Project Manager - Lane End, Kent
5 days ago
Dartford
Contract: PermanentSalary: Offering up to £55,000 per annum depending on experience and skills.Are you an experienced civils or infrastructure professional ready to step into a role where your technical leadership truly shapes the delivery of essential projects? We’re looking for a Project Manager who understands the demands of large‑scale construction, complex site environments, and the importance of delivering safe, high‑quality infrastructure. In this role, you’ll lead end‑to‑end project delivery—driving contractor performance, enhancing safety culture, and ensuring critical assets are delivered on time, to budget, and to exacting standards. If you thrive in a fast‑moving operational environment and want to make a real impact on major infrastructure programmes, we’d love to hear from you. What you’ll be doing as a Project Manager • Deliver sustainable financial out-performance against approved budgets., • Commercially manage all contract matters to achieve the optimal outcome for Thames Water., • Develop and deliver an optimised project to achieve all regulatory, statutory and internal outputs, deadlines and targets., • Deliver successful technical solutions that provide optimal value for money on a capital and whole life cost basis., • Performance management of the service providers to ensure the out-performance of service levels and value for money., • Proactively manage project risk to minimise the final impact., • Manage change and administer the contract for service providers., • Ensure quality system and processes are complied with so results meet all standards., • Maintain a strong external stakeholder relationship to actively protect and enhance Thames Water’s reputation with external customers., • Manage and develop people in a culture of accountability and achievement., • Encourage and implement an innovation from the supply chain to develop a continuous improvement project culture., • Establish and continuously promote a proactive health, safety & environment culture across the project and our service providers., • HNC or above in an appropriate subject or significant experience in a similar role., • Excellent contractual awareness of Project Management work., • A proven track record of managing the performance of third-party organisations., • A proven track record of successfully delivering capital projects., • Relevant industry and business knowledge., • Full UK Driving License., • Financially capable of running profit & loss, taking account of revenue, expenditure and cash flow to deliver agreed financial goals., • Strong commercial approach with a good level of contract knowledge. Bases decisions on a balance of business development and cost control issues., • Proven process improvement design and implementation capability., • Can demonstrate a strong external customer service ethic, measurement of customer satisfaction and a proven track record of delivering improvement for internal and external customers. What’s in it for you?, • Offering up to £55,000 per annum, depending on experience and skills., • Car Allowance of £4,500 per annum., • Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution., • Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year., • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets