Costain Group
Project Manager

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About Costain
Costain helps to improve people’s lives by deploying technology-based engineering solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK’s energy, water and transportation infrastructure sectors.
Costain delivers integrated, cutting-edge smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets.
Our Impact
We empower our clients to:
- Improve business performance by boosting capacity
- Enhance customer service
- Ensure security and resilience
- Support decarbonisation efforts
- Deliver increased operational efficiency
Our mission is to become the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions provider, serving blue-chip clients whose major projects depend on strategic national needs, regulatory actions, legal requirements, or critical performance standards.
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Our services support the entire lifecycle of assets:
- Future-shaping strategic consultancy
- Consultancy and advisory support
- Digital technology solutions
- Asset optimisation
- Complex programme delivery
Costain operates on a foundation of strong culture and values.
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We appreciate the effort taken to apply—but due to high application volumes—we are unable to provide individual feedback to unsuccessful candidates at the application stage.
If selected, interview feedback is offered to shortlisted candidates.
Disability Confident Employer Commitment
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee interviews to all applicants—disabled or otherwise—who:
- Meet the minimum position criteria
- Have disclosed their disability


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Role Opportunity: Thames Water AMP7 Delivery Team
Costain is collaborating with Thames Water across water and wastewater projects and is seeking individuals to join its expanding AMP7 delivery team.
Key Aspects of the Role
- Location: Predominantly Thames Valley and Thames South
- Project Scope: A range of projects including:
- Smaller capital maintenance
- Large-scale civil engineering new build
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