Overview

Senior Project Manager – Major Projects x 2. Flexible across the Southeast, but regular visits to Falmer and sites are required. Salary: to be discussed at the screening stage.

Job Overview. Are you a dynamic and experienced Senior Project Manager ready to take charge of complex projects and deliver outstanding results? As a Senior Project Manager in our Major Projects team, you will lead the end-to-end management of large-scale initiatives, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. You’ll have the opportunity to influence key projects within a rapidly evolving environment, utilising your strong leadership, commercial expertise, and technical knowledge to drive success. This is an exciting opportunity to step into a pivotal role where you can reduce reliance on consultants and help drive operational efficiency. You’ll join a forward-thinking team and contribute to major projects that make a real impact with a project value of up to £150 million.

Responsibilities

• Deliver key projects within the set scope, cost, and timeframe, exceeding customer expectations.
• Plan and oversee project portfolios, identifying dependencies and ensuring smooth execution.
• Take full ownership of project risks and issues, ensuring effective mitigation strategies.
• Maintain tight control over project budgets, ensuring financial targets are met.
• Lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams, ensuring alignment to project goals and deadlines.
• Balance quality deliverables with time and cost constraints, maintaining high standards throughout.
• Contribute to a high-performing team culture, driving collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Manage and provide line management support for Project Managers, fostering their development and ensuring alignment with organisational goals.

About You

• Strong experience in managing high-value projects
• Expertise in managing the project lifecycle and delivering change through NEC contracts
• Skilled negotiator with robust financial and contract management experience
• Proven ability to manage risks, compliance, and multiple delivery teams across various stakeholders
• Exceptional attention to detail, strong business case writing abilities, and results-driven focus
• Resilient under pressure with a ‘can do’ attitude and pragmatic problem-solving skills
• Excellent leadership abilities with a track record of building and managing successful teams in a demanding environment

Package

This role will be full-time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week. We will be discussing salary with you upon receipt of your application, but we offer the following benefits:

• Company and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

Other information

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

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All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.