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Programme Management Salary (£): £, - £, DOE Project Manager
Are you passionate about protecting the environment and looking for a role where you can make a real impact? Join Severn Trent’s River Health & Enhancement Team as a River Health Delivery Project Manager. In this critical and dynamic role, you will help shape and ensure successful delivery of our Spills Programme in order to meet our spills performance targets and environmental commitments.
As a River Health Delivery Project Manager, you will be at the heart of our mission to enhance river health.
You will bring to life insights from our spill's performance, collaborating with operational teams and delivery workstreams to target activity, coordinate work packages, identify site solutions, and set delivery priorities. Your role will involve management of the end-to-end process, tracking progress, facilitating feedback, and removing obstacles to ensure smooth and efficient programme delivery.
Embedded within the workstreams and operational teams, you will foster strong collaborative relationships, driving seamless delivery and compliance with regulatory standards. You’ll also design and embed new processes, ensuring stakeholders conform to existing protocols and utilise tools effectively. Your role is the key link in the chain between the overall spills programme team and delivery workstreams and is pivotal in reducing spills and safeguarding our natural environment.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Key accountabilities include:
1. Drive collaborative and efficient working across Analytics & Insights teams, delivery workstreams, and the wider Programme team.
2. Ensure that identified solutions for targeted sites are correctly handed over to the relevant delivery workstream.
3. Manage feedback loops to keep all stakeholders informed and ensure solutions are prioritized to maximize spills reduction.
4. Track workstream progress against delivery milestones, ensuring data quality in the Solutions Tracker and adherence to governance standards.
5. Identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, and interdependencies, including resources and mitigation actions.
6. Optimize delivery processes and remove blockers, ensuring adherence to solution closure and related processes.
7. Communicate progress, risks, and challenges to stakeholders, maintaining transparency and accountability.
8. Manage compliance risk sites, including SOAF Stage processes, to ensure solutions are identified and implemented effectively.
9. Act as the central point for new requests and focus areas related to spills, driving continuous improvement.
10. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders inside and outside Severn Trent Water, ensuring successful project delivery and handover.
11. Collaborate with internal teams and third parties to meet key deliverables within set parameters of time, cost, quality, and health and safety expectations.
12. Support Spills Programme contractor activities and work closely with our Programme Management Office to ensure accurate reporting.
13. Develop your technical and project management capabilities, preparing project quality, control, and performance feedback against metrics like Solution Tracker Data Quality.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE
We are looking for someone that hasproven experience in managing large, complex, or multi-disciplinary projects, particularly in Waste Networks Operations, Wastewater Recycling, or related technical/engineering roles. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in overseeing projects from inception to completion, ensuring all objectives are met within the specified timelines and budgets.
We are looking for someone that has experience in working closely with supply chains and internal stakeholders and teams, ensuring adherence to deliverables, milestones, and quality standards. You are forward looking and proactive; looking ahead to anticipate problems and develop plans to overcome potential obstacles.
We are looking for someone that has proficiency in analysing data and management information (MI), with experience in using Power BI, SharePoint, and preparing reports from various data sources. We are looking for someone that has strong familiarity with Microsoft Office products (Excel, SharePoint, Teams) and other relevant software. Your project management and technical skills will be crucial in managing project documentation and communication, ensuring that all project information is accurately recorded and easily accessible.
We are looking for someone that has a strong natural presence and experience in leading meetings, workshops, planning events, and conducting assurance and audits. You will play a key role in facilitating discussions and be resilient and adaptable to work within a fast-paced programme and dynamic environment. We are looking for someone that has solid understanding of project management principles, including risk management and resource planning.
We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities.
We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?
Qualifications (Preferable):
14. A degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
15. Relevant certifications in project management (, PMP, PRINCE) are highly desirable.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.
With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:
16. days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to days per year)
17. Annual bonus scheme (of up to £, per annum based on company performance)
18. Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to % when you contribute
19. Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
20. Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
21. Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
22. Family friendly policies
23. Two volunteering days per year