Senior Project Manager / Programme Manager
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager / Programme Manager to support the delivery of major water and wastewater treatment works projects in Poole. Dorset.
This is a delivery-focused role requiring an individual who is comfortable operating across all aspects of project execution. Working within a lean client-side team, you will play a key role in managing contractors, driving programme performance and ensuring the successful delivery of treatment works schemes from planning through to construction and commissioning.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in the UK water sector, extensive NEC4 contract management experience and a proven track record of delivering complex infrastructure projects within live operational environments.
The Role
As Senior Project Manager / Programme Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Leading the delivery of major water and wastewater treatment works projects through the full project lifecycle.
- Managing NEC4 contractors, ensuring contractual compliance, programme performance and successful project outcomes.
- Chairing contractor progress meetings and delivery reviews, holding contractors accountable against agreed milestones.
- Driving change control processes, assessing and managing the impact of changes on cost, programme and scope.
- Developing and maintaining project governance arrangements, ensuring clear accountability and effective decision-making.
- Producing accurate and timely programme reporting for senior stakeholders.
- Identifying, managing and mitigating project risks and issues, implementing appropriate corrective actions where required.
- Overseeing project delivery through design, construction, commissioning and handover phases.
- Coordinating internal and external stakeholders, including consultants, contractors and operational teams.
- Supporting wider programme delivery activities as required, contributing across multiple workstreams within a small, collaborative team.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager or Delivery Manager within the UK water sector.
- Significant experience delivering water or wastewater treatment works projects.
- Strong NEC4 contract management experience, including contractor performance management and change control.
- Demonstrable experience managing project governance, risk management and reporting processes.
- Experience leading contractor progress meetings and managing delivery within live operational environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- The ability to operate effectively within a lean delivery team and take ownership of a broad range of responsibilities.
Desirable Experience
- Experience delivering AMP7 or AMP8 capital programmes.
- Chartered status or membership of a relevant professional body.
- APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent project management qualification.
- Experience working client-side within a regulated utility environment.
What’s On Offer?
- Day rate of up to 600 per day (DOE)
- Opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of a major water and wastewater treatment works programme
- Long-term project pipeline within a critical UK infrastructure environment
- High level of ownership and responsibility across the full project lifecycle
- Collaborative, delivery-focused team environment where your contribution will have a direct impact on project success
- Opportunity to work alongside experienced programme, engineering and construction professionals on high-profile AMP projects within the water sector
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