Project Manager

Affinity Water; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 48,600 - 59,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £54,000

Annual leave from 26-30 days

Double match pension scheme

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Volunteering days

Job summary

Affinity Water is seeking a Project Manager to oversee major mains renewals and strategic network reinforcement projects in Hatfield. You will manage the entire project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while engaging stakeholders effectively.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in delivering large utility projects, strong knowledge of NEC contracts, and exceptional leadership skills. This role offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits, including a generous pension scheme and ample leave options.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering large infrastructure or utility projects.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts, risk, change, and programme management.
• Experience in water infrastructure projects, including large mains and diversions.

Responsibilities

• Drive a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Manage complex infrastructure projects end-to-end, delivering on time and on budget.
• Lead NEC4 contract management and maintain accurate project documentation.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

NEC contract management

Leadership

Health and safety compliance

Organizational skills

Education

PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent

IOSH, SMSTS or NEBOSH certification

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Join our Capital Delivery team to lead major mains renewals and strategic network reinforcement projects. Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you’ll manage the full project lifecycle—from planning through delivery—while ensuring exceptional safety, quality, and stakeholder engagement.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Manage complex infrastructure projects end‑to‑end, delivering on time, on budget, and to specification.
• Develop project plans, schedules, budgets, and progress reports.
• Act as the key contact for internal teams, contractors, developer‑customers, and Highways authorities.
• Lead NEC4 contract management, including EWN, risk registers, CE meetings, programmes, and payments.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and complete lessons‑learned reviews.
• Ensure compliance with Water Quality guidelines and Water UK service standards (D-MeX).
• Resolve escalated queries and support a high‑performance team culture.
• There will be an element of business travel in this role where you will be entitled to claim business milege expenses

What you’ll need

• Proven experience delivering large infrastructure or utility projects.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts, risk, change, and programme management.
• Excellent stakeholder, communication, and leadership skills.
• Strong grasp of H&S and environmental regulations.
• Proficiency with project management tools and strong organisational skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent.
• IOSH, SMSTS or NEBOSH certification.
• Experience in water infrastructure projects, including large mains and diversions.
• Knowledge of network constraints and RAMS

Benefits

• Salary up to £54,000 dependant on skills and experience
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Diversity

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.