Advance TRS
Programme Manager
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Programme Manager – Water Infrastructure
Location: Poole - Hybrid (2–3 days per week)
Rate: Up to £500 per day
Advance TRS are a leading UK water company to recruit an experienced Programme Manager to lead the delivery of a portfolio of major capital infrastructure projects, including significant upgrades to a flagship water recycling facility in Poole.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proven programme leader with experience delivering complex infrastructure schemes within the UK water sector or a similar regulated environment.
The Role
As Programme Manager, you'll take ownership of a portfolio of engineering and infrastructure projects, ensuring successful delivery from initial planning through to construction, commissioning, and handover.
Working closely with senior stakeholders, you'll be responsible for programme planning, governance, resource management, and the successful delivery of multiple concurrent projects to agreed scope, budget, and timescales.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the successful delivery of a portfolio of capital infrastructure projects.
- Work closely with senior programme leadership to manage customers, contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain programme roadmaps aligned to business priorities.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
- Provide line management, mentoring, and leadership to a team of Project Managers throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Drive effective programme governance, reporting, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Support the delivery of engineering projects through optioneering, design, construction, and commissioning while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and industry standards.
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Experience:
- Proven experience delivering programmes within the UK water industry or another regulated infrastructure sector.
- A background in engineering or a technical discipline (degree qualified preferred but not essential).
- Strong leadership experience managing Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders.
- The ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
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