Project Manager

We're looking for a project Manager to join our Regional Civils team based in Bridgewater Tidal Barrier, Somerset, to deliver one of England's biggest flood defence schemes, The Bridgwater Tidal Barrier.

Location: Bridgwater, Somerset

Contract: Permanent, full time 

What will you be responsible for?

As a Project Manager, you'll be working within the Environment Agency framework, supporting them in the end-to-end delivery of the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier projec.

Your day to day will include:

• Directing multi-disciplinary teams including commercial, programme controls, engineering, and others to identify solutions to client requirements and establish a robust baseline plan to manage and maintain the plans to project completion.


• Ensuring the project is programmed in P6 to a level of detail necessary for operational teams to deliver the projects and that the programmes are contractually compliant.


• Monitoring project progress, identifying potential delays, and implementing corrective actions.


• Coordinating with architects, engineers, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure project specifications, commitments are met.


• Working closely with Senior Project Manager & other member of the Senior Management Team to lead, encourage, direct and develop specialist teams to deliver objectives for internal and external stakeholders.

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Manager is great for you if:

• You have previous experience working with main contractor in on Civils/Marine projects


• You are a member of the Association for Project Management or equivalent, holding or working towards chartered status or equivalent


• You have strong knowledge construction processes, materials, and industry standards.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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