Project Manager - Integrated Delivery Services

Project Manager - Integrated Delivery Services 

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered

Permanent

Salary up to £57,700 per annum (depending on experience) 

Location hybrid working with office locations at Pity Me, Durham and Washington 

About the role

Are you a Project Manager seeking a new opportunity? We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our Integrated Delivery Services team, working on short cycle projects across our water assets, ensuring they meet regulatory timelines, deliver business benefits, and provide customer value.

As Project Manager you will leading projects ranging from £500k to £20m, ensuring on-time delivery within budget, and to agreed quality expectations.

You will use your strong communication and influencing skills to engage with a range of stakeholders. In addition, you will collaborate with internal teams and suppliers, to achieve business outcomes and customer value.

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do as an organisation and you will be responsible for driving innovation in Project Management. You will drive efficiencies and continuous improvement through leveraging industry best practices.

You will manage project governance, benefits tracking, proactive risk management, and change controls in line with investment procedures.

About you

We’re looking for a pro-active Project Manager who can oversee projects from inception to completion and handover.  You should be organised, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams whilst building credibility with stakeholders at all levels.

We’re committed to ensuring “Everyone Home Safe Everyday” therefore awareness of health and safety would be beneficial. This means you will ensure safety, quality, and environmental outcomes through compliance with company standards, legislation, and Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations.

You will have experience, or a strong desire to develop in Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management, ideally in an Engineering, Construction, Utilities, Oil & Gas or critical infrastructure environment, with the ability to bring fresh perspectives and ways of working. 

You will have proven expertise, or the drive to develop in contract management, procurement, and application of appropriate engineering contracts.  This includes engineering contract management, and CDM regulations.

We’re committed to developing our colleagues and we’re seeking a commitment to achieving or holding an industry-recognised project management qualification.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWL are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come. We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This is a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date. 

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked. 

*Please note this role requires a driving licence*