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Senior Project Manager

Location: Bristol
Location Bristol
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

What’s the Opportunity

We are growing our Project Management team within the Water and Regulated Utilities sector and have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Manager. You will lead the delivery of complex infrastructure projects and programmes for major UK water utilities and environmental agencies. This role involves managing multidisciplinary teams, ensuring commercial success, and driving excellence in project governance.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

  • Lead the delivery of complex water infrastructure projects and programmes from inception to close-out.
  • Act as the primary client lead for major programmes with organisations such as Thames Water and the Environment Agency, providing strategic direction, ensuring governance compliance, and driving successful outcomes across multiple workstreams.
  • Take full responsibility for planning, scheduling, cost control, and risk management across multiple workstreams.
  • Manage and mentor project teams, ensuring collaboration and high performance.
  • Oversee contract administration and commercial management, including NEC3/4 compliance.
  • Develop and maintain project management plans, dashboards, and reporting systems.
  • Engage with senior stakeholders across utilities, contractors, and internal teams to maintain strong relationships.
  • Ensure governance, health & safety, and regulatory compliance throughout project lifecycle. 

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

  • Project Leadership: 5-8 years’ experience delivering complex infrastructure projects/programmes end-to-end, ideally in water or regulated utilities.
  • Team Management: Proven ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams.
  • Commercial Awareness: Strong understanding of contract management (NEC3/4), cost control, and risk management.
  • Sector Knowledge: Experience in the water industry or regulated utilities, with awareness of governance requirements and sector-specific delivery models.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience managing senior client relationships.
  • Tools: Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management platforms (e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6), with familiarity in reporting tools such as Power BI and document control systems like SharePoint.

Additional experience that would be beneficial includes:

  • Consultancy-side project management experience.
  • Previous involvement in Environment Agency or major water utility projects.
  • Experience in design management and integrated delivery models.

Qualifications:

  • Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Project Management, or related field.
  • Professional qualifications such as APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent.
  • Chartered Status (e.g. ChPP, CEng, MRICS) preferred.

Why join us?

You’ll be part of a growing team delivering critical infrastructure projects for major UK water companies and regulated utilities, with opportunities to lead high-profile programmes and develop your career towards leadership roles.

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,400+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.

  • Quality
  • THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

From concept to execution, our work is driven by passion, technical expertise and an uncompromising commitment to excellence - delivering solutions that stand the test of time. We don’t need - or want - to be the biggest. Just the best.

  • Ingenuity
  • AS STANDARD.

We question assumptions and look beyond the obvious - applying technical depth and creativity to solve problems that matter. We find better ways today, then improve on them tomorrow.

  • Partnership
  • BUILT ON TRUST. GROWN OVER TIME.

Since 1946, strong relationships have shaped everything we do. We listen, challenge with care, and stay with you for the long haul - turning shared goals into lasting impact.

  • Aspiration
  • THE FIRE IN OUR BELLY.

We start with a vision - then push the boundaries of what’s possible. With bold ideas and a clear view of the future, we turn ambitions into meaningful outcomes.

The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.

Annual
leave

A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy, carry over or sell.

Community
spirit

You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.

Mental
health

Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.

Financial benefits

A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.

Physical
wellbeing

Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.

Flexible
working

Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.

Career development

A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.

Extra
benefits

Performance bonus, car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process, please contact us at workwithus@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.

A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework, and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

A polite note to recruitment agencies

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

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