Project Manager - Peterborough/Hybrid

About the role

Project Manager - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough / Hybrid (2-3 days office based)

Balfour Beatty play 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. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water's capital investment programme.

Entering AMP 8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we're taking on nature-based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We're setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.

To support this ambition, we are seeking a driven and motivated Project Delivery Manager to join our high - performing team and help deliver one of the most creative and innovative AMPs we have ever undertaken.

What you'll be doing

What you'll be doing

As a Project Delivery Manager, you will lead and manage teams responsible for developing and delivering solutions across multiple projects. You will ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, to quality standards, and in full compliance with legislation, Alliance governance, and processes. You will take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle, resolving operational challenges and balancing competing priorities to achieve positive outcomes for all stakeholders.

This would be a fantastic role for some one with a strong construction background wanting to transition into project management.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure CDM compliance across all schemes through the TOTEX Delivery Process, audits, checks, and peer reviews, championing a Zero Harm culture
• Build and maintain high - performing, inclusive team culture, empowering engineers, commercial staff, and wider team members to think creatively and resolve issues
• Translate programme - level strategy into clear, deliverable outcomes, ensuring teams understand their role in achieving success
• Maintain accountability for the entire project lifecycle, from receipt of need and scoping through construction, handover, formal sign - off, and post - handover warranty management
• Work closely with Commercial and Planning teams to maintain accurate cost and resource forecasts, escalating issues where required
• Oversee proposed solutions to ensure they are safe, commercially viable, fit for purpose, and meet project requirements
• Ensure delivery of key project milestones, including Project Rehearsals and Fit for Assembly
• Foster an open, visible, and collaborative working environment across the @one Alliance and wider partner organisations, promoting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement

Who we're looking for

About you

• Preferred experience in the water industry would be beneficial although a strong construction background would also be strongly considered
• Knowledge of Health & Safety, drinking water standards, and CDM regulations, supported by an IOSH qualification
• Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Ideally APMP qualified, with the confidence to professionally challenge stakeholders using strong communicationand relationship - building skills
• Experience working within a commercial framework, including knowledge of NEC Option C contracts
• Proven track record of leading and developing teams in a performance - driven environment
• Ability to operate strategically when required, empowering your team through effective delegation, trust, and support

Join us and help shape the future of water infrastructure at the heart of one of the UK's most ambitious alliances.

#oneAlliance #BalfourBeatty

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?

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 added social value to the communities within which we work.

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

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:

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