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We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the delivery of critical water infrastructure projects, ensuring timely, budget-conscious, and compliant execution. This role involves overseeing a portfolio of water supply initiatives, collaborating with engineering teams, contractors, and regulators to align projects with strategic objectives and industry standards. Flexibility and adaptability are key, as specific tasks will evolve to meet changing business and operational priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibility for delivering a programme of capital infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects, for example production asset upgrades and refurbishments and mains renewals and growth, to the quality and standards required. Contribute to a professionally developing community of project delivery and technical expertise in capital delivery to increase organisational maturity, competence, and capability as a centre of technical excellence for capital programme delivery. Rigorously challenge proposals to ensure capital programme delivery solutions maximise value whilst achieving business outcomes. Lead the full lifecycle of water infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects, including planning, design, construction, commissioning, and handover, ensuring they meet quality, safety, and sustainability standards. Provide regular project status updates to senior management and stakeholders, detailing project progress, risks, and key performance metrics. Develop, manage, and track programme and project budgets, schedules, and financial forecasts. Ensure all projects are delivered within approved financial and time constraints. Engage and collaborate with internal teams (engineering, procurement, environmental, legal) and external stakeholders (contractors, suppliers, local authorities, and regulators) to ensure project objectives are clearly defined and met. Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects. Ensure that contingency plans are in place to address unforeseen challenges and project delays. Oversee procurement processes and manage contracts with third-party vendors and contractors, ensuring that all terms and deliverables are met. Improve control, delivery and ongoing visibility of all legislative compliance related works. Application of construction design management regulations where necessary. Ensure all work carried out is processed and stored in the relevant Company system in accordance with current GDPR guidance. Operate in accordance with industry best practice. Ensure Company and delivery partner activity aligns to the relevant quality standards, satisfying the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring everyone goes home better. Skills, Qualifications & Competencies
Experience of leading the delivery of capital programmes within infrastructure, non-infrastructure, utilities, power, or transportation sectors. Expert understanding of capital delivery processes and infrastructure planning. Proven experience of developing and implementing capital delivery programme governance and gateway processes. Commercial approach to meeting future business investment needs. Leading a team to meet programme/project management objectives and targets with a diverse range of stakeholders. Experience of presenting complex and technical information to all levels of an organisation to obtain essential stakeholder buy-in. Experience of proactively managing and mitigating risk. Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities to navigate complex challenges effectively. Programme/project management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2 and/or Association for Project Management). Proven experience of financial forecasting, budget formulation, cost control, and reporting. An engineering or other relevant degree and chartered membership of a relevant professional institution such as the APM or equivalent experience. Extensive knowledge of APM standards and principles. We recognise people want to work in a variety of different ways, this means we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you may want. We support equality, diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all sections of society. The Company has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work and live in the UK. Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to respond to unsuccessful candidates. If your application is of interest to us, we will normally contact you within 4 weeks of receiving your application.
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Responsibility for delivering a programme of capital infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects, for example production asset upgrades and refurbishments and mains renewals and growth, to the quality and standards required. Contribute to a professionally developing community of project delivery and technical expertise in capital delivery to increase organisational maturity, competence, and capability as a centre of technical excellence for capital programme delivery. Rigorously challenge proposals to ensure capital programme delivery solutions maximise value whilst achieving business outcomes. Lead the full lifecycle of water infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects, including planning, design, construction, commissioning, and handover, ensuring they meet quality, safety, and sustainability standards. Provide regular project status updates to senior management and stakeholders, detailing project progress, risks, and key performance metrics. Develop, manage, and track programme and project budgets, schedules, and financial forecasts. Ensure all projects are delivered within approved financial and time constraints. Engage and collaborate with internal teams (engineering, procurement, environmental, legal) and external stakeholders (contractors, suppliers, local authorities, and regulators) to ensure project objectives are clearly defined and met. Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with infrastructure or non-infrastructure projects. Ensure that contingency plans are in place to address unforeseen challenges and project delays. Oversee procurement processes and manage contracts with third-party vendors and contractors, ensuring that all terms and deliverables are met. Improve control, delivery and ongoing visibility of all legislative compliance related works. Application of construction design management regulations where necessary. Ensure all work carried out is processed and stored in the relevant Company system in accordance with current GDPR guidance. Operate in accordance with industry best practice. Ensure Company and delivery partner activity aligns to the relevant quality standards, satisfying the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring everyone goes home better. Skills, Qualifications & Competencies
Experience of leading the delivery of capital programmes within infrastructure, non-infrastructure, utilities, power, or transportation sectors. Expert understanding of capital delivery processes and infrastructure planning. Proven experience of developing and implementing capital delivery programme governance and gateway processes. Commercial approach to meeting future business investment needs. Leading a team to meet programme/project management objectives and targets with a diverse range of stakeholders. Experience of presenting complex and technical information to all levels of an organisation to obtain essential stakeholder buy-in. Experience of proactively managing and mitigating risk. Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities to navigate complex challenges effectively. Programme/project management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2 and/or Association for Project Management). Proven experience of financial forecasting, budget formulation, cost control, and reporting. An engineering or other relevant degree and chartered membership of a relevant professional institution such as the APM or equivalent experience. Extensive knowledge of APM standards and principles. We recognise people want to work in a variety of different ways, this means we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you may want. We support equality, diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all sections of society. The Company has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work and live in the UK. Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to respond to unsuccessful candidates. If your application is of interest to us, we will normally contact you within 4 weeks of receiving your application.
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