Project Manager - Water Sector

Job Description

Project Manager - Water Sector

Join the team that’s shaping the UK’s infrastructure future. At Egis, we deliver innovative water and environmental projects that matter. As a Project Manager, you’ll play a hands on role in ensuring our capital programmes run smoothly and to the highest standards.

We are looking for an accomplished Project Manager to lead complex workstreams on one of the UK’s most significant water programmes. This is a senior delivery role for someone who can turn strategic objectives into executable plans, establish control in a fast-moving environment and give clients confidence that commitments will be met.

You will provide visible leadership across scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality and commercial performance, leading multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, procurement, logistics and construction. Working with senior clients, technical specialists, delivery partners and suppliers.

Whether you're working toward chartership, expanding into new sectors, or refining your expertise, Egis provides structured development support and real opportunity to advance your career. We’re invested in your journey.

Role Responsibilities:

Contract & Commercial Delivery

• Administer NEC3/4 contracts (Options A, C & E) from the client side
• Support budget control, forecasting, and defined cost planning
• Collaborate with QS teams on monthly valuations and payment certificates
• Assist in drafting contractual communications (EWNs, CE notifications, etc.)

Project Preparation

• Conduct initial scope planning and feasibility assessments
• Assist in preparation of tender documentation and evaluation of submissions
• Contribute to risk identification and mitigation strategies
• Engage early with contractors during design phases

Execution & Oversight

• Monitor project progress, cash flow, and expenditure
• Support delivery through change management and variation handling
• Participate in dispute resolution and final account preparation
• Ensure appropriate record keeping and contract compliance

Business Support & Growth

• Help identify opportunities for process improvement and best practice
• Maintain project databases, visuals, and supporting collateral
• Contribute to internal reporting, governance, and delivery reviews

Why You’ll Thrive Here?

• Collaborate within a high-performing team that values engineering excellence
• Access projects across sectors with real social and environmental impact
• Hybrid working flexibility and varied client exposure
• Structured development pathways—whether you’re targeting chartership, sector mobility, or sharpening delivery capabilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree qualification
• Experience in Civil Engineering, or Infrastructure Project Management
• Working towards Membership of a chartered body such as APM at MAPM.
• Valid CSCS card; Water Hygiene Card desirable
• An experienced user of the NEC3/NEC4 suite of contracts (A-C-E)
• You must have the right to work in the UK
• This role is subject to a client interview and acceptance
• This role is 3 or 4 days in the client's office (Midlands)

What’s in it for you… 

• Lead work that will shape a nationally significant new water programmes and the UK’s future infrastructure.  

• Take real ownership of complex delivery challenges, with access to senior clients, specialists and decision-makers. 

• Join a growing water business where you can shape our project management capability, influence how we work and develop your career.

We’d love to hear from you if… 

• You have substantial experience leading major projects or complex workstreams in water, civil engineering, infrastructure or another highly regulated environment, ideally in a client-side, advisory or programme leadership capacity.  

• You can demonstrate strong command of scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, governance and performance reporting. 

• You are an assured leader who can create clarity, set expectations and bring multidisciplinary teams together around shared outcomes. 

Additional Information

We are committed to our planet

In each project we design, engineer and operate we care deeply about the legacy we’re leaving behind. As part of our team, you’ll have a unique opportunity to use your skills and expertise to shape a better future for our communities in the UK, and all around the globe.

Our commitment is translated in the work carried out by our Egis Foundation, which funds concrete actions to address the climate crisis and is focused on educational and social initiatives that will help in the responsible and sustainable shift towards a sustainable world.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.