenging engineering projects.
• You will promote a culture of collaborationbetween our Clients, Designers, other Framework or JV Partners, and SupplyChain to deliver innovate, effective and efficient projects. That meet timecost and quality objectives. Opportunities with our clients will be cultivatedto expand our offerings and develop long term sustainable relationships for theSTRABAG UK Water business.
• The individual will report into the water Technical andwater sector directors and ensure projects and or programmes are deliveredwithin the context of the 4G-IQ processes and compile with STRABAG UKgovernance.

Main Role Responsibilities

• Lead by example to promote the highest standards of HS&E at all times.
• Work closely with the HS&E team to instil positive cultures and behaviours within your portfolio
• Support, guide and manager the pre-construction team to compile robust but challenging bid pricing with risk & opportunities clearly defined and apportioned.
• Identify and provide mitigation against risk across a portfolio of projects through the project’s life cycle.
• Support the commercial team through the pre-construction phase to ensure contract terms are favourable to STRABAG and provide robust protection to the company.
• Work with the pre-construction team to ensure the BMS is followed and correct governance / sign-off is achieved.
• Develop a delivery strategy for the programme of works within your portfolio, promoting environmental group strategies in our delivery.
• Develop and enact upon a resource plan to support the delivery strategy.
• Work with the supply chain to build relationships to support the delivery strategy
• Champion and encourage others to think strategically when developing new approaches or addressing novel problems
• Provide leadership and promote high professional standards and best practice across all functions.
• Work with, influence and support other functional leaders to develop best practice, continuous improvement in delivery of our projects and programmes.
• Be the key contact with the Clients Senior team; build an effective relationship that aligns to with the STRABAG UK water strategy.
• Ensure alignment with the Client’s vision throughout delivery of the contract
• Manage customer and stakeholder expectations; develop and implement a stakeholder management plan
• Build trust and openness with clients, customers and stakeholders, acting upon feedback where required
• Responsible for contributing to the delivery of the financial targets as agreed with the sector leadership
• Have accountability for the commercial performance of the portfolio of projects under your operational control.
• Ensure sustainable reduction in delivery costs, promote innovation to deliver the required efficiencies across our operations
• Have a good understanding of commercial contract conditions, particularly NEC4, and have strong commercial awareness.
• Have a good understand of commercial tools such as CVR CTC (cost to completes) and be able lead support, review and report on P&L position of their programmes of work.
• Have a strong commercial understanding of sub-contract procurement, be able to review enhance, support, review the develop sub-contracts.
• Must have strong negotiation skills and be able manage conflict.
• Provide a vision and defines clear team roles, responsibilities and objectives
• Manage people, resources and relationships effectively to ensure efficient delivery of programmes and projects
• Develop and build teams to deliver projects or programmes.
• Ensure performance standards are always achievedthrough KPI analysis and implementation of improvement plans

We stand for respect, partnership, and sustainability, creating a work environment that promotes safety, health, and development. Our committed and healthy employees are our most valuable asset – the foundation for sustainable growth and innovation. With our "People. Planet. Progress." strategy and the motto WORK ON PROGRESS, we drive change forward – with the goal of climate neutrality by 2040.