Senior Project Manager

Avove Utilities; North East; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company car / car allowance

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Family friendly policies

Lifestyle benefit options

Financial wellbeing programme

Employee assistance program for health

Volunteering days and matched charity

Job summary

Avove Utilities is seeking a Senior Project Manager for our North East Operations Team on a full-time, hybrid basis. A full valid driving licence is a prerequisite, and NEC-3/NEC4 ECC accreditation is highly valued.

You will oversee delivery performance, collaborate across design partners, engage with authorities and landowners, and lead a safety-conscious, budget-aware project portfolio. Join a company committed to development, inclusion, and delivering essential utilities infrastructure across

Qualifications

• HNC or higher in engineering is required.
• NEC-3/NEC4 ECC accreditation is preferred.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with stakeholder management experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and review delivery and financial performance, taking corrective actions and updating commercial/finance teams through cost reconciliations.
• Collaborate with design colleagues and framework partners to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Liaise with stakeholders including local authorities, land-owners, private asset owners and customers to ensure successful project delivery.
• Champion safety and ensure compliance through collaborative audits and checks.
• Guide and support delivery across the programme, ensuring alignment with affordability goals.
• Inspire and mentor a diverse team to deliver projects safely, on time and within budget.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Coaching/Mentoring

Education

HNC Qualification (or higher) in Engineering

Institute of Civil Engineering Membership

NEC-3/NEC4 ECC Project Managers Accreditation

Job description

Working here isn’t just a job. You can advance your career at Avove, and we’ll reward you with a range of benefits that recognise great work. We provide full training and continuous development to help you reach your potential. We strive to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves. Join us and take the next step towards a fulfilling career.

About The Role…

We’re a key partner in the Northumbrian Water Group Living Water Enterprise (LWE) helping deliver a £3.6 billion investment programme. As we embark on this exciting 12-year design and build framework, we are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Operations Team.

This is a full-time permanent role, based in the North-East and working on a hybrid basis.

Please note: a full valid driving licence is a pre-requisite for this role.

What Will Your Day Look Like…

• Monitoring and reviewing all delivery and financial performance, and taking corrective actions to address abnormalities, including updating commercial and finance teams through management and ownership of cost recons
• Collaborating with our design colleagues and framework technical partners to formulate high quality outcomes
• Liaising with individual stakeholders involved with various projects including local authorities, private land-owners, third party asset owners and customers to ensure the successful delivery of projects
• Championing safety and ensuring compliance through collaborative support audits
• Guiding and supporting the delivery of a programme of projects, ensuring alignment with affordability goals
• Inspiring and mentoring a diverse team of professionals to deliver projects safely, on time and within budget

About You…

You'll bring empathy, recognisable leadership, and interpersonal skills that help create a positive and collaborative team environment. You will hold a HNC Qualification or above (preferably in an engineering discipline) and will preferably be a member of the Institute of Civil Engineering. You will have NEC-3/NEC4 ECC Project Managers Accreditation. You’re a natural communicator with strong coaching and communication skills, both written and verbal, and a passion for supporting others. You'll have a good understanding of operational activities and trade skill along with a financial awareness and ability to work to budgets. You will maintain a working knowledge of disciplinary and capability procedures and finally, demonstrate experience of a similar role in a construction environment. We believe that when we care about what we do and support each other, we achieve more together.

What’s In It For You…

We offer a rewarding salary that is tailored to your skills and experience. But that’s not all! We celebrate hard work and give recognition to our colleagues. In addition to this, we understand that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company car/car allowance
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Family friendly policies
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
• We’re passionate about giving back – offering volunteering days and matched charity contribution to support the causes that matter most to you.

About Us…

We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.

We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks and Scottish Water

We are an equal opportunities employer.....

We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.