Senior Programme Manager

Sweco; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Company car

Annual bonus

Professional subscriptions

25 days holiday

Cycle to Work

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Sweco is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to lead water project portfolios within the @one Alliance. You will oversee end-to-end delivery from inception to handover, ensure strong governance, and drive a culture that motivates teams to achieve ambitious targets.

The role requires collaboration with alliance partners and the client to deliver sustainable outcomes. You will manage complex programmes (£70-90m/year) with a focus on governance, financial performance, and benefits tracking, while

Qualifications

• Proven track record in programme management within large infrastructure environments.
• Experience managing large programmes of work totalling £70-90m a year.
• Strong commercial awareness, leadership experience and stakeholder influence.
• Passion for driving sustainable, measurable change.
• Tier 1 contracting experience.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to develop compelling business cases and track delivery of benefits.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery from inception through design, construction and handover of assets.
• Drive a culture of capability, accountability and sustainable delivery.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Anglian Water, alliance partners and supply chain.
• Manage and govern the Infrastructure Management team to be digitally enabled and sector-leading.

Skills

Programme management

Infrastructure projects

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

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, this 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. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we’re 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. At Sweco, 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 ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

So we can outperform against the Anglian Water business plan, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Programme Manager to join us and lead on our Water projects across designated areas of the region, responsible for the delivery of a capital investment programme.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Programme Manager?

You’ll be accountable for all aspects of delivery from project inception through design and construction to commissioning and handover of the finished asset.

Furthermore, you’ll have a strong people‑centric approach ensuring the right culture and behaviours are implemented and people feel motivated to achieve and develop their careers within our dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of SHEA to lead and manage an industry-leading SHEA strategy, implementation and performance for the business.
• To implement and comply with the @one alliance’s SHEA policy and procedures and all legal requirements therein including correct competence training for staff to deliver site work.
• Ensure successful delivery of each project and portfolio whilst delivering compliance to all performance criteria.
• Manage the commercial and financial performance of the business unit including annual budgets, forecasts and financial controls.
• Drive the team to significantly outperform Anglian Water targets on carbon and take a leading role in sustainability improvements linked to climate change and six capitals in the business.
• Outline and implement the business and delivery plans for the business in conjunction with the overarching @one alliance business plan and strategy.
• Develop, implement and maintain exceptional relationships across Anglian Water, the alliance partners and the supply chain to create transparency and trust.
• Develop, lead and manage the Infrastructure Management team to become digitally enabled, innovative and sector leading; having the customer in mind in all that we do.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven track record in programme management within large infrastructure environments
• Experience of managing large programmes of work, c£70-90m a year,
• Strong commercial awareness, leadership experience, and stakeholder influencing skills
• Passion for driving sustainable, measurable change
• Tier 1 contracting experience
• Experience leading multi‑disciplinary teams across multiple workstreams
• Ability to develop compelling business cases and track delivery of benefits

Desirable

• Experience with recycled water or water‑sector assets
• Change leadership experience across digital, people or systems programmes
• Familiarity with regulated utilities and capital investment cycles

Ready to Shape the Future of Water?

Join a team where collaboration, innovation, and sustainability sit at the heart of everything we do. Be part of something extraordinary with the @one Alliance.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance (including family cover)
• Company car or car allowance
• 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!

@OneAlliance vision

A Collaborative Alliance, Driving Change. Empowering Us To Set Global Benchmarks And Building a Better Environment For Our Customers. We Strive To

Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Embrace digital transformation; Deliver brilliance.

@OneAlliance Values

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we:

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which 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.

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