Capital Senior Project Manager

What you’ll be responsible for

As Capital Senior Project Manager you will:

1. Provide leadership and direction to the delivery team to ensure that the department’s projects are delivered safely on time and to budget.  
2. Fulfil the role of Project Manager as defined under NEC.
3. To provide Project Management expertise for engineered solutions and provide support to operational colleagues and strategic partners as and when needed.
4. Ensure all projects comply with the latest CDM Regulations.
5. Produce regular monthly reports on progress.
6. Leading, motivating, and supporting both internal Welsh Water colleagues and the wider Capital supply chain to ensure programmes are delivered in line with Business Plans to deliver exceptional outcomes. 
7. Provide Leadership and management of a programme of projects including line management to Project Managers on the Capital programme.
8. Be accountable for delivery of projects to ensure completion within the statutory, regulatory and financial outputs of the business plan, demonstrating value for money investment on all projects by ensuring all commercial and procurement processes are adhered to by all contractors, and to interface with the operations and asset strategy teams to ensure that the business meets its objectives and targets and improves its asset investment management systems, processes and competencies to achieve a successful outcome at the next price review.

9. Ensure the business is able to meet its requirement for project delivery in line with CDM requirements, to an agreed timeline and within approved budgetary requirements which will enable delivery of the investment programme.

10. Assess project needs, define scope, optioneering, input to design activities, cost and contract administration, procure services, manage project construction & delivery and commission the projects for a defined programme of work.  In order to fulfil these requirements, there will be a need to work closely with operational and design colleagues in order to ensure business requirements are met.

11. Identify and implement best practice project delivery from across the water sector, and from other sectors of the construction industry.

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Operations
• Assets
• Finance
• Estates
• Streetworks
• Procurement
• Health & Safety and Commercial
• Director / Senior Management

External

• Supply Chain
• Customers
• Private Land Owners
• Regulators NRW/OFWAT/DWI/CCW
• Local Authorities
• Other leading companies within the utility sector

About you

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Professional qualification or education to degree level or equivalent with extensive knowledge and experience of the water industry.
• Project Management qualification (APM or similar).
• NEBOSH Certificate in Construction Health & Safety (or equivalent).
• Extensive experience of project management, leading a Project team in the delivery of high-volume capital solutions. Substantial knowledge, experience and understanding of NEC and other contract administration.
• Experience and understanding of Health and Safety Legislation including CDM Regulations.
• A wide range of project delivery ability and people-management skills are required, combined with strong commercial awareness in the planning, design and construction of projects.
• The ability to lead multi-disciplined delivery teams to deliver major programmes of work and appropriate levels of service. 
• The ability to work to tight regulatory and project deadlines.

Good to know

Base location: Ty Awen (Newport) / Clydach / Hybrid Office (flexible)

Standby: you will participate on a stand-by rota to support business needs out of hours.

Shortlisting will be completed by the end of June 2025.

Interviews to take place face-to-face in July 2025.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: Lee.O'Brien@dwrcymru.com and enter the Job Requisition Number in the subject title line.

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

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.

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

•             Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
•             Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
•             Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•             Free Mortgage Brokering Services 
•             Enhanced family friendly policies
•             Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•             Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
•             Cycle to work scheme
•             Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•             Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
•             Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
•             An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
•             Many more can be found here!  
 

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.