Project Coordinator

Yorkshire Water; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual incentive bonus £1,000 max

Pension up to 12%

Development opportunities

25 days annual leave + 2 wellness days

Life assurance 4x pensionable salary

Health/dental/critical illness options

Retail savings scheme

Wellbeing and gym discounts

Online GP service

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is seeking a Project Coordinator to join the Asset Delivery Team in Leeds. The role is permanent, 37 hours per week, with hybrid working (2 days in the office).

The package includes a competitive salary of £28,342 - £35,011, plus an annual incentive bonus up to £1,000, and a comprehensive benefits suite. Based in Leeds Valley Park, this role supports project administration, helps manage schemes, and coordinates meetings, reporting, and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience building internal and external relationships.
• Strong organisational and communication abilities.
• Proactive, independent and team player.
• Able to follow instructions and take initiative.
• Reporting, writing and presentation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as support and liaison for schemes, handling PO, payments and contract drafting.
• Provide support to Project Managers with project administration.
• Support day-to-day delivery of team, department and directorate objectives.
• Assist with Programme Delivery Business Plan and performance targets.
• Follow corporate governance processes for project delivery.
• Coordinate and manage booking of collaborative project meetings and minutes.
• Assist with analysing project reports and financial data.
• Support close out of projects following end-to-end process.
• Communicate effectively with Asset Integrity, Asset Planning and other functions.
• Ensure regulatory, health, safety and governance requirements are met.

Skills

Relationship building

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Proactive & independent

Instruction following & initiative

Reporting & presentation

MS Office proficiency

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Project Coordinator

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience, 5b, £28,342 - £35,011
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Project Coordinator progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus two extra wellness days!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:

Leeds Valley Park (LS10), hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)

Work type:

Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Coordinator to join the Asset Delivery Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it's so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Asset Delivery Team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The Asset Delivery Team is accountable for delivering the Capital Construction Programme. This is achieved by delivering intelligent solutions, through collaboration, for sustainable out-performance. The Department is also accountable for commercial and contractual arrangements across the supply chain and to deliver leading and world class contract management processes.

The purpose of the department is to achieve best value for money from our Capital Programme, by optimising our resources, monitoring and tracking the effectiveness and efficiency of our supply chain commercial arrangements, through;

• Reducing cycle time in the project delivery process;
• Maintain, or enhance service;
• Embracing a collaborative approach through our supply chain;
• Working in a safe environment;
• Delivering out-performance against targets identified in collaborative out-performance plans.

Where you fit in:

As a Project Coordinator you will:

• Act as support and liaison for all aspects of schemes, coordinating communications with regards to; purchase orders, payments, contract drafting, general customer enquiries (internal and external) and to provide an essential support function for the whole team.
• Provide support to Project Managers in provision of project administration
• Support the day-to-day delivery of team, department and directorate objectives.
• Supporting the delivery of the Programme Delivery Business Plan and our performance targets.
• Follow corporate governance processes and procedures for project delivery;
• Co-ordinate and manage the booking of collaborative project meetings, including the recording of actions and minutes.
• Supporting with analysing project reports and financial data
• Supporting with the close out of projects following the end-to-end process
• Develop good communication skills to enable excellent liaison with the wider business functions. Interacting with, Asset Integrity, Asset Planning,
• Asset Programme Management, Finance, Costing and Modelling, Service Delivery, Contract Partners, Programme Management Office,
• Commercial Services and the wider Programme Delivery team.
• Ensure regulatory and statutory obligations are met, including health, safety and wellbeing, driving performance and ensuring that we meet our corporate governance regulations, performing to time, cost and quality metrics.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of developing and maintaining effective internal and external relationships
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• To be proactive and work successfully independently and as part of a team
• Able to follow instructions and take initiative with the task in hand
• Reporting, writing and presentation skills
• Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point

You will also benefit from having:

• Knowledge of financial systems such as SAP
• Previous experience in a commercially orientated and / or regulated environment.
• Previous experience gained within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process or manufacturing industry sectors
• Analytical and Reporting skills

Do we sound like your cup of tea?

Accessibility

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

What's in it for you?

Career enhancement and development, colleague well-being and a genuinely positive work experience for all are key priorities. We are continuously evolving and improving our ways of working and you will support us in achieving our vision of 'taking responsibility for the water environment for good'.

Kelda Group provides water and sewerage services to domestic and business customers across the UK, managing the following subsidiary companies: -

Yorkshire Water, is the main subsidiary company providing water and sewerage services to 4.7 million people and 130,000 businesses in the Yorkshire region. Its activities are regulated by the Water Services Regulation Authority, Ofwat Loop Customer Management Ltd specialises in delivering customer service support to Yorkshire Water that includes billing, debt recovery and incident management. Employing more than 600 people, Loop have built up an impressive list of industry awards and achievements since being created in 2000 and is currently listed in the Sunday Times Top 100 list as being one of the best companies to work for.

Kelda Water Services (KWS) manages Kelda's non-regulated water and waste water contract operations. It is now the second biggest player in the UK market for outsourced clean and waste water services.

Kelda Water Services Retail offer quality, integrity and partnership but it is never just about the technologies behind our solutions in water. It is about the structure, delivery and even the financing of those solutions, and about giving our customers a level of convenience they never knew was possible.

KeyLand Developments Limited (KeyLand Developments) is responsible for managing, developing and disposing of the group's surplus property assets, either on its own or in partnership with outside organisations.

Kelda Group values equality, diversity and inclusion we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union membership.