Capital Project Manager

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water; Newport; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance £5,000 per annum

Standby rota payments

34 days annual leave (pro rata)

Job summary

Dŵr Cymru Cyf is seeking a Project Manager to deliver a portfolio of projects in the South East Hub area, based in Newport. The role focuses on end-to-end delivery, governance compliance, and multidisciplinary collaboration across engineering, operations and asset management functions.

With 5+ years in contractor management and NEC contract administration, you will drive planning, budgeting and stakeholder engagement, while participating in standby rotations to ensure service continuity and

Qualifications

• Ideally, a minimum of 5 years’ implementation of contractor management in line with CDM regulations, with leadership across complex delivery environments.
• Ideally, a minimum of 5 years’ knowledge and implementation of NEC and other contract administration.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary engineering, operations and asset management functions across complex projects with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of projects spanning a range of value and complexity (typically <£10M) with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Coordinate end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring compliance with governance, statutory, regulatory and financial outputs.
• Support best-in-class Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Environmental stewardship across projects and promote a proactive safety culture.
• Collaborate with Commercial teams for accurate forecasting, budget discipline and value-for-money across projects.
• Foster relationships with regulators, partners and internal teams to resolve delivery-impacting issues.
• Meet standby obligations and manage out-of-hours availability to safeguard service continuity.

Skills

Contractor management

Safety leadership

Commercial oversight

Performance management

Project management

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder management

Communication

Regulatory understanding

Education

HND/foundation degree

Job description

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City: Newport

Address: Newport, Wales, GB, NP10 8FZ

Job Requisition Number 9387

Work Type Permanent

Job Function Project Management

Salary Range £52,793.00-£62,032.00

+ £5,000 car allowance per annum

Base

Closing Date

South East Hub

23:59 on 15/11/2026

What you’ll be responsible for

Support the delivery of projects spanning a range of value and complexity (typically <£10M), involving multidisciplinary teams and internal and external stakeholders. Contribute to delivery outcomes across the project lifecycle within defined governance frameworks.

Focus on effective coordination and execution of project being accountable for the end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring completion in line with all statutory, regulatory, and financial outputs of the business plan.

Key Responsibilities

• Support a best-in-class approach to Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Environmental stewardship across projects, ensuring compliance with the latest CDM Regulations and promoting a proactive, safe working culture for colleagues, partners and the public.
• Support delivery across projects, contributing to effective planning, coordination, and delivery across multidisciplinary teams, aligning projects with wider business and asset strategies.
• Fulfil the role of NEC Project Manager, ensuring contractual processes are followed, whilst ensuring high-quality contract administration, and driving timely execution of all contractual obligations ensuring collaboration, trust, risk management and programme acceptance.
• Work closely with Commercial teams to ensure accurate forecasting, disciplined budget management, and optimisation of value for money across projects, with full accountability for financial performance.
• Support the supply chain in a fair and collaborative, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including regulators, partners, and senior internal teams to resolve complex issues that may impact delivery.
• Meet all standby obligations for the role, ensuring appropriate out‑of‑hours availability and management during emergency situations to safeguard service continuity.

Good to know

• The successful candidate will be required to participate in a standby rota, earning additional payments.
• Car allowance of £5,000 per annum is also offered.

Qualifications

• HND/foundation degree in related discipline (or equivalent experience)

Experience

• Ideally, a minimum of 5 years’ implementation of contractor management in line with all Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations, with demonstrated leadership across complex delivery environments.
• Ideally, a minimum of 5 years’ knowledge, experience and implementation of NEC and other contract administration.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary engineering, operations and asset management functions across complex projects with competing priorities.

Knowledge & Skills

• Good knowledge of the UK water industry, including regulatory drivers, asset standards, and capital delivery processes.
• Strong contractor management, safety leadership, commercial oversight and performance management skills.
• Project management capabilities, including planning, controlling, and delivering capital projects across multidisciplinary teams against tight regulatory timelines
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills across technical, operational and commercial teams

Good to know

• The successful candidate will be required to participate in a standby rota, earning additional payments.
• Car allowance of £5,000 per annum is also offered.

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car‑leasing scheme and free on‑site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found on our website!

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

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