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Affinity Water; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A water utility company is seeking a River Restoration - Project Manager to oversee environmental construction projects. You will work with stakeholders and manage contracts to ensure projects meet safety and environmental regulations. This role offers a salary of £45,000 - £55,000, hybrid working options, and various employee benefits including an entry into the annual bonus scheme and comprehensive family support policies.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

26-30 days of annual leave

Life Assurance

Double match pension scheme

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Experience of working with NEC family of contracts.
• Experience of working with supply chain partners.

Responsibilities

• Create project designs that meet stakeholder needs.
• Write and manage contracts supervising supply chain partners.
• Act as a primary point of contact with stakeholders.
• Deliver projects to agreed timescales with efficiency.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Ability to build strong relationships

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Project management experience

Experience with NEC contracts

Experience with supply chain partners

Experience with Asite software

Job description

Overview

As a River Restoration - Project Manager you will be working with a variety of stakeholders and our supply chain partners to design and build environmental construction projects on our chalk streams. This work is part of Affinity Water's commitments under the Water Industry National Environment Program (WINEP).

Responsibilities

• Work with our supply chain to create project designs that meet stakeholder needs and ensure that designs comply with the necessary environmental permits.
• Write and manage contracts, whilst overseeing our supply chain partners to deliver designs and construction of projects, ensuring all applicable safety, construction and environmental regulations are met.
• Act as a primary point of contact with framework suppliers and manage communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure relevant project management information is provided and is readily accessible.
• Maintain a focus on delivering projects to agreed timescales with high levels of cost efficiency and quality.
• May be required to deliver projects across all three Affinity Water regions including regular travel to remote sites. Occasional evening or weekend attendance at stakeholder events may be required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; Ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external regulators; Proficient in Microsoft Office; Experience with Asite software is desirable; 5+ years of project management experience; Experience of working with NEC family of contracts (writing and reviewing); Experience of working with supply chain partners and managing wider stakeholders (e.g. landowners, Local Authorities, the Environment Agency).

Benefits and terms

• Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 (salary dependent on skills and experience)
• Hours: 08:30–17:00 (Mon–Thu); 08:30–16:30 (Friday)
• Hybrid working: Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme
• Annual leave from 26-30 days rising with length of service, with option to purchase up to 5 extra days
• Celebration Day in addition to public holidays for religious or other occasions
• Double match pension scheme (company contribution up to 12%)
• Family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy
• Access to Wellbeing Centre for physical and mental health support
• Discounts through Tap4Perks scheme
• Up to 4 Affinity days per year to volunteer in the community
• Life Assurance

Disability Confident: Affinity Water is a Disability Confident employer. We are committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. If we have a very high volume of applicants and cannot offer interviews to all, we will take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through. If adjustments are needed during the recruitment process, contact the Talent Acquisition lead. For more information about working with us, please refer to our career site for details.