Senior Project Manager

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

To enhance our ability to develop an optimal programme portfolio for delivery, we are looking for a talented, enthusiastic and experienced Senior Project Manger.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Project Manager?

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll lead and own a group of projects and develop delivery strategies before presenting and obtaining client approval through to handover. You’ll oversee the design, construction, commissioning and after care of all projects to agreed handover timeframes and standards in a fast paced, demanding yet highly rewarding environment.

All of this, whilst delivering first class customer service and always looking at creative ways of adopting new ways of working and technology to truly add value!

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and own the end-to-end processes of a group of projects ensuring alignment with a range of outcomes and objectives by adopting various approaches to achieve and maximise outperformance.

• Ensure that Health & Safety, Environment & Quality (SHEQ) is considered during the development and implementation of strategies, projects, standards and processes and never compromised at any stage.

• Create, develop and sustain a high performing team where you coach and train individuals to meet career aspirations and enhance team and organisational output and capabilities.

• Lead on proactive, engaging and transparent stakeholder management which champions collaboration and professional challenge to achieve desired outcomes for all parties.

• Establish a commercial strategy (including procurement) for the optimum delivery of a portfolio of work.

• Take an active leadership approach to balance an acceptable risk with an acceptable cost; implement timely and appropriate mitigation strategies where required.

• Ensure the team follow the appropriate Governance processes and procedures in order to appropriately establish, manage and control projects.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours….

To join the team in the highly involved and pivotal role, you’ll hold an APMP or equivalent (Practitioner level) qualification and have significant experience at Project Manager and Lead Project Manager level (equivalent to Senior PM/ Project Director) . Due to the nature of this role, you'll need experience on schemes between £100m and £175m in value.

Accustomed to and comfortable with managing teams and a range of demanding stakeholders, you’ll have experience of working in commercial Alliances and understand the importance of collaboration to achieve success.

Operating as an innovative, visible, and inspirational leader, you’ll relish the prospect of bringing together a fully collaborative and integrated team which can add value consistently. Able to demonstrate sound judgement and decision making, you’ll be comfortable in creating positive tension for the best of the business. Leading by example through accountability and ownership, you’ll want to drive enhanced performance in a safe and efficient fashion.

If you are ready to make the next step in your Project Management career and truly add value to an industry leading alliance, please apply today!

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer which reflects our commitment to fair pay and support for all colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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