Strategic Projects Lead — Water & Infrastructure

Anglian Water Group; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal private health care

Generous pension

Virtual GP service

26 days annual leave

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Family friendly policies

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Venture Holdings seeks an experienced project professional to shape early-stage concepts and deliver feasible, costed projects aligned with AVH’s growth strategy. You will coordinate cross-functional input, develop business cases, and ensure a smooth transition into detailed design or implementation.

You will work with the Strategic Growth Programme Lead to prioritise, plan, and deliver projects on time and within budget, while maintaining safety and wellbeing as a core priority.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in project management and delivery in regulated or commercial environments.
• Familiar with project governance, stage-gates, risk registers and reporting.
• Professional project management qualification or equivalent.
• Operational water/waste water experience.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic objectives into engineering requirements, constraints and technical solutions.
• Manage the project development lifecycle, delivering outputs on time and budget with safety in mind.
• Develop and own the project programme, coordinating stakeholders and communicating changes.
• Input into risk and opportunity registers and implement mitigation strategies as required.
• Produce monthly progress reports and present to Strategy and Development team.

Skills

Project management

Systems engineering

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Education

PM qualification or equivalent

Job description

Anglian Venture Holdings seeks an experienced project professional to shape early-stage concepts and deliver feasible, costed projects aligned with AVH’s growth strategy. You will coordinate cross-functional input, develop business cases, and ensure a smooth transition into detailed design or implementation.

You will work with the Strategic Growth Programme Lead to prioritise, plan, and deliver projects on time and within budget, while maintaining safety and wellbeing as a core priority.