DPC Senior Project Manager 

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water: 

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience, 3b, £60,000 – £75,000
• A company car lease/allowance scheme (£210 per month/ £2,520) 
• Annual incentive-related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary) 
• Private health care
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution) 
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary 
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day! 
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.  
• Retail savings scheme  
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Bradford, hybrid working (1-2 office days / week)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a DPC Senior Project Manager to join the Commercial & Financial, DPC team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity. 

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Major Projects DPC schemes are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.  

Yorkshire Water (YW) are seeking a senior Project Manager to lead the development of an exciting and challenging programme of major Strategic Resource Options (SROs) to enhance the long-term resilience and sustainability of water supplies in the YW area. The total value of these four major projects is in excess of £2.5Bn. Reporting to the DPC Programme Manager, the senior project will play a pivotal role in driving forward one of these high value, high profile SRO or resilience schemes, coordinating activities and resources across the project, providing strategic advice to project managers and their project teams while reporting progress to senior management.

Where you fit in:

As our DPC Senior Project Manager you will;

• Identify and coordinate key dependencies across the one of the four DPC projects for the various workstreams – including technical design, environmental assessments, planning consent, commercial/procurement and stakeholder management activities
• Lead one or two of the four DPC Projects activities: Managing the preparation of documentation for regulatory submissions including RAPID gateway submissions and Ofwat DPC stages. Where necessary, coordinate inputs on the SRO project into Price Review, WRMP and other regulatory submissions. 
• Establish and manage an appropriate governance and assurance process for effective decision making and approvals, where necessary aligning with existing YW processes. 
• Where a applicable to your specific DPC project represent YW in the development of joint SRO projects with partner water companies. 
• Manage risks, issues and opportunities across the project escalating key risks through the governance process. 
• Facilitate regular project meetings to track progress and escalate decisions, including monthly meetings with the OFWAT.
• Organise monthly Checkpoint meetings with RAPID and coordinate the preparation and submission of quarterly project dashboards to RAPID ahead of Quarterly Liaison Meetings (QLMs).
• Manage finances and resources across your specific project ensuring high quality project development work is carried out efficiently and on time.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager or project lead ideally through the development phase of major infrastructure projects 
• Thorough understanding of project/programme management techniques and methods.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office; working knowledge of programme/project management software (MS Project etc.) is an advantage.
• Outstanding management and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Excellent Stakeholder management skills in a complex, fast paced environment

You will also benefit from having:

• Leadership and people management of large teams. 
• The Senior Project Manager will ideally, but not essential, have previous experience of Ofwat interactions and an understanding of the technical features of water resources projects.
• With a working understanding of SRO’s, WRMP’s and the regulatory environment.
• Successfully delivered programmes of work to high standards of health and safety, achieving critical business targets.
• A recognised qualification in project/programme management such as Prince 2 or APM is desirable but not essential.  
• Ideally, you will have experience of working with others to drive innovation to deliver project efficiencies and cost savings for the business. 

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy! 

Do we sound like your cup of tea?   

If you’ve got a breadth of experience in project management and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.   

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.
 

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

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