Project Manager

Costain Group PLC

Project Manager leading engineering teams to deliver Cadent’s Mains Replacement Programme. Ensuring high safety standards, customer commitments, and effective stakeholder collaboration.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timePeterborough • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a group of engineering teams to develop and deliver the Mains Replacement Programme.
Ensure all works are delivered to the highest standards of safety, compliance, customer excellence and commercial control.
Maximise the customer experience service ensuring Cadent’s customer commitments are met.
Collaborate and coordinate with stakeholders ensuring the client and parent organisations’ reputation is maintained.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Previous gas supervisory experience is beneficial but not essential
Ability to lead a team, influence and drive performance
Site management experience
High standards of safety and customer behaviour, leading by example, promoting safety and customer culture
Working knowledge of relevant codes of practice, safety and statutory regulations
Experience in delivering works in a safe and compliant manner
Good communications skills required (written and verbal)
Experience in operations relevant to SCO procedures (beneficial but not essential)
Current UK driving licence
Analytical and problem solving skills
Competent Person for routine operations (SCO5)
Authorising Engineer for permit to work for excavations (SCO2)
Temporary Works Appointed Person (Temporary Work Supervisor – BS5975)
NRSWA Supervisor
SHEA Gas
Deep Excavation qualification
Working at Height appreciation
UMSTS / SMSTS

Benefits

Comp & perks

Previous gas supervisory experience is beneficial but not essential
Ability to lead a team, influence and drive performance
Site management experience
High standards of safety and customer behaviour, leading by example, promoting safety and customer culture
Working knowledge of relevant codes of practice, safety and statutory regulations
Experience in delivering works in a safe and compliant manner
Good communications skills required (written and verbal)
Experience in operations relevant to SCO procedures (beneficial but not essential)
Current UK driving licence
Analytical and problem solving skills

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Hard Skills & Tools

site managementsafety compliancecustomer serviceanalytical skillsproblem solvingSCO proceduresdeep excavationworking at heighttemporary works supervisionNRSWA supervision

Soft Skills

leadershipinfluenceperformance drivingcommunication skills

Certifications

Competent Person for routine operations (SCO5)Authorising Engineer for permit to work for excavations (SCO2)Temporary Works Appointed Person (Temporary Work Supervisor – BS5975)SHEA GasUMSTSSMSTS