Balfour Beatty plc
Project Manager
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About The Role
Project Manager – Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)
Location: Peterborough (Hybrid Working Available)
Balfour Beatty plays a key role as part of the {(6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn} @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO. Together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
As we progress through AMP8 – our most ambitious asset management period to date – we’re delivering nature-based and sustainable infrastructure, from wetlands to urban drainage schemes, setting new benchmarks for environmental performance.
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of projects across the Anglian Water region. Managing projects from initial scope through to construction, handover, and completion, you'll ensure schemes are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
Working closely with engineering, commercial, planning, and operational teams, you'll drive project performance, manage risks and opportunities, and create a collaborative environment that enables teams to deliver outstanding results.
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
- Manage projects throughout the full lifecycle, from receipt of need through to handover and warranty management.
- Lead and develop high-performing, multidisciplinary project teams.
- Ensure all projects are delivered safely and in compliance with CDM regulations, Alliance governance, and delivery processes.
- Translate programme objectives into successful project outcomes.
- Work closely with Commercial and Planning teams to manage project costs, resources, forecasts, and risks.
- Oversee project solutions to ensure they are safe, commercially viable, and fit for purpose.
- Monitor project performance and ensure key milestones and deliverables are achieved.
- Build strong relationships with internal teams, alliance partners, and stakeholders to drive collaboration and successful delivery.
- Champion a Zero Harm culture and promote the highest standards of health, safety, and wellbeing.
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Who we're looking for
We're Looking For Someone With
- Experience delivering infrastructure or water sector projects.
- Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, CDM regulations, and project delivery best practice.
- IOSH qualification and ideally an APMP qualification.
- Experience managing multiple projects and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
- Knowledge of NEC contracts, ideally NEC Option C.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Proven ability to manage risks, solve problems, and make effective decisions.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with day-to-day project delivery.
- A collaborative leadership style with a focus on developing and empowering others.
If you're an experienced Project Manager looking to make a real impact and help shape the future of water infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.
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Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting, and meaningful projects; developing, building, and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family-friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and much more…
About Us
Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects, and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions, and add social value to the communities within which we work.
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Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture, we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long-term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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