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Senior Project Manager

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Senior Project Manager - Water Industry

MEICA - Mechanical, Electrical, Controls and Automation

A leading MEICA contractor delivering large projects in the water industry is looking for a Senior Project Manager to work on their Southern Water Framework around the Kent area.

If you are looking for your next move in the water and industrial sector, and have experience in water treatment and wastewater engineering, design, and site-based delivery, this opportunity is for you.

Duties for Senior Project Manager:

  • Project program compliance and updating (with planners)

  • Business development and client liaising

  • Monitoring and periodic review of project commercial performance (with commercial colleagues)

  • Tasking, productivity, and standards compliance

  • Project risk and change identification/reporting

  • Project design liaison, review, and updating (with designers)

  • Safe delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality

  • Ensure compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements

  • Management and monitoring of approved specialist sub-contractors and wider supply chain partners

  • Co-ordination and liaison with key project stakeholders (internal & external)

  • Management of operational assets prior to client hand-over Candidate Description

  • Will have an engineering background with aligned academic and training qualifications

    Requirements for Senior Project Manager

  • Previous demonstrable experience in a similar MEICA management role

  • Computer literate, particularly with MS Office applications is essential

  • CITB (SMSTS) and/or CSCS qualified for managing safely

  • Ability to work to target dates across multiple projects, whilst maintaining output and timescale requirements

  • Hold a valid full UK driving license

  • Eligible to work in the UK

    GRS (Gearing Recruitment Solutions) operates across the following sectors, frameworks and industries:- water treatment, clean water, wastewater, waste water, wwtw, wtw, thames water, anglian water, cambridge water, essex water, ses water, southern water, southeast water, amp 6, amp 7, scottish water, sutton and east surrey water, wessex water, south west water, severn trent water, welsh water, united utilities, yorkshire water, STW, sludge, treatment works, chemical dosing, sewage, pumping station, booster station, paper mill, brewery, food processing, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, process engineering

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