Construction & Integration Manager Ref:28838

**Who are we?**
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes_,_ keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
**What you’ll be doing**
As the **Construction & Integration Manager**, you’ll direct a team of circa. 30 Construction Assurance and Asset Integration Engineers for both water and wastewater infrastructure (network) schemes alongside overseeing the performance of 7 majorcontractors to ensure that the projects delivered are to Thames Water’s high standards with regard to health and safety, time, quality, and cost.
You’ll set the strategic vision for the team and encourage collaboration throughout the delivery process.You’ll be accountable for health, safety & environmental requirements, being the key support and driver for embedding a culture of safety for the widerteam.Giving focus to developing the function and team, you'll drive continuous improvement and take a methodical and consistent approach, ensuring the team is empowered to deliver.
**Day-to-day responsibilities include**:

- Overseeing contractor performance to ensure they are delivering the required assets to the time, quality, and cost expected, whilst maintaining excellent customer focus
- Point of escalation and owner of accountabilities within the stage-gate process
- Enabling the team to set and adhere to best practices for their roles, ensuring both their processes as well as the stage-gate processes are cohesive, complementary, and adhered to creating an environment where ways of working can be constructively challenged
- Maintaining excellent stakeholder engagement and ensuring the operating model is optimal
- Working with contractors to ensure delivery partner teams and structures complement our own to ensure efficient implementation of the intelligent client model through construction and integration

**We’re looking for you to**:

- Be a **Chartered Engineer** or have substantial experience in a similar role
- Have a **NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate, or similar**:

- **Provide management, leadership, and development of people** in a culture of accountability and achievement
- Be knowledgeable and have a strong understanding of working **processes used in water/wastewater/networks**:

- Understand the **development of design, construction, and operation of infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects**:

- A strong understanding of **performance and quality management** and delivery of Forms of Contract
- Have considerable experience in the c**ommissioning and take over practices in the water/wastewater industries**:

- Demonstrate experience as a **problem solver on both wastewater and potable water**:

- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to interact with our stakeholders and customers

**What’s in it for you?**
As the largest UK water company, we inevitably have some of the largest and most exciting construction projects in the sector. This is a challenging, exciting, and high-profile role allowing you an opportunity to make an impact on our long-term ambitions whilstestablishing a successful career within Thames Water.
Our competitive salary and package include a bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, an excellent contributory pension, and 26 days of holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service.
Thames Water is a dynamic,?rewarding?, and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner.If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working?arrangements?, and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, whichis packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident Leader employer.
Find out more about?working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities, and the environment can thrive. This means, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of your role, you’ll be required to participate in a rota to provideCustomer Incident Support, as requested by the Company from time to time. This may be by supporting our customers on the frontline as an Ambassador or being part of the team managing the incident as a Control Tower Lead. This is incredibly rewarding, and you’llbe given full training - it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.