Project Manager – Water

Lanesra Technical Recruitment

Position: Project Manager

Location: Scottish Water Sites

Salary Guide: 60,000 – 70,000 (negotiable DOE) plus Car/Allowance and Excellent Benefits

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a significant proportion of Scottish Water’s SR21 programme of clean and wastewater non-infrastructure projects throughout Scotland.

They are recruiting for Project Managers to lead an integrated design and build project team in the design, procurement construction and commissioning of a range of water and wastewater projects. You will ensure that your assigned projects 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:

• 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, i.e from tender handover to final completion
• Reviewing at the project level, the effectiveness of the BMS as a means of achieving quality, safety and environmental objectives
• Ensuring, in conjunction with the Design Manager, that an adequate Technical, Safety and Environmental review is carried out for each project to ensure successful delivery
• Ensuring that sufficient trained personnel are available for the project and that they are aware of their individual responsibilities
• Ensuring that appropriately detailed construction plans and method statements are prepared, in place and approved prior to commencement of activities
• Ensuring works procedures are produced to assist with control quality where applicable
• 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
• Understanding and implementing the Quality, Safety and Environmental Policies and Targets
• Maintain an appropriate practical knowledge and appreciation of all technical disciplines associated with delivering water and waste water design and build projects.
• Have a working knowledge and experience of project management practices from scheme conception through to end user acceptance
• Maintain a positive and solution oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• Previous Project Management experience
• Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety
• Min HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in a construction or engineering related discipline.
• Experience in multidisciplinary engineering environment in the water industry
• Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients 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.
• Extensive experience in medium to large scale project delivery
• Tactical, operational, technical and management skills

Desirable:

Experience of WTWs & STWs

Experience in using Primavera or planning software.

Chartered or near chartered in a construction discipline

Knowledge and experience of Off-Site construction techniques

Key words: Contracts Manager, Senior Project Manager, Project Manager, Deputy Project Manager, Water, Wastewater, Sewage, Scottish Water