Project Delivery Manager - Peterborough

Balfour Beatty; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Project Manager to lead transformative projects in the water sector. This role offers the chance to drive industry change, enhance infrastructure resilience, and foster career growth. You will manage multiple projects, ensuring compliance with safety regulations while optimizing team performance. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this company values your contributions to meaningful projects that support national economies. If you're ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Smart Working

25 Days Annual Leave

Family Friendly Policies

Pension Plan

Share Incentive Plan

Volunteering Leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the water/wastewater sector is essential.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety and CDM regulations required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle from scoping to delivery.
• Ensure compliance with CDM regulations and project benchmarks.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Health & Safety Regulations

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Budget Management

Education

IOSH Qualification

APMP Qualification

Tools

NEC Option C Contracts

Job description

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About the role

Project Manager (project Delivery Manager) - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

@one Alliance is a partnership of eight leading companies-Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO-delivering over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme. As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period, we are preparing to undertake our largest project yet. This is a unique opportunity to drive industry change, set global standards, and foster career growth.

We are seeking a Project Manager (PDM) to lead the successful execution of projects that mitigate operational risks and enhance infrastructure resilience. In this key leadership role, you will oversee a dedicated team responsible for developing solutions and ensuring seamless project delivery. You will be accountable for managing multiple projects simultaneously, navigating competing operational demands, and optimizing team performance while maintaining strong client relationships to drive mutually beneficial outcomes.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure CDM compliance across all projects through rigorous audits, reviews, and adherence to the TOTEX Delivery Process.
• Translate high-level programme strategy into tangible project outcomes, ensuring clarity of objectives for the team.
• Optimize team resources, drive performance, and proactively address any performance challenges.
• Foster collaborative partnerships with Anglian Water stakeholders and supply chain partners.
• Lead the full project lifecycle-from initial scoping to construction, handover, and post-delivery support.
• Maintain project alignment with agreed cost, time, and quality benchmarks, effectively mitigating risks and resolving emerging issues.
• Ensure key project milestones, such as Project Rehearsal and Fit for Assembly, are achieved successfully.

Who we're looking for

What We're Looking For:

• Proven technical experience in the water/wastewater sector.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety (H&S) and CDM regulations.
• IOSH qualification (or equivalent).
• APMP qualification or similar project management certification.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across multiple parties.
• Strong communication and reporting abilities (written and verbal).
• Experience operating within a commercial framework and managing budgets.
• Team leadership experience with a focus on performance and development.
• Familiarity with NEC Option C contracts.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of water infrastructure, drive industry-leading projects, and advance your career with @one Alliance.

If you are ready to make an impact, we would love to hear from you!

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]