Senior Project Manager

Mace; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a c. £50m p.a. programme of repair and maintenance, delivered by a contractor, across the full lifecycle from scope and mobilisation to handover.

You will drive safe, on-time delivery, manage contractor performance, and ensure value for money through robust governance, reporting and integration with client and operations teams. We offer flexible hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering capital programmes or large portfolios.
• Ability to lead contractor teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong commercial sense with contract management experience.

Responsibilities

• Supply chain and contractor leadership across delivery partners.
• Ensure effective integration between client operations and contractors.
• Deliver programme outcomes for safety, cost, schedule, and quality.
• Maintain governance, controls and reporting; intervene as needed.
• Lead the work programme, build capability and drive a safety-led culture.
• Manage risk and issues with appropriate mitigations.

Skills

Leadership

Contractor management

Programme delivery

Risk management

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

A senior project manager/project manager responsible for the management of a c. £50m p.a. programme of repair and maintenance work by a delivery contractor, through the full delivery lifecycle from scope definition, enabling and mobilisation, delivery and handover. Responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of work across the region to meet regulatory milestones, requiring an innovative and very proactive approach and the ability to resolve problems with pace and agility. Responsible also for the commercially effective delivery of works.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Supply chain and contractor leadership: Managing a contractor delivery team to drive consistent performance, standards, and behaviours across all delivery partners.
• Operational integration: Ensuring effective integration between Anglian Water operations team, construction contractor and supply chain.
• Programme delivery and performance: Responsible for programme delivery outcomes (safety, cost, schedule, quality), Ensure delivery aligns with AMP objectives, regulatory requirements and client expectations. Oversee performance and provide robust reporting, with intervention where required.
• Commercial and financial control: Responsible for financial performance across contractor delivery, ensure value for money, cost control and transparency across the supply chain. Liaison with commercial team to ensure robust and contemporary contract and commercial administration.
• Governance and assurance: Ensuring contractors operate to required standards, procedures and compliance obligations, provide oversight of risk, contingency and delivery assurance. Support the wider leadership with integration of this work into the wider maintenance portfolio, including governance, controls and operational interface management.
• Leadership and capability: Providing leadership of the work programme and team, ensuring capability, capacity and structure are in place to deliver. Drive a high-performance, safety-led culture.
• Risk and issue management: Managing risk and issues across the programme, ensuring appropriate mitigations and controls are in place.

You’ll Need To Have

• Deliver safe, compliant and predictable programme outcomes (cost, schedule, quality).
• Achieve visible improvements in contractor performance and consistency
• Drive programme certainty across delivery.
• Experience leading capital programmes/portfolios of work.
• Proven track record of working in contractor organisations or managing contractors.
• Experience of commercial and contract management.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.