Senior Project Manager

Yorkshire Water; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water services provider is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee the AMP8 capital program. This role involves leading a team to deliver essential infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. The position requires excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills. The role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements, with an office base in Bradford and a move to Leeds Valley Park in 2026. If you're passionate about project management and the environment, apply today!

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Company car allowance

25 days leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex construction projects in operational environments.
• Excellent people management skills, with coaching ability.
• Strong commercial understanding and budget management experience.
• Ability to communicate complex information effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team to deliver project programs.
• Develop and coach team members to achieve business outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders on project strategy.
• Drive project program to meet AMP8 delivery model expectations.
• Manage health and safety across project work.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Negotiation

Team Management

Education

Prince 2 or APM qualification (desirable)

Tools

NEC contracts

Construction Management

Job description

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience, (3b), £52,855 - £73,855
• A company car lease/allowance scheme (£2,520 cash allowance)
• Annual incentive-related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - plus an extra wellness day!
• A great benefits package - choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:

Buttershaw, Bradford. Hybrid working - 2 days a week in the office. As part of the role, you will be required to travel to different Yorkshire Water locations, therefore a full valid UK driving licence is essential for the role with no more than 6 points. This role will initially be based in Bradford but we’re moving our office to Leeds Valley Park in summer 2026, so you’ll be based there in the future

Work type:

Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join the Capital Delivery Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Capital Delivery Team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The focus for the role over the next year will be driving our below ground Infrastructure programme of work for our AMP8 (2025 – 2030) capital programme to ensure we deliver our 5‑year programme.

Where you fit in:

You will be accountable for delivering programmes of work as part of the new AMP8 delivery model and working with Yorkshire Water and external stakeholders across Water, Waste, and our new Alliance.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will:

• Lead and inspire a team to deliver a programme of work that supports the business strategy and outcomes across Water, Waste and the Alliance delivery streams.
• Develop and coach your team and provide strong leadership across your programme of work.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders within Yorkshire Water regarding the implementation of the AMP8 Strategy and AMP8 Programme of work.
• Carry out assurance of your programme against business regulatory drivers, health, safety and environmental performance and meeting the Yorkshire Water business plans.
• Work closely with the wider Senior Project Manager community to share best practice and delivery new and exciting business improvements.
• Feed into the overall AMP8 strategy and workstreams, delivering key objectives within critical timescales.
• Drive innovative thinking into the process and providing constructive challenge.
• Produce key documents needed for sign‑off by leadership teams.
• Work as part of the integrated team in the new Alliance delivery stream.
• Manage programmes of work across the Yorkshire Water end to end process to delivery our AMP8 business commitments.
• Undertake health and safety leadership visits across your programme of work.
• Work closely with our delivery partners to delivery success outcomes across our capital programme.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• You will be a focused and driven individual who revels in a challenging environment and has a passion for excellence and a can‑do attitude.
• You will have had previous experience of leading a team in delivering complex construction projects in a live operational environment or delivering procurement models.
• Great people management skills and be a coach and mentor to your team colleagues, assisting in peer reviews of projects not under your control to support the overall programme needs.
• You will demonstrate professionalism and excellent performance and will be an accomplished communicator, negotiator, and presenter.
• You must have the ability to work within a partnering environment; form and maintain excellent internal and external working relationships and be able to facilitate, mediate and resolve project issues.
• You will have a proven track record of project management and planning and financial / budget management. You will have experience of leadership and managing multi‑disciplinary teams through the project life cycle, and experience of managing large workloads of multiple projects concurrently.
• You will have considerable knowledge of the construction processes from civils works through to mechanical, electrical and ICA equipment and the logic and technical constraints around each of these areas.
• A strong commercial understanding of NEC conditions of contract, as well as programme monitoring and expenditure forecasting skills to ensure robust financial and commercial management. You will have a proven record of budget management and financial performance and understand contract and commercial management.
• You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills; including the ability to present and communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences.
• You must be able to articulate and have proven ability to engage with customers internally and externally, developing and maintaining strong positive business relationships to understand their needs and recognise opportunities.
• You will have a wide level of experience in negotiations and conflict management in a project environment.

You will also benefit from having:

• Leadership and people management of large teams.
• NEC4 commercial contract.
• Alliance working.
• Successfully delivered programmes of work to high standards of health and safety, achieving critical business targets.
• Held senior client or construction contractor roles.
• A recognised qualification in project/programme management such as Prince 2 or APM is desirable but not essential.
• Ideally, you will have experience of working with others to drive innovation to deliver project efficiencies and cost savings for the business.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

Do we sound like your cup of tea?

If you’ve got experience in Senior Project Management and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre‑employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third‑Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.