Project Manager

Jacobs Manchester, England This week

Type Contract
Pay Not listed
Work Hybrid
Level Senior

Project Manager focuses on lead the delivery of water and environmental projects and programmes of varying scale and complexity, taking accountability for schedules, budgets, resources, and risk management.

What the role involves

  • Lead the delivery of water and environmental projects and programmes of varying scale and complexity, taking accountability for schedules, budgets, resources, and risk management.
  • Operating in a complex delivery environment, you will drive performance, encourage agile ways of working.
  • Strong commercial awareness and technical understanding will enable you to lead multidisciplinary teams with confidence, delivering projects safely, on time, and within budget.
  • Your leadership will support the creation of high-performing, inclusive teams where collaboration and knowledge sharing thrive.

Skills and requirements

  • Proven project management experience across a range of projects in a multidisciplinary environment (Infrastructure/ Water/ Design.
  • Strong leadership experience managing teams and driving delivery performance.
  • Degree in engineering, environmental sciences, project management, or a related discipline.
  • APM PMQ, Prince 2 APM ChPP, NEC ECC PM (Desirable).

Confirmed role details

  • Have experience managing projects under various contract forms, particularly NEC3 and NEC4, combined with sound commercial judgement, will support both successful delivery and busi.
  • Demonstrable expertise in project planning, risk management, budget and resource management, and contract management.

Candidate fit

  • ownership, planning discipline, stakeholder communication, and practical delivery judgement

Additional role context

  • Serve as the primary client contact, building trusted relationships and communicating effectively with all stakeholders.
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