Project Manager (Water)

Sweco; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks

Competitive pension contribution

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme

Payment of two relevant professional

Job summary

Sweco UK is seeking a Project Manager to lead engineering and commercial teams on the AMP8 programme, delivering on time, safely and to high quality while meeting regulatory expectations.

You will translate strategy into actionable outcomes, manage multiple projects, and drive collaboration across the @one Alliance and industry partners; hybrid working is supported.

Qualifications

• Extensive water industry experience; strong knowledge of health & safety, drinking water standards, and CDM.
• IOSH qualification with experience in a commercial NEC Option C framework.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a performance-driven environment.
• APM PMQ qualification (or equivalent) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing high-performing teams of engineers and commercial staff, fostering an innovative and collaborative culture.
• Ensuring CDM compliance, conducting audits and peer reviews to embed a zero-harm approach.
• Translating programme strategy into actionable outcomes, ensuring teams are aligned and resourced correctly.
• Managing projects from inception to handover, resolving operational challenges and post-handover warranty issues.
• Overseeing cost and resource forecasts, mitigating risks and escalating key issues where required.
• Ensuring solutions are safe, commercially viable, and fit for purpose, while delivering value-driven outcomes.
• Maintaining project milestones, ensuring key deliverables such as Project Rehearsal and Fit for Assembly are achieved.
• Driving collaboration and knowledge sharing across the @one Alliance and industry partners.

Skills

Water industry experience

IOSH qualification

NEC Option C

Multi-project management

Stakeholder management

APM PMQ (desirable)

Job description

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, which will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce.

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we are planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future. Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. We bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable. We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future. To support our workforce with agility for a healthy work/life balance, we require office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

Role Overview

As a Project Manager you’ll oversee project teams to ensure solutions are delivered on time, safely and to the highest quality standards while meeting commercial and regulatory expectations. You’ll drive efficiency, compliance, and collaboration to help us outperform against ambitious AMP8 targets.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Leading and developing high-performing teams of engineers and commercial staff, fostering an innovative and collaborative culture.
• Ensuring CDM compliance, conducting audits and peer reviews to embed a zero-harm approach.
• Translating programme strategy into actionable outcomes, ensuring teams are aligned and resourced correctly.
• Managing projects from inception to handover, resolving operational challenges and post-handover warranty issues.
• Overseeing cost and resource forecasts, mitigating risks and escalating key issues where required.
• Ensuring solutions are safe, commercially viable, and fit for purpose, while delivering value-driven outcomes.
• Maintaining project milestones, ensuring key deliverables such as Project Rehearsal and Fit for Assembly are achieved.
• Driving collaboration and knowledge sharing across the @one Alliance and industry partners.

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive experience in the water industry, with strong knowledge of health & safety, drinking water standards, and CDM regulations.
• IOSH qualification and experience working within a commercial framework, including NEC Option C contracts.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects in a performance-driven environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence decision-making.
• Ability to work strategically and delegate effectively, empowering teams to deliver results.
• APM PMQ qualified (or equivalent) is desirable.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We plant a tree for all new starters!

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture that respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer which reflects our commitment to fair pay and support for all colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If I have a disability, can I get help (e.g. “reasonable adjustments”) with the application process? If you’re an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, please contact [e-mail] for assistance. In order to address your request the following information is needed: name, the best method for contacting you (phone or email), the position title, requisition/vacancy number. Upon receipt of this information, we’ll respond to you promptly to obtain more information about your request.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.