Project Delivery Manager

We're looking for a Project Delivery Manager to join Anglian Water's Central Services team, leading the safe, efficient and commercially effective delivery of engineering projects across our water recycling operations. 

Central Services provides specialist maintenance, statutory compliance, engineering, facilities and logistics support across Anglian Water. This role will focus on the delivery of the Excess Flow and Smart Catchment programmes comprising RIF funded projects and Smart Catchment schemes with delivery targeted by December 2027. Your work will help reduce operational risk, improve asset performance and ensure investment delivers the right outcomes for customers and the environment. 

You'll lead multidisciplinary teams through project promotion, prioritisation, solution development and delivery, balancing safety, technical quality, regulatory obligations, operational requirements and commercial performance. Working with Central Services, Water Recycling, Commercial and Assurance, PMO, Internal Audit and the wider supply chain, you'll create clear plans, strong governance and collaborative relationships that enable projects to succeed first time. 

• →Lead the delivery and performance of allocated Central Services projects 

• →Provide visible health, safety and wellbeing leadership, ensuring project activity complies with company requirements and Construction Design and Management Regulations 

• →Lead proactive design and delivery, ensuring solutions meet technical specifications, industry standards, process-safety expectations and regulatory obligations 

• →Establish robust project plans, budgets, milestones, controls and monitoring arrangements to support safe and timely delivery 

• →Take accountability for project performance, balancing risk reduction, Outcome Delivery Incentives, customer outcomes and commercial value 

• →Manage the total expenditure lifecycle from promotion and prioritisation through solution development, implementation and completion 

• →Participate in governance forums and provide clear, decision-ready reporting on progress, risk, cost, quality and delivery confidence 

• →Identify and manage project risks, cost variances and emerging issues, implementing proportionate corrective action and escalating early where required 

• →Lead change control and support effective management of NEC contracts and commercial frameworks 

• →Build strong relationships with operational teams, commercial colleagues, Internal Audit, advisers, contractors and supply-chain partners 

• →Act as the primary project contact, aligning stakeholder expectations and communicating progress, challenges and milestones transparently 

• →Lead supplier and third-party negotiations to maintain alignment with project objectives and delivery requirements 

• →Embed right-first-time quality, assurance, audit and lessons-learned practices to reduce rework and improve future performance 

• →Champion collaboration, efficiency and continuous improvement across project teams and delivery partners 

• Degree-level qualification, or equivalent relevant experience, in engineering, project or programme delivery or a related discipline 

• APM PMQ or equivalent project management qualification 

• Health and safety management qualification to at least IOSH level, supported by a strong safety leadership record 

• Strong knowledge of health and safety requirements and Construction Design and Management Regulations 

• Broad technical knowledge of water recycling processes, including sludge treatment 

• Understanding of process-safety principles and the water recycling regulatory environment 

• Proven experience delivering complex engineering or capital projects safely, on time and within budget 

• Experience managing total expenditure, financial forecasts, risk and commercial performance 

• Knowledge of NEC Option A, C and E contracts and experience working within commercial frameworks 

• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, communication and reporting skills 

• Ability to challenge constructively, balance competing customer, technical and commercial demands, and make sound decisions 

• Strategic, organised and performance-driven approach, with a strong commitment to quality and collaboration 

• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body, such as IET, IMechE, Institute of Water or CIWEM, or actively working towards chartership 

• Experience delivering recommissioning, maintenance or risk-reduction projects within an operational water recycling environment 

• Experience working with internal assurance, audit or formal gated governance processes 

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