Location: Reading (Hybrid - 1 day a week on-site) Duration: Long-Term Freelance Rate: Competitive Daily Rate (Strictly Inside IR35) We are currently recruiting for a Project Planner with specialist water industry experience to join a tier-one engineering leader. In this role, you will oversee and drive the planning functions across a diverse portfolio of major water infrastructure and environmental schemes throughout the Thames Water region. This position offers excellent hybrid flexibility, requiring you to be based out of the Reading office just one day per week. The Role Working within a fast-paced and collaborative environment, you will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and managing robust project schedules from pre-construction through to delivery. Your day-to-day will involve: Baseline Scheduling: Developing and updating fully resourced, logically linked project programmes (using Primavera P6) in line with project specifications and milestones....

Astute's Power team are looking to recruit an Electrical Instrumentation and Control Site Supervisor on a 12-month contract for a project in West Midlands from June 2026. Key skills Take ownership of EIC site activities across electrical, instrumentation, and control systems Act as the key on-site interface between contractors, site management, and engineering teams Support installation, testing, and commissioning to meet programme milestones Drive safe, efficient execution aligned to project timelines and quality standards Provide practical, on-the-ground leadership to ensure work is delivered right first time Lead and enforce HSEQ standards, ensuring all works are carried out in line with approved RAMS Coordinate subcontractors and vendors to maintain progress and resolve issues quickly Manage defects, punch lists, and completion activities through to close-out Support testing, commissioning, and fault-finding across EIC systems Raise and manage site changes,...

MEICA Lead / Project Manager (Slough) Rate: 450 - 500 per day (LTD) Start: ASAP Duration: Minimum 2027 Finish Project Overview We are seeking a MEICA Lead at Project Manager level to oversee the planning, delivery, and commissioning of multiple water design and infrastructure upgrade projects. This is a long-term contract running until at least 2027, requiring a professional who can fully manage the MEICA lifecycle across a portfolio of local schemes. You will be responsible for coordinating designers, site teams, and subcontractors, ensuring all interfaces, outages, and risk factors are managed within budget and programme constraints. Key Responsibilities Project Leadership: Lead, manage, and develop the MEICA and commissioning strategies across the project portfolio from design through to completion. Technical Compliance: Review subcontract Technical Specifications and Appendices against water industry specifications, British Standards, and WIMES....

Job Title: Project Manager - New Product Development NPD Project Manager - Engineering / Manufacturing Hours Monday Friday Early Finish Friday (4 days on site, 1 day WFH) 6-12 month rolling contract Fantastic opportunity for a motivated Engineering Project Manager with experience of managing the New Product Development Projects (NPD / NPI) to support a number of concurrent projects of varying sizes and complexity as part of a team of bright, highly motivated multi-disciplined engineers. The company produces a range of products across multiple industry sectors offering technical diversity and interest. It s an exciting period of development within the business and as a result the company have significant projects and need a talented Project Manager to enable them to realise and deliver these projects and ensure key budget, milestone and performance targets are met. As Project Manager you will have responsibility for working with multi-disciplined teams across...