Senior Programme Manager - Peterborough/Hybrid

Balfour Beatty; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in infrastructure development seeks a Senior Programme Manager to oversee Water Recycling projects. The role involves managing significant budgets, ensuring project delivery, and promoting sustainability while leading a multi-disciplinary team. Join @one Alliance to contribute to innovative infrastructure solutions.

Benefits

Smart working with flexibility and remote options

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave and recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing programme with £70-90m budgets.
• Experience in large infrastructure environments and Tier 1 contracting.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery from project inception through design to handover.
• Manage commercial and financial performance, including budgets.
• Implement SHEA strategy and ensure compliance with policies.

Skills

Programme management

Commercial awareness

Sustainability

Leadership

Stakeholder influencing

Job description

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About the role

Senior Programme Manager - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough/Hybrid

@one Alliance a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme.

As we prepare for AMP8, our most ambitious period yet, we'll be delivering an even broader range of innovative and environmentally-driven infrastructure projects - from urban drainage to nature-based solutions like constructed wetlands.

To ensure 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 Recycling projects across 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.

What you'll be doing

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.

Who we're looking for

What We're Looking For

You'll bring:

• 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.

Apply now to lead the next chapter of environmental change as our new Senior Programme Manager.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]