OT Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager for Operational Technology Asset Health (OTAH), your role encompasses several critical tasks. You are entrusted with delivering significant technology and business change initiatives that propel Thames’ progress toward achieving business area goals and desired outcomes.

The Senior Project Manager OTAH will be an experienced Project Manager with comprehensive engineering and technical knowledge, responsible for shaping, defining, managing and delivering a coherent set of activities across multiple projects within the Thames Digital OT team, reporting into a Programme Manager. As a leader, they will define the project scope, program, and budget for delivery, directly contributing to Thames Water's OT Obsolescence program and Turnaround plan.

What you’ll be doing as an OT Senior Project Manager

• Lead & coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects – ensure they deliver to agreed time, cost, quality, and outcomes. Utilising effective statements of work as required. (SOWs)
• Define, baseline, and maintain the project’s scope, plan, resources & budget that will successfully deliver the business outcomes/objectives – ensuring that the project aligns with the organisational goal and outcomes.
• Identify, engage, and manage direct and indirect stakeholders appropriately in the context of their role within projects.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks effectively, utilising project governance to provide visibility/escalate as appropriate.
• Manage project change within agreed tolerances or escalate changes to the project control boards.
• Identify and manage RAID items within the project and escalate where appropriate.
• Create project closure reports and lead lessons learned workshops.
• Create and maintain project cost models covering actual, accrual, and forecast – challenging costs to drive value.

Base Location: Reading - Hybrid

Working Pattern or hours: 36 Hours

What you should bring to the role

• Experience in Operations and OT solutions.
• Knowledge of the construction, infrastructure or utility industry and business knowledge with prior involvement in delivering major complex projects within a regulated infrastructure environment.
• Knowledgeable in managing contract specification preparation, tendering, and tender evaluation processes with experience in negotiation.
• Delivery of OT projects involving third-party suppliers.
• To be able to lead both internal teams and third-party collaborators.
• Knowledge of OT methodologies and principles.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £70,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance.
• Annual Bonus.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job, and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people committed to making a difference and getting us to
where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference in millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family.
Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is gra eat, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.