Capital Project Manager - Environment

What you’ll be responsible for

Capital Project Manager – Environment

Summary

We are looking for an experienced environmental professional to join our Capital Delivery Enabling Services team.

You'll bring knowledge and experience across a range of environmental disciplines, including environmental permitting, working with regulatory authorities and biodiversity enhancement initiatives. You'll be able to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes within regulatory and project timescales.

Key Responsibilities

1. Providing line management responsibilities, including performance management, training & development and coaching of direct reports in accordance with all HR policies, including people engagement.
2. Ensuring the business is able to meet its requirement for project delivery in line with the latest regulations, to an agreed timeline and within approved target cost which will enable delivery of the Welsh Water investment programme.
3. Assessing project needs, defining scope, identifying solutions, inputting into design activities, collating project target costs, procuring services, managing biodiversity project delivery and commissioning projects for a defined programme of work.
4. Effectively monitoring and tracking delivery and being able to take appropriate action in the event of programme slippage in relation to ecology, environment and biodiversity matters.
5. Ensuring implementation of Welsh Water contract, supply chain and commercial systems to ensure consistency.
6. Complying with Welsh Water Health and Safety requirements, ensuring all projects comply with the latest CDM Regulations and helping to identify good and best practice construction techniques, and bad practice where applicable under the 'near miss' reporting procedure.
7. Where appropriate, implementing sustainable and innovative project solutions, working towards efficiency targets and reduction in Welsh Water's carbon footprint.
8. Being accountable for supporting the delivery of special projects involving above-ground, below-ground or both asset types, within a defined area.
9. Ensuring investment needs are effectively scoped and optimal solutions are identified, inputting into design and managing procurement processes, whilst also supporting the management of the construction, delivery and commissioning of assets.
10. Working collaboratively with operational and design teams, Alliance partners, suppliers and Welsh Water to fully understand asset performance concerns.
11. Providing project management expertise for engineered solutions and support to operational colleagues and Alliance partners as and when needed.
12. Ensuring Welsh Water's interests are protected at all times and that risks to the business are minimised by ensuring project risks are identified, understood, valued and correctly allocated, and managing the early warning and risk reduction process.
13. Leading project peer reviews to ensure Welsh Water's interests are represented during solution selection and that any business risks are understood.
14. Assisting with the resolution of issues between third parties and Welsh Water.
15. Ensuring that all project handover documentation and procedures are complete before the issue of Final Certificates, managing the post-project appraisal process, and undertaking appropriate root cause analysis upon scheme completion to ensure a continuous improvement process is applied.

About you

The following are essential requirements for this role:

Qualifications

• Professional qualification educated to Degree level, or equivalent relevant qualification and experience.

Experience

• Extensive experience of managing ecology, environmental and biodiversity matters, acting as a technical expert as part of a large team or similar environment in the delivery of high-value capital solutions.
• Experience and understanding of ecology, environmental and biodiversity processes and procedures, and Health and Safety legislation, including CDM Regulations.

Knowledge & Skills

• Committed to putting our customers first every day.
• Detailed knowledge of ecology, environmental and biodiversity matters within the water industry.
• Strong decision-making skills, with an awareness of wider business issues and corporate policies, and the ability to deliver cost-effective solutions within target timescales.
• High-level analytical skills to support effective scoping, optioneering and delivery of solutions to operational challenges.
• Excellent communication and collaborative working skills.
• Ability to work effectively to challenging regulatory and project deadlines.

Good to know

Please submit both your CV and a supporting cover letter outlining your relevant experience and explaining why you are interested in this opportunity. Applications submitted without both documents may not be considered.

Proposed interview dates: week commencing: 17th August 2026 and 24th August 2026.

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: Nicola.Parnell@dwrcymru.com and enter the job ID in the subject title line.

Benefits

Who we are

Do you have a passion for leading successful projects?  Can you provide leadership and guidance to a team to achieve goals?  In this role you will:
- lead a team of project coordinators 
- assess project needs, define scope
- manage project construction and deliver and commission projects 
- comply with health and safety requirements to ensure all projects comply with CDM regulations 
- fulfil the role of Project Manager as defined in NEC
- work collaboratively with internal customers, Alliance partners and suppliers 
- liaise with cost managers on spend profile 
- produce monthly reports on progress