WGM Engineering Ltd
Project Manager - Engineering
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Project Manager - Engineering
Project Manager – WGM Engineering (RSK Group)
Innovative Engineering Solutions | Water & Infrastructure | Redhill, Surrey (Hybrid)
About the Role
The Project Manager will lead technically complex infrastructure projects for WGM Engineering—part of RSK Group—delivering water, industrial, and essential infrastructure solutions across the UK. Responsible for end-to-end project delivery, from mobilisation to final handover, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence and supporting WGM’s growth agenda.
As the bridge between multidisciplinary teams, clients, and stakeholders, you’ll ensure projects are executed safely, within budget, and to the highest standards—contributing to a projects portfolio where engineering precision meets business impact.
Why WGM?
- Growth & Ownership: Lead high-stakes projects in regulated environments while shaping your career in a dynamic, future-focused business.
- Scale + Specialism: Leverage the operational support of RSK Group with the hands-on expertise of a niche engineering partner.
- Purpose-Driven Work: Make a tangible difference in critical infrastructure—water, utilities, and industrial sectors—that underpin communities.
Key Responsibilities
Your role demands strategic leadership and operational expertise. You will:
Project Leadership
- Own all project phases: From contract award/mobilisation through commissioning, development, and final handover (completion, handover, client acceptance).
- Set and deliver against targets: Ensure timely, cost-effective, high-quality outcomes while maintaining adherence to contractual, HSEQ, and regulatory standards.
Planning & Coordination
- Develop and manage:
- Project programmes, budgets, risk registers, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Scope, resource, and timeline planning, balancing commercial realities with technical execution.
- Lead multidisciplinary collaboration:
- Coordinate engineering, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and HSEQ teams.
- Align stakeholder roles, ensuring accountability across subcontractors, suppliers, and in-house expertise.
Performance & Commercial Management
- Monitor project health:
- Track programme, cost, risk, and commercial performance against benchmarks.
- Implement corrective action plans for scope changes, variations, and EOTs (Extent of Temporary Deviations).
- Stakeholder & Client Relations:
- Act as the principal contact for clients and partners, managing communications, expectations, and escalation pathways.
- Work with commercial teams to model forecasts, cost variations, NEC contract compliance, and EOTs.
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Operational Governance
- Facilitate weekly/chartered reviews, ensuring meticulous documentation of risks, decisions, actions, and complexities.
- Lead pre-construction and mobilisation efforts:
- Scope refinement, programme synthesis, resource optimisation, and risk mitigation planning.
- Deliver exceptional project close-out:
- Oversee commissioning, handover documentation, final accounts, and lessons-learned analysis.
Requirements & Essentials
You should demonstrate the following experience and attributes:
Must-Haves
✔ Proven track record in managing large-scale engineering or infrastructure projects through from start to finish—featuring outcome accountability for timeliness, quality, and cost. ✔ Strong portfolio of delivering projects safely within budget, adhering to contractual terms, and quality guarantees. ✔ Cross-functional leadership: Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams (including clients, contractors, subcontractors). ✔ Expanded project-management toolkit:
- Commercial mastery over forecasts, variations, contractual change, and HSEQ compliance.
- Hands-on experience with:
- NEC Contracts
- CDM Regulations
- Project-planning software (e.g. Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) ⚠️ Full UK driving licence required; travel to site/remote locations as stipulated.
Beneficial (Not Essential)
- Water sector / regulated infrastructure experience
- Holdings of certificates/qualifications in engineering, construction management, project management.
Why Join Us?
We guarantee a meaningful, dynamic career path in engineering leadership, not just job fulfillment.
Salient Incentives
- Base Salary (adjustable to experience level; enquire via request)
- Vehicle Benefit (supplementing your hybrid/onsite working flexibility).
- Structured Benefits Package (see below):
Perk Details Holidays 32 days, escalating to 36 days based on service tenure. Pensions 6% employer contribution. Life Assurance Cover up to 3x salary. Flexible Additions Salary sacrifice: EV supplements, leave-buy, cycle-to-work scheme. Wellbeing Discounted memberships (health cash plan, gym), comprehensive sick pay. Workplace Flexibility Hybrid working model (location-specific; negotiated on job fit). Family-Friendly Enhanced maternity/paternity, parental leave support. Support Networks Employee discount programme + adjustment waits for accommodation flexibility.
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Diversity & Inclusion
RSK Group proudly invests in workplaces of authenticity, ensuring space for every talent level and background. We’ll:
- Address accessibility (workplace adjustments available).
- Champion neurodiversity, gender equality, and disabilities in our hiring and career growth.
About Us
WGM Engineering
Elevate your work in mechanical, electrical, and civil (OCM) infrastructure for UK’s regulated sectors (water, renewables, safety-critical utilities).
- Purpose: Stress-tested solutions, built to sustain our towns, industries, and communities.
- Chemistry: Integrated sustainability with engineering precision—modular builds, bespoke design, and holistic HSEQ diligence.
- Growth: Scaled, inspired leaders moving projects forward swiftly while protecting teams from delays.
RSK Group
Our family includes over 30 heritage-driven businesses under one mission: ** engineering for a resilient tomorrow**. With a portfolio spanning chemicals, healthcare, food production, and infrastructure, leveraging RSK Group means day-to-day innovation meets long-term cohesion.
Together, we’re rewarding ambition—paving the way for careers where challenges are met not as hurdles, but as milestones for you to shape and lead.
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