Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing and delivering high-impact projects, overseeing complex project portfolios, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve strategic objectives. This role demands strong leadership, advanced project management expertise, and a commitment to fostering innovation, sustainability, and best practices across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Project Delivery & Coordination Lead the successful execution of complex, high-value projects, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, quality standards, and cost constraints. Coordinate and direct project teams, providing high-level oversight and strategic guidance to ensure objectives are achieved. Develop comprehensive risk and issue management strategies, facilitating mitigation plans and overseeing escalations as needed.

Lead the successful execution of complex, high-value projects, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, quality standards, and cost constraints.

Coordinate and direct project teams, providing high-level oversight and strategic guidance to ensure objectives are achieved.

Develop comprehensive risk and issue management strategies, facilitating mitigation plans and overseeing escalations as needed.

Advanced Contract & Financial Management Oversee end-to-end contract management for high-profile projects, collaborating with the finance team to ensure alignment with organisational frameworks and regulatory requirements. Lead budgeting and financial forecasting, ensuring all projects adhere to financial plans and identifying and reporting cost variances proactively.

Oversee end-to-end contract management for high-profile projects, collaborating with the finance team to ensure alignment with organisational frameworks and regulatory requirements.

Lead budgeting and financial forecasting, ensuring all projects adhere to financial plans and identifying and reporting cost variances proactively.

Integrated Management System (IMS) Compliance & Governance Ensure organisational IMS standards are upheld across projects, implementing governance structures, conducting audits, and addressing compliance gaps with corrective actions.

Ensure organisational IMS standards are upheld across projects, implementing governance structures, conducting audits, and addressing compliance gaps with corrective actions.

High-Level Stakeholder Engagement & Communication Serve as a senior point of contact for key stakeholders, maintaining proactive communication and ensuring clarity on project requirements and objectives. Develop and sustain strong relationships with clients, partners, and internal teams, ensuring stakeholder alignment throughout project lifecycles.

Serve as a senior point of contact for key stakeholders, maintaining proactive communication and ensuring clarity on project requirements and objectives.

Develop and sustain strong relationships with clients, partners, and internal teams, ensuring stakeholder alignment throughout project lifecycles.

Resource Strategy & Optimisation Strategically allocate and optimise resources (human, financial, and material), addressing conflicts or shortages and ensuring efficient project delivery. Anticipate future resource needs and facilitate long-term planning to support both project-specific and organisational growth.

Strategically allocate and optimise resources (human, financial, and material), addressing conflicts or shortages and ensuring efficient project delivery.

Anticipate future resource needs and facilitate long-term planning to support both project-specific and organisational growth.

Project Performance Management & Reporting Establish, monitor, and report on KPIs and project performance metrics, providing data-driven insights to clients and leadership. Prepare monthly and executive-level reports, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and strategic recommendations.

Establish, monitor, and report on KPIs and project performance metrics, providing data-driven insights to clients and leadership.

Prepare monthly and executive-level reports, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and strategic recommendations.

Business Development & Client Relationship Management Strengthen the organisation’s market position by building strategic client relationships and generating high-level business development opportunities. Collaborate with leadership and service leads to identify and develop new project opportunities that align with client needs and organisational goals.

Strengthen the organisation’s market position by building strategic client relationships and generating high-level business development opportunities.

Collaborate with leadership and service leads to identify and develop new project opportunities that align with client needs and organisational goals.

Leadership, Mentorship & Team Development Provide guidance and mentorship to Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and best practice sharing. Lead the organisation’s project management community, championing professional development initiatives and knowledge-sharing opportunities.

Provide guidance and mentorship to Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and best practice sharing.

Lead the organisation’s project management community, championing professional development initiatives and knowledge-sharing opportunities.

Process Optimisation & Innovation Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to streamline project delivery and enhance management efficiencies. Champion innovative practices and digital tools that support efficient project execution and improved organisational capabilities.

Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to streamline project delivery and enhance management efficiencies.

Champion innovative practices and digital tools that support efficient project execution and improved organisational capabilities.

Essential Skills Proven expertise in strategic project management with exceptional organisational and leadership capabilities. Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships and deliver detailed reports to executive-level stakeholders. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and advanced project management software (e.g., SAP, CRM systems).

Proven expertise in strategic project management with exceptional organisational and leadership capabilities.

Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships and deliver detailed reports to executive-level stakeholders.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and advanced project management software (e.g., SAP, CRM systems).

Desirable Skills APM or equivalent senior-level Project Management qualification. NEC3/4 accreditation or similar certification. Extensive experience within the Water Industry, utilities, or infrastructure sectors. Advanced proficiency with Gantt charts, project dashboards, and digital reporting tools.

APM or equivalent senior-level Project Management qualification.

NEC3/4 accreditation or similar certification.

Extensive experience within the Water Industry, utilities, or infrastructure sectors.

Advanced proficiency with Gantt charts, project dashboards, and digital reporting tools.

Aqua Consultants are a multi-disciplinary consultancy providing a wide range of Asset Management, Engineering and Commercial services to our clients across the water, energy and environment sectors, across the UK.

Aqua is established on a solid foundation of diversity – diversity of skills, cultures, personalities, perspectives and experiences. It is this diversity that unifies our team and enables us to offer holistic and innovative solutions to our clients most pressing needs.

The ‘Aqua’ culture is a set of values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours that creates a family-like environment within our workplace, something we call the ‘Aqua Family.’

We are an ambitious team who live our values of Growth, Accountability , Integrity Innovation, Empathy and Fun .

Our Vision – Growth through SHARED CAPABILITY

Our Mission – Growing sustainable value for future generations