Project Delivery Specialist

TheCoalAuthority; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental organization in Cardiff is looking for an experienced Project Manager to support the Wales Metal Mines Programme. This role involves delivering projects that focus on the remediation of polluted mining sites. Candidates should have substantial project management experience, especially in environmental contexts. The position requires engaging various stakeholders, managing project risks, and contributing to significant environmental improvements. A competitive salary and excellent benefits package are offered, including flexible work options.

Benefits

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Parental leave policy

Professional development support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health checks and well-being support

Qualifications

• Experience in project delivery or management in environmental contexts.
• Comfortable working with diverse groups of stakeholders and partners.
• Ability to identify, manage, and mitigate project risks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects focused on remediation of metal mine pollution.
• Support the Programme team with project management expertise.
• Collaborate with technical delivery teams and external contractors.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant project management qualification

Job description

About You

Are you an experienced delivery focused Project Manager, interested in putting your expertise into practice to benefit the 'watery' environment in Wales and the UK?

Are you also someone who likes getting out and about in our glorious countryside, visiting legacy mining sites in some of the most beautiful parts of Wales and maybe other parts of the UK if you're lucky?

To top it off, would you be interested in gaining loads of new technical knowledge, about specialist metalliferous plant species, the industrial heritage left by metal mining across Wales and new and emerging mine water treatment technologies?

If so, read on….

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About The Role

There are 1,300 abandoned metal mines in Wales, polluting more than 700km of river reaches. Remediating these legacy mines and mitigating the long term impact they have requires a substantial programme of works, which is why Welsh Government are supporting Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Mining Remediation Authority in the delivery of a sustainable multi-million pound national programme, to:

• reduce the pollution of land and rivers from metal mines in Wales
• mitigate the hazards and risks from metal mines
• protect and improve the condition and resilience of ecosystems
• promote and enhance health and well-being
• celebrate and promote the heritage and amenity of Welsh metal mines
• support local communities and stakeholders

The Programme is responsible for the development and delivery of pollution mitigation and environmental improvement projects, across the portfolio of abandoned metal mine sites in Wales. This is a collaborative role that brings together a range of stakeholders and partners focused on delivery of change that will improve the lives and environment in former metal mining communities in Wales.

The Programme includes a variety of remedial interventions including surface water and spoil heap management, and both passive and active mine water treatment schemes, often trialling and implementing novel and emerging technologies.

You can see more about what we do here:

The Coal Authority: Overview | LinkedIn

Wales Metal Mines Programme : The Mining Remediation Authority

Natural Resources Wales / Metal mine water pollution

That is why we are currently looking for an experienced delivery focused Project Manager to join our Wales Metal Mines Programme team, playing an important role in supporting our vision and delivering our growing programme of metal mines remediation projects across Wales.

You’ll get involved in a range of projects that are seeking to clean up pollution from our legacy mine sites, benefiting future generations to come. The work is as interesting as it is complex and complicated, with loads of challenges and problems to solve, but at the end there is a huge sense of achievement when we get to build the assets that protect our rivers and streams from pollution.

• To do this, you’ll be working with and supporting Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers to deliver projects, using your experience in project management and asset delivery to help them identify, manage and mitigate risks and make sure that they have the tools that they need to enable the smooth delivery of remedial assets.
• You’ll have to work closely with our expert technical delivery support teams in the Mining Remediation Authority, such as our Engineering, Environmental Management and Stakeholder teams, as well as our Programme partners NRW and also external supply chain, with multiple consultants and contractors being used across the Programme. So you’ll need to be comfortable engaging and working with many different groups of stakeholders.
• You’ll also be a key part of the Programme Delivery team, working with the Programme Lead and Principal Programme Manager, highlighting project and programme risks and opportunities and inputting into and influencing Programme delivery strategies and direction.

We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.

Role location

Wales

Schedule

Application closing date: 1st February 2026

Sifting date: w/c 2nd February 2026

Interviews: w/c 9th February 2026 (If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware, and we will look at alternative dates)

Security: Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

About Mining Remediation Authority

Our benefits

• A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
• Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
• Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
• Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
• Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
• Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
• Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
• Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
• Unlock exclusive employee discounts
• Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
• Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

Working with us: We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview. With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Who we are

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas. We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution. We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net‑zero emissions by 2050. We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we actively promote equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria and identify as disabled or from a minority ethnic background, this aligns with our values. We recruit based on your skills, experience and potential not your ethnicity, background, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. To help ensure fairness, we anonymise applications by asking you to remove personally identifiable information before they are reviewed by hiring managers. This helps us reduce unconscious bias and focus solely on what matters, your ability to succeed in the role. If you’re successful in joining us, it’s because we believe in your ability to make a meaningful contribution. By continuing to improve the diversity of our organisation, we strengthen our collective knowledge, creativity, innovation and living our values of being trusted, inclusive, and progressive every day.

If you require reasonable adjustments or an alternative format to apply, please contact us at [e-mail] or call us on 01623 637000. We are happy to support you through the process.