Project Manager - Water Industry

You will provide support to clients, technical leads, Project Directors and RPS Senior Management to achieve the objectives & goals of the Water Technical Business Stream. You will have responsibility for delivering health, safety and wellbeing without compromise and operational performance excellence, by ensuring absolute delivery of KPI's and driving efficient work practices. This role will oversee up to 30 staff at differing levels, the majority of which are field based. The salary for this role is negotiable depending on experience plus extensive benefits including a company car or car allowance.

Ideally based in the northwest area, you will have a good understanding of contract conditions and strive to improve on financial targets whilst delivering on all quality and safety requirements.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Transformational leadership skills with a focus on strategic goals and collaboration
Experience and awareness of managing work in high-risk environments such as confined spaces and highways
Team leadership - experience of successfully leading integrated/blended/diverse/multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex project outputs and programme outcomes.
Communication - high emotional intelligence - listens and questions effectively, concise verbal and written communication skills. High IT literacy being able to communicate with both business and IT teams. Able to communicate with confidence to stakeholders at all levels
Strive to exceed client aspiration and are goal driven
You will have extensive experience in the leadership and management of people and projects, ideally gained in the utility service industry or similar and will have the ability to deliver results in an often unpredictable, operational environment.
You will have proven experience managing performance and able to analyse data to implement change, coupled with outstanding communication skills, the ability to engage at all levels, influence others and effectively contribute to contract and business development strategy ensuring efficient use of resources and equipment.
A strong working knowledge of drainage and sewer networks and associated reporting would be advantageous.
Proficient in the use of the MS office suite, work management systems and applications are essential.
A full UK driving licence is also essential., Degree qualified in a relevant subject is desirable although significant previous experience may be considered
Hold an industry recognised Project Management qualification such as PRINCE2 or APM
IOSH managing safely
Development - wants to continually develop new skills in themselves and others through continuous professional development and other means

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RPS has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our wastewater team in Irlam. This is a senior level position and will deliver and build upon our existing frameworks and relationships with utilities companies across the UK., This is an exciting time to join RPS and be involved in providing challenges and opportunities which require innovation, dedication, and team work to help us meet our clients' needs.

We're a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work life balance that's right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs - this is a workplace that works for you.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company:

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world's most complex problems.

What you'll be doing:

Managing a Programme or Framework of projects through the entire project lifecycle from Inception through to handover and closure by utilising the 4 key pillars of project management: PLAN, ORAGANISE, LEAD & CONTROL.

Working within the RPS Wastewater Business area
Leading change management, continual Improvement and incremental growth of business and people to realise a 'high performing teams' culture.
Managing the delivery of projects related to sewer networks for our clients
Manage the health, safety and wellbeing of our office based and field-based teams
Safety, ethics, integrity, and the environment - always embraces and upholds RPS high professional standards, advocacy - an ambassador for our wider business at all times
Establish and manage collaborative and remote working teams
Deliver a high level of customer service to our external and internal customers
Motivate, lead, and manage a multidisciplinary team
Must be willing to travel between our wastewater offices in Irlam and Clevedon on occasion.