Senior Project Controls Lead

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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, 4a, £52,955 - £67,891
  , depending on experience
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (
  up to 12% company contribution
  )
• Development opportunities in line with the Senior Project Controls Lead progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays –
  plus 2 extra wellness days!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 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!

Location: Buttershaw, Bradford, hybrid working (2 to 3 office days per week
), pending office move to Leeds (LS10) from Summer, 2026.

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Controls Lead to join the Asset Delivery PMO 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 Alliance PMO within the Storm Overflows Alliance function are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

In AMP8, Asset Delivery PMO will support a multi-billion-pound programme of capital investment across YW’s clean and wastewater assets. The Capital Programme is growing by over 50% as we move into AMP
8. The Senior Project Control Leads are integral members of the Asset Delivery PMO and will play a critical role in the successful delivery of this programme through the coordination of project and programme control activity for the programme of work that they are assigned to.

As our Senior Project Controls Lead you will;

• Drive the application of proportionate project control processes across the programme of work to which they are assigned and support more junior members of the team to do the same.
• Facilitate regular sessions with the delivery team to discuss project/programme health, provide appropriate challenge and contribute to solutions that will improve performance.
• Proactive approach to identifying potential threats to performance and work with project teams to reduce this risk.
• Ensure projects are following the agreed upon project control processes including financial forecasting, Change control, RAID, milestone management. Identifying where processes are not being followed and taking responsibility to increase adherence.
• Draft Programme status reports and measure progress of key metrics. Confidently present this to Senior Leaders.
• With the support of the Project Planners, provide a fully integrated performance approach and ensure that financial forecasts and…