Senior Project Manager

Ready to Make a Real Impact?

Join our high-performing Major Projects team and take the lead on a transformative, multi-million-pound infrastructure project that will shape the future of our communities.

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll work alongside a proactive contractor and a dynamic team of cross-functional experts. This is your chance to build on your experience, grow your leadership, and deliver a project that truly matters.
Apply now and help us deliver infrastructure that makes a difference.

What you’ll be doing as a Senior Project Manager

• Take accountability throughout the project lifecycle, governance compliance, and internal/external stakeholder engagement, leading to the smooth transition into operational business.
• Support the definition of solutions to meet the project objectives, and will be responsible for preparing a clear business case.
• Develop the best procurement strategy for the project and oversee the specifications and contract documentation production.
• Develop a strategy for obtaining any required third-party consents, highlighting program and project risks relating to the consents required.
• Effective liaison with the relevant town planning authorities and key internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth running and timely project delivery.
• Promote and sustain Thames Water’s Health and Safety vision (zero incidents, zero harm, zero compromises) throughout the project's lifecycle.
• Manage and ensure the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes on time, within budget, and quality.
• Contribute to steering project-wide continuous improvement and delivering against stretching targets.
• Commercially manage all contract matters to achieve the optimal outcome for Thames Water.

Role Location - Hybrid with access to Reading and Harpenden.

The successful candidate should be a driver with access to their own transport - this role includes a car allowance of £5,800.

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:

• Demonstrable track record of leading cross-functional teams and leading Project Managers
• Experience delivering complex infrastructure projects in the built environment.
• Design and Build Contract experience and the ability to outperform against budgets and timescales.
• Stakeholder management experience, with a customer-focused mindset.
• Strong communication, influencing and presentation skills.
• A passion for health and safety, with a safety-first attitude.
• People management skills and an ability to motivate and develop others.

Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring:

• Ideally, experience in the water sector, utilities or a similar regulated industry.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £67,000 to £88,000 per annum per annum depending on experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else, just let us know. We’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.