Programme Manager Storage Points

Anglian Water Services; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility provider is seeking a Programme Manager to oversee the Storage Point programme, ensure effective delivery, and build strong relationships with stakeholders. The successful candidate will have experience in programme management, a commercial mindset, and excellent stakeholder skills. This role offers flexible working arrangements, private health care, and a competitive salary between £50,000 and £58,000 per annum, alongside generous benefits such as annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Personal private health care

26 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Competitive pension scheme

Company car or car cash allowance

Flexible benefits

Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in programme or project management, ideally within a regulated or asset-intensive environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, confident in influencing and collaborating.
• A proactive approach to anticipate issues and drive momentum.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and monitor the Storage Point programme.
• Build strong relationships with Delivery Managers and planners.
• Maintain a programme-wide view to optimise sequencing and resources.

Skills

Programme or project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Commercial mindset

Solution-focused approach

Communication skills

Job description

Location: Flexible across the Anglian Water Region (with flexible/hybrid working) Salary: £50,000 - £58,000 per annum dependent on experience

Bringing focus, foresight and flow to storage delivery.

As Programme Manager, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the effective planning, control and delivery of a critical programme that underpins safe, resilient water supply for our customers.

Reporting to the Enablement Lead, you’ll provide clear oversight of progress, risk and cost, bringing structure and momentum to a complex delivery environment. This is a role with real scope, requiring commercial awareness, confident stakeholder engagement and the ability to translate insight into action.

You’ll work across multiple teams, balancing immediate delivery pressures with longer-term programme objectives, helping shape how the Storage Point programme is planned, challenged and delivered.

What you’ll be doing

Programme oversight and control

• Develop, manage and monitor the Storage Point programme, ensuring clear visibility of progress, risks, opportunities and financial impacts
• Own and actively manage the programme Risk & Opportunity Log, working with delivery and enabling teams to identify, track and mitigate risks
• Regularly interrogate and challenge project plans to ensure delivery remains realistic, aligned and on track

Stakeholder collaboration

• Build strong, trusted relationships with Storage Point Delivery Managers, planners and supporting teams
• Identify and address deviations in delivery, construction sequencing, timelines and cost at job and parcel level
• Provide clear, timely programme updates to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring impacts and dependencies are well understood

Efficient delivery coordination

• Maintain a programme-wide view to identify opportunities to bundle work, optimise sequencing and make best use of available resources
• Collaborate closely with Water Supply and operational teams to align the Storage Point programme with annual maintenance plans
• Promote efficient delivery approaches and proactive risk mitigation across all sites

Programme refinement, reporting and improvement

• Develop, monitor and refine the programme delivery profile to meet strategic, regulatory and local commitments
• Recommend remedial actions or re-profiling where required to maintain efficient and effective delivery
• Collate, analyse and present cost and schedule data in collaboration with performance teams
• Produce clear, professional reporting with meaningful lead and lag indicators to support informed decision-making
• Encourage constructive challenge to improve how the programme is planned and delivered

What we’re looking for

This role will suit someone who is comfortable operating with autonomy and accountability in a complex delivery environment.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience in programme or project management, ideally within a regulated or asset-intensive environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge and collaborate at all levels
• A commercial mindset, with experience managing cost, risk and programme performance
• A proactive, solution-focused approach, able to anticipate issues and drive momentum
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear insight
• Experience within water, utilities or infrastructure delivery is advantageous, along with familiarity with programme controls, planning tools and risk-based delivery

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• Flexible working – Includes a mixture of home, site and Anglian Water Office
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Company car or car cash allowance up to £450pcm
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Bonus scheme

Inclusion is for Everyone

Closing date: 11th February 2026

Interview dates: week commencing 23rd February 2026