Senior Programme Manager

Severn Trent Plc; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Severn Trent Plc is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to lead its Capital Delivery team in Birmingham. The role involves managing large scale infrastructure projects and developing high-performing teams, ensuring operational success while making a positive impact on the community. Candidates should possess excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, coupled with a drive for continuous improvement.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Annual bonus scheme up to £2,250

Leading pension scheme

Sharesave program

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Two volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Proven track record in leading large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Experience managing stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to innovate and anticipate challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated team to deliver portfolios within Severn Trent's Capital Investment Programme.
• Provide robust leadership for design, procurement, and construction of multiple projects.
• Nurture the development of team members and ensure project delivery on time and budget.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Continuous Improvement

Project Delivery

Job description

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What do you get if you cross an award winning, innovative, water company and over 300 dedicated team members? Our Capital Delivery team of course!

Our ambitious and innovative projects (all 5000+ of them) help to combat the challenges of waste and water infrastructure, flooding and water quality. Be a part of something bringing benefits to our communities, health outcomes and environment.

It could be the biggest challenge of your career. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Based at Coventry/Tamworth, the Senior Programme Manager will lead an integrated team to deliver portfolios and programmes of work within Severn Trent’s Capital Investment Programme. You will lead a team of Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, working with key stakeholders to deliver assigned projects to time and budget, continuously challenging and innovating to improve performance and drive continuous improvement. You will provide robust leadership to enable design, procurement and construction of multiple projects as well as nurturing the development of your team and their success.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

You will have a proven track record of successfully leading the delivery of large, complex and multi-disciplinary projects, with extensive experience of managing a disparate set of stakeholders at all levels to deliver on programme objectives. You will have experience of leading programme teams of internal and external resource to deliver high risk, high complexity and high value projects, and you will have extensive experience of working closely with a supply chain to deliver. You will have a proven track record in developing high performing teams and a strong background in delivering financial and operational success.

You will be a dynamic and collaborative individual with excellent communication and influencing skills. You will have a strong ability to build successful working relationships with internal and external stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds, and hold a relentless drive for continuous improvement, with the ability to innovate and anticipate unexpected issues and challenges as they arise.

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?

We do more, because we care.

What’s In It For You

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live. Here’s some of our favourites:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 additional days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 depending on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year
  
  

What’s Next

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