Programme Manager

Anglian Water; Thorpe CP; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Double-matched pension

26 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Bonus scheme up to 15%

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking a Programme Manager to lead multiple capital and water recycling projects within the East Anglia region. The role focuses on profitability, delivery against time and cost targets, and governance reporting.

You will manage risks, coordinate cross-functional teams and maintain strong stakeholder relationships. The role requires a degree in engineering or surveying, extensive construction and programme-management experience, and a track record of improving safety and

Qualifications

• Multi-disciplinary construction experience.
• Proven track record in programme management and delivering projects on time, cost and quality.
• Experience managing client relationships and contracts across complex infrasctructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee multiple project executions, ensuring profitability, efficiency and compliance with targets.
• Report to governance groups on programme performance, costs, benefits and delivery timelines.
• Identify risks, mitigation measures and opportunities; coordinate workstreams and stakeholders.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary experience

Operations management

Stakeholder management

Programme management

Commercial awareness

Regulatory understanding

Planning experience

Continuous improvement

People management

Education

Engineering or Quantity Surveying degree

Job description

Programme Manager

Location: Within the East Anglia area to including: Lincoln, Peterborough, Huntingdon,

Northampton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk and Colchester/ Hybrid

Contract: Permanent/Full time

Salary: circa £80,000 dependent on experience and skills plus business need car allowance

At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring.

Who are we?

Here within Anglian Water, we collaborate with a number of alliance partners to provide the best water and water recycling services across the region by maintaining our existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard future water supplies.

Playing a key part in our drive to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop are our Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) Alliance. Comprising of Anglian Water, MGroup, Barhale and Kier, the IOS Alliance work together to concentrate on solutions across the water recycling and clean water asset base.

What will you be doing as our Programme Manager?

We are looking for a number of Programme Managers to work within teams focussed on capital maintenance, S101A and water recycling across the East Anglia area.

You’ll be responsible for leading and overseeing multiple project executions, ensuring profitability, efficiency, and compliance with corporate targets ensuring delivered to time, cost and quality measures. The role requires a strategic approach to project management, financial control, and resource allocation while maintaining strong relationships with Client stakeholders , supply chain, subcontractors, Internal functions and 3rd Party stakeholders.

You will be the lead in reporting into governance groups for ensuring that all programmes of work/efficiency targets are measured accordingly against targets in terms of cost, benefit, performance, efficiencies, delivery and timescales. This includes the project management expertise to be able to assess multiple opportunities, identify dependencies and generate appropriate programme of work.

This will lead on key initiatives, including programme managing and assuring the delivery of programmes of work and will be accountable for identifying risks to the programme outputs. Resolving conflicts and issues where necessary, to ensure that the appropriate mitigation measures are recommended and implemented.

You will report on the progress and communicate to stakeholders the specific business initiatives and investments that have been identified. You will identify future opportunities, prepare business cases, develop project groups/workstreams and track performance to ensure the overarching strategy and vision for the programme is realised.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours

• Engineering, Quantity Surveyor or similar Degree qualification

• Multi-disciplined construction experience

• Ideally extensive operations management experience across a broad spectrum of building disciplines with proven commercial, contractual and human resource management skills

• Proven track record of improved client relationships through successful project delivery

• Achievement of improved safety performance and industrial relations management

• Engaging and retaining high quality staff to achieve high performance levels.

• Proven history in effective programme management

• Ability to influence a range of stakeholders including external groups

• Broad understanding of the regulatory and operating environment

• Proven short-, medium- and long-term planning experience across wide areas of the business

• Drives continuous improvement of process and service

Why Anglian Water?

At Anglian Water, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure their hard work is recognised and rewarded. Some of our benefits include:

• Personal private health care

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)

• Double-matched pension (maximum 7% employee/14% employer contribution)

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length ofservice and the ability to buy more

• Excellent family friendly policies such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay

• Bonus scheme – up to 15%

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeingand lifestyle.

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 20 September 2026

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