Lead Project Manager

Location:

Thornbury, Bradford, hybrid working - 2 days in the office per week with regular regional travel to Yorkshire Water sites, pending office move to Leeds (LS10) from Summer 2026.

Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

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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, (4a), £50,796 - £65,123
• A company car benefit
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum Bonus Opportunity for the Performance Year
  )
• 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!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Project Manager to join the Capital Programme Delivery team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

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. The Capital Asset Delivery team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

You will take a lead role in the effective delivery of multiple projects in both design and construction.

As our Lead Project Manager
, you will oversee:

• Delivery of projects from conception to close out through the project life cycle, including multiple projects running concurrently. You will ultimately ensure that project delivery is in line with the business requirements in terms of time, cost, and quality.
• Forecasting and assuring project and programme level expenditure, as well as key milestones in line with wider programme requirements.
• Ensuring that works are planned and undertaken safely – knowledge and experience in construction is essential.
• Contract administration within the NEC suite of contracts.
• Responsible for identifying, communicating, and reporting changes including the identification and development of risk mitigation measures.
• Management of multi-disciplinary stakeholders, both external and internal, to achieve project outcomes.
• Promoting and supporting the safety programme.

• You will be an experienced project management professional with experience in Health & Safety Management and Contractual / Contract Management.
• You will have an HNC / HND Civil, MEICA or Electrical Engineering qualification, ideally you will have NEC Accreditation, APMQ (or similar) accreditation and membership of a relevant professional body.
• You will benefit from having SMSTS.
• We are looking for the successful candidate to have previous Construction or Engineering industry experience and wastewater or broader utilities experience.
• An excellent communicator, both written and verbally, you will be able to present and communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences.
• You will have proven ability in building up effective relationships with stakeholders and be able to engage with customers internally and externally. Developing and maintaining strong positive business…