Project Manager

Yorkshire Water; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car or Cash Allowance

Annual incentive bonus

Pension scheme

Wellness days

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is hiring a Project Manager to join the Land & Property team in Leeds on a hybrid basis. You will manage a diverse portfolio of construction, estate, and environmental projects from concept to completion, ensuring safety, timely delivery, and value for money.

You will forecast budgets, report progress, and maintain governance while liaising with internal and external stakeholders, consultants, and contractors to deliver high-quality outcomes for the region’s water and wastewater

Qualifications

• Experience managing construction-related projects from start to finish.
• Confident working across a variety of site environments and engaging with contractors and stakeholders.
• Strong financial management and reporting skills, including experience with SAP, PMS, or similar systems.
• Knowledge of procurement processes and project governance.
• Proven ability to deliver projects against challenging budgets and timescales.
• Strong risk assessment, prioritisation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience developing project scopes and managing quotations and suppliers cost-effectively.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Hold a Full UK driving licence.
• The flexibility to travel and work across multiple sites throughout Yorkshire.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple Land & Property projects, driving successful delivery from concept through to completion.
• Take ownership of project forecasting, budgeting, and performance reporting, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility of expenditure, timelines, and progress.
• Deliver accurate and insightful project updates, securing proactive approvals and ensuring full compliance with Corporate Governance requirements.
• Develop and execute robust project plans, producing high-quality business cases, implementation strategies, risk assessments, and project reports.
• Identify and champion new opportunities for improvement and innovation through collaboration with partners, contractors, suppliers, and industry networks.
• Apply best-practice project management methodologies to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.
• Maintain effective project governance by ensuring all documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and appropriately managed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee project financials, validating and authorising payments and expenditure while working closely with Project Coordinators to ensure effective cost control.
• Build strong relationships with Land & Property Technical Leads and Sponsors across Rural, Residential, Conservation, Recreation, Operations, and Workplace Experience functions to support strategic planning and forecasting.
• Collaborate with service partners and contractors, acting as a key point of contact for project delivery, contractual discussions, and technical queries.
• Support Business Sponsors in developing project scopes, evaluating options, obtaining quotations, and identifying the most cost-effective delivery solutions.
• Manage contractor engagement and instruction, ensuring clear project requirements, CDM compliance, and effective performance monitoring throughout delivery.
• Represent the business at site meetings across Yorkshire, driving stakeholder engagement, monitoring project progress, and undertaking health and safety audits to ensure safe and compliant delivery.
• Lead stakeholder management activities, developing communication and engagement plans that build confidence, align expectations, and support successful project outcomes.
• Act as the primary liaison for stakeholders during site works, ensuring Health & Safety standards are upheld and projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Communication

Full UK driving licence

Tools

SAP

PMS

Job description

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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 (£45,205 - £56,506).
• This role has been classified as a Business Need Users (BNU) and so you could be eligible for a Company Car or Cash Allowance (£3000 per annum) subject to company criteria.
• 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 Manager progression plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 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: This role is based at our offices Leeds Valley Park - Hybrid Working (Two office days a week – Leeds and you must have a willingness to travel to Yorkshire Water sites).

Work type: Permanent 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join the Land and Property 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.

As Yorkshires second largest landowner, YW manages, maintains and upgrades a significant estate, undertaking a wide variety of projects each year to ensure that Yorkshire remains a wonderful place to live and work for all. These projects range from building and structural works to woodland/habitat conservation, to upgrading our amazing public access spaces and many more.

As a Project Manager within the Land & Property team, you will manage the delivery of a diverse portfolio of building, estate, environmental and infrastructure projects across the Yorkshire Water estate. You will be responsible for managing projects from concept through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards. Working with internal and external stakeholders, consultants and contractors, you will play a key role in improving our assets and supporting our key strategies.

The projects you will manage may include building refurbishments, office and welfare facilities, estate infrastructure improvements, public access schemes, property development projects, environmental enhancements and land management initiatives. Projects will vary in complexity and may range from small improvement schemes through to multi-disciplinary capital projects requiring specialist design, planning and stakeholder management.

You will act as the client-side Project Manager and take ownership of multiple projects simultaneously. You will be responsible for developing project scopes, managing budgets, overseeing risks, coordinating consultant and contractor activities, reporting progress to senior stakeholders and ensuring compliance with governance requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Where you fit in!

As our Project Manager you will:

• Lead and manage multiple Land & Property projects, driving successful delivery from concept through to completion.
• Take ownership of project forecasting, budgeting, and performance reporting, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility of expenditure, timelines, and progress.
• Deliver accurate and insightful project updates, securing proactive approvals and ensuring full compliance with Corporate Governance requirements.
• Develop and execute robust project plans, producing high-quality business cases, implementation strategies, risk assessments, and project reports.
• Identify and champion new opportunities for improvement and innovation through collaboration with partners, contractors, suppliers, and industry networks.
• Apply best-practice project management methodologies to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.
• Maintain effective project governance by ensuring all documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and appropriately managed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee project financials, validating and authorising payments and expenditure while working closely with Project Coordinators to ensure effective cost control.
• Build strong relationships with Land & Property Technical Leads and Sponsors across Rural, Residential, Conservation, Recreation, Operations, and Workplace Experience functions to support strategic planning and forecasting.
• Collaborate with service partners and contractors, acting as a key point of contact for project delivery, contractual discussions, and technical queries.
• Support Business Sponsors in developing project scopes, evaluating options, obtaining quotations, and identifying the most cost-effective delivery solutions.
• Manage contractor engagement and instruction, ensuring clear project requirements, CDM compliance, and effective performance monitoring throughout delivery.
• Represent the business at site meetings across Yorkshire, driving stakeholder engagement, monitoring project progress, and undertaking health and safety audits to ensure safe and compliant delivery.
• Lead stakeholder management activities, developing communication and engagement plans that build confidence, align expectations, and support successful project outcomes.
• Act as the primary liaison for stakeholders during site works, ensuring Health & Safety standards are upheld and projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience managing construction-related projects from start to finish.
• Confident working across a variety of site environments and engaging with contractors and stakeholders.
• A Strong financial management and reporting skills, including experience with SAP, PMS, or similar systems.
• Knowledge of procurement processes and project governance.
• Proven ability to deliver projects against challenging budgets and timescales.
• Strong risk assessment, prioritisation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience developing project scopes and managing quotations and suppliers cost-effectively.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Hold a Full UK driving licence.
• The flexibility to travel and work across multiple sites throughout Yorkshire.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

Do we sound like your cup of tea?

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Additional requirements for the role: pre-employment checks that 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.

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.