Overview
Senior Project Manager – Peterborough / Cambridge
Due to continued growth in our Water sector, we are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join our delivery team, working across the Anglian Water region.
Anglian Water’s Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) is creating hundreds of kilometres of new, interconnecting pipelines to help combat the impact of climate change and keep fresh, clean water flowing across the Anglian Water region. The new network is one of the largest infrastructure projects for a generation and is a complex and challenging major infrastructure project.
Key Responsibilities
Select, lead, direct, and develop a high-performing team of project managers & project/area delivery team(s) within your portfolio of projects
Supporting the development of pre-construction planning for new scope of works
Establish excellent relationships with Costain and Client teams
As an operational leader, promote a culture of efficiency and continuous improvement, both within your team and across the framework service
Provide whole life oversight and accountability for the successful delivery of projects and services, through design, procurement, assembly, commissioning, and handover as required
Actively champion wellbeing, safety and environment performance, compliance, and continuous improvement across the project portfolio and throughout your team
Provide leadership to create a safety culture to ensure Zero LTI and RIDDOR Incidents
Work closely with the commercial & supply chain team, ensuring engagement from tender through to delivery to achieve commercial performance requirements
Champion the use of our performance and operational data and digital tools available to drive operational decisions and performance
About you
Experienced operational, delivery focused leader
Water/Wastewater experience preferred
Significant amount of practical experience where you have successfully managed and delivered a framework of multiple projects of a complex or critical nature, on major UK infrastructure schemes
Ability to build trusted relationships with key client stakeholders, within your team and across the Framework & Costain group
Excellent knowledge, and experience of CDM and Construction & Engineering Management
Strong People and Leadership Skills
Good problem-solving skills, able to provide solutions and direction
Solid commercial, financial and analytical skills
Qualifications and Training
HNC/HND or degree in a relevant engineering discipline
SMSTS qualification
NEC PM accreditation (preferred)
Association of Project Management APMP (preferred)
For a full job description, please contact careers@costain.com quoting the vacancy number
About Costain
At Costain, we help to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.
We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK’s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
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