Project Manager - SPA

JN Bentley; Norwich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits booklet attached

Job summary

JN Bentley, as part of the Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA), is delivering a multi-million pound project for Anglian Water. The Project Manager will lead a team to deliver safely, on time, and to budget, ensuring quality and environmental compliance across the full lifecycle.

The role requires experience in large-scale water infrastructure, multi-contractor leadership, and strong programme management, with excellent communication and reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• A degree in Civil/MEICA/Construction Management or a relevant subject.
• Experience leading large-scale water infrastructure or linear projects.
• Experience leading multi-contractor, multi-discipline teams.
• Experience delivering design and build, large construction projects.
• Ability to perform against a tight budget through effective programme development and risk management.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate Programme level strategy into actual outcomes and inform team of requirements.
• Ensure project team resources are fully utilised and meet metrics.
• Deliver enabling phase and delivery phase within cost, time and quality parameters; mitigate issues.
• Oversee full project lifecycle from enabling to handover and warranty management.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety standards.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

H&S awareness

Communication skills

Risk management

Programme development

Education

Civil/MEICA/Construction Management degree

Job description

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Project Manager to join the Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA).

The 330km Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) Project by Anglian Water is under construction and will be completed during AMP8. Beyond this we have a further 260km of water transfer pipelines and associated infrastructure to be delivered in AMP8.

What will you be doing as our new Project Manager?

The role of Project Manager is a true Alliance role – with a sole focus on the delivery of projects and programmes. You will manage a team who will be responsible for the project to be delivered safely, on-time, to budget and in-line with quality, environmental, customer requirements and complies with Governance and processes.

You will oversee an element of the multi-million pound SPA project and will be responsible for the project throughout its full life cycle, utilising the team to manage conflicting needs and demands, ensuring they are deployed and fully utilised making the most of their strengths and skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for translating Programme level strategy into actual outcomes and Team members are informed of requirements for project.
• Ensure the project team resources are fully utilised, and their performance and output is in line with company performance metrics, dealing with performance issues where they may arise.
• Responsible for the delivery of Enabling phase of the project and elements in delivery phase of project ensuring that these projects are kept 'on track' by own team to agreed cost, time and quality parameters and any arising issues mitigated appropriately.
• Responsible for full project lifecycle from Enabling, construction, project handover, formal sign off and managing any warranty issue that arise post-handover.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety (H&S), ensuring consistent H&S standards are maintained.

A Little Bit About Your Skills, Experience And Behaviours

This job might be for you if you have:

• A degree in in Civil / MEICA / Construction Management or relevant subject
• Experience in leading and delivering large-scale projects of work, including water infrastructure or large-scale linear projects
• Experience leading multi-contractor, multi-disciplined teams, unifying them into an industry leading delivery team.
• Experience of delivering design and build, large construction projects
• The ability to perform against a tight budget through effective programme development, risk and opportunity management
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.

Here at SPA we are looking for extraordinary people who want to help create a place where everyone can thrive and where people are excited to be part of the team. So, whatever your background and however you identify, please apply if you think this role was made for you.

JN Bentley Benefits can be found on the booklet attached