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Senior Project Manager
Join a global professional services leader committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in water, energy, and urbanisation.
Established in 1928, GHD remains fully owned by our people—a network of 10,000+ diverse professionals operating across 200+ offices on five continents. We deliver transformative change through engineering, architectural expertise, and innovative approaches that connect and sustain communities globally.
About the Role
As part of our ambitious expansion across the EMEA region, we are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee the delivery of high-value and multi-million-pound projects. Our UK portfolio spans a diverse range of work.
This role involves:
- Leading large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects or collaborating within broader teams to execute key elements of major initiatives.
- Strengthening our Project Management capability during a period of significant growth.
We offer opportunities for professional development, including access to mentorship and growth in core competencies.
Employer Context
Opportunities in the UK Water Sector
The UK water industry is undergoing historic investment, with AMP8 (2025–2030)—the largest capital programme in its history—planned at £96–£104 billion (a 77% increase from AMP7).
We are extensively involved in AMP8 frameworks, collaborating with major water companies (e.g., Severn Trent, United Utilities, Wessex Water) across:
- Design-build alliances
- Specialist design development
- Long-term professional services to 2030+
- Desalination programmes (as Technical Partner)
Our Senior Project Managers play a critical role in risk management, cost certainty, schedule adherence, and quality assurance over complex, multi-party frameworks.
GHD Values & Project Management Excellence
Our core values underpin all we do. Here’s how Project Managers embody them:
- Safety: “Safe You, Safe Me, Safe GHD”—zero harm in every phase.
- Teamwork: Collaborative relationships with clients, contractors, and internal teams.
- Respect: Active listening, valuing diverse perspectives, and fostering empathy.
- Integrity: Ethical behaviour, transparency, and trust—both internally and externally.
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Key responsibilities include mentoring teams, driving organisational standards, and upholding GHD’s reputation.
Core Responsibilities
The Senior Project Manager will:
- Oversee large, complex, high-risk projects or frameworks, ensuring delivery on time, to budget, and to quality standards.
- Integrate multi-disciplinary teams to meet deadlines efficiently.
- Translate client requirements into robust deliverables for complex frameworks.
- Manage all commercial and financial aspects, including accurate billing and contract compliance.
- Lead scheduling and workflow — monitoring execution of full projects, programmes, or frameworks.
- Maintain regular communication with clients, contractors, and internal teams.
- Develop cost estimates, budgets, and project schedules for bids and ongoing work.
- Align own tasks with broader project priorities.
- Contribute to process improvement—developing tools and methodologies for effective delivery.
- Enforce adherence to company standards.
- Provide mentorship to junior team members.
- Strengthen business development via long-term client relationships and repeat engagements.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
- Qualification: Relevant degree (or equivalent experience).
- Communication: Strong interpersonal skills for collaborative environments.
- Commercial Acumen: Proven experience navigating project scopes, risks, and financial outcomes.
- Relationship Building: Ability to influence key stakeholders and maintain client trust.
- Project Experience: Track record of achieving performance targets and delivering high-stakes projects as a Senior Project Manager.
- Leadership: Experience in mentoring engineers or junior professionals.
- Learning Agility: Proactive growth mindset—embracing challenges and experimentation.
- Problem-Solving: Expertise in managing complex, multi-discipline projects.
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Behavioural Competencies
Our top contributors demonstrate:
- Commercially Aware: Anticipates market/regulatory shifts and aligns strategies accordingly.
- Agile Learner: Open to feedback with a drive to improve.
- Client-Centric: Proactively anticipates client needs and ensures high service quality.
- Enabler: Motivates both self and peers by foster‐ing trust, confidence, and collaboration.
About GHD
Our Culture
At GHD, human-scale commitment defines everything we do. We prize innovation, creativity, and collaboration—solving complex problems to ensure sustainable water, energy, and urbanisation for future generations.
Our Commitment to You
- Empower your work and growth:
- Provision of tools, training, and recognition.
- Unleashed curiosity—prompting employees to innovate.
- Funding of new ideas and realisation of them at scale.
- Equality, diversity, and inclusion drive our culture:
- A flat intellectual hierarchy—every voice shapes decisions.
- Inclusion of diverse talents—from race and gender to experiential backgrounds.
- Internal communities like GHD Young Professionals, Pride Alliance, and Women in GHD (WING) ensure all perspectives contribute.
- Flexibility and competition:
- 25 days’ paid leave, option to purchase additional days.
- Pension matching.
- Family-friendly flexible working to support diverse life needs.
- Employee ownership—potential to acquire shares in the company.
- Upskilling investments via mentorship and technical development programs.
Working Location
Hybrid role:
- An average of 3 days per week at either:
- A central London office.
- A Manchester office.
Next Steps
If shortlisted, expect a two-way interview experience with:
- Access to the team members and leadership you’d be joining.
- Opportunities for mutual learning throughout the selection process.
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