Project Manager

Department: Capital Delivery and Asset Management

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: St Saviour, Jersey, Douet House

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned capital projects from initiation to handover, ensuring clear plans, milestones, budgets, risks, actions and close-out requirements.
• Coordinate safe delivery in live operational environments, working with internal teams, consultants, contractors and suppliers to minimise disruption and maintain service continuity.
• Maintain project controls, including programme tracking, cost monitoring, risk and issue logs, change records, action plans and forecast updates.
• Prepare clear and timely project reports, briefings and updates for the Senior Project Manager and relevant stakeholders.
• Support procurement, tendering, contract administration, supplier coordination, change control and performance monitoring within agreed delegations.
• Identify risks, issues, dependencies and decisions early, agreeing mitigations and escalating matters that may affect safety, cost, programme, quality or delivery.
• Engage operational teams, safety, commercial, finance, regulators, contractors and other stakeholders to support timely decisions and effective delivery.
• Complete project handover, commissioning support, documentation, lessons learned and close-out activities to ensure projects are properly transferred into operation.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience delivering capital, infrastructure, estates or operational projects within agreed scope, cost, programme, risk and quality requirements.
• Ability to coordinate project delivery in live operational environments, helping minimise disruption to customers, assets, operations and service continuity.
• Good project management skills, including planning, progress tracking, risk and issue management, reporting, stakeholder coordination and handover.
• Practical understanding of budgets, procurement inputs, contract administration, change control and supplier performance management.
• Sound technical, commercial and asset management awareness, with focus on deliverability, whole-life value, maintainability and long-term asset performance.
• Understanding of project governance, reporting, assurance and stage gate controls, with the discipline to follow Jersey Water policies, processes and delegated authorities.
• A relevant project management qualification or working towards certification such as PRINCE2, APM or PMP, or equivalent project delivery experience.
• Experience with NEC contracts, CEMAR, Primavera P6 or similar contract and planning tools is desirable.

Benefits

• Pension – Membership of the defined contribution scheme. Jersey Water pays 5% up to 5 years’ service and then 10%, employees pay 5%. A matching scheme is available whereby Jersey Water matches additional voluntary contributions up to a maximum of 5%.
• Death in Service – 4 times salary
• Private health scheme – Non contributory