Salary: £65000 – £85000/annum Plus Car/Allowance and Package
Permanent – Full Time
Engineering
Dukinfield, Greater Manchester
date posted: 2026-04-28 16:31:27
Position: Project Managers & Senior Project Managers (Water)
Location: United Utilities Region (Hybrid Working)
Salary Guide: £65,000 – £85,000 Plus Car/Allowance & Excellent Package
Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominantly in the water industry who have been awarded a programme of work to deliver non-infrastructure water and wastewater projects for United Utilities and they are recruiting for Project Managers and Senior Project Managers to help deliver these projects throughout the North West.
Your role will be to manage the design, construction, commissioning and putting to work of contracts to 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.
Key responsibilities will include:
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, from tender handover to final completion.
Maintain good client relationships at all levels.
Ensuring that sufficient trained personnel are available for the project and that they are aware of their individual responsibilities.
Planning projects, including reviewing and approving the Project Execution Plan (PEP), and then monitoring and controlling the delivery of projects
Ensuring that appropriately detailed construction plans and method statements are prepared, in place and approved prior to commencement of activities.
Ensuring at contract completion that all records referred to in the PEP are complete and available.
Ensuring 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.
Understanding and implementing the quality, safety and environmental policies and targets
Being aware of the need to satisfy customer requirements with the aim of enhancing the customers’ perception and satisfaction.
Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
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.
Strategic, operational, technical and management skills
Knowledge of Construction Contracts, ideally NEC and/or IChemE, with ability to negotiate and administer
Ability to present at Governance Reviews in a leading capacity
Risk & Opportunity Management experience
Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety
Desirable:
Experience in water and waste water treatment plants
Chartered with and engineering, commercial, or construction institution
NEC Project Manager Accreditation
