Project Manager - Major Water Projects

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

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Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

As ‘Project Manager – Major Water Projects’ you will lead and manage teams responsible for developing and delivering solutions across some of the largest projects in Water (£30m+). You will ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, to quality standards, and in full compliance with legislation, Alliance governance, and processes. You will take ownership of major projects throughout their full lifecycle, resolving operational challenges and balancing competing priorities to achieve positive outcomes for all stakeholders.

• Ensure CDM compliance across all schemes through the TOTEX Delivery Process, audits, checks, and peer reviews, championing a Zero Harm culture.
• Build and maintain a high performing, inclusive team culture, empowering engineers, commercial staff, and wider team members to think creatively and resolve issues.
• Translate programme-level strategy into clear, deliverable outcomes, ensuring teams understand their role in achieving success.
• Maintain accountability for the entire project lifecycle, from receipt of need and scoping through construction, handover, formal sign-off, and post-handover warranty management.
• Work closely with Commercial and Planning teams to maintain accurate cost and resource forecasts, escalating issues where required.
• Oversee proposed solutions to ensure they are safe, commercially viable, fit for purpose, and meet project requirements.
• Ensure delivery of key project milestones, including Project Rehearsals and Fit for Assembly.

• Strong Project Management background in large construction project (£30m+).
• Preferred experience in the…