Land and Property Project Manager - Secondment

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 (£45,205 - £56,506).
• This role has been classified as a Business Need Users (BNU) and so you could be eligible for a Company Car or Cash Allowance (£3000 per annum) subject to company criteria.
• 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 Project Manager 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
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This role is based at our offices Leeds Valley Park - Hybrid Working (Two office days a week – Leeds and you must have a willingness to travel to Yorkshire Water sites).

Work type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join the Land and Property 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.

As Yorkshires second largest landowner, YW manages, maintains and upgrades a significant estate, undertaking a wide variety of projects each year to ensure that Yorkshire remains a wonderful place to live and work for all. These projects range from building and structural works to woodland/habitat conservation, to upgrading our amazing public access spaces and many more.

As a Project Manager within the Land & Property team, you will manage the delivery of a diverse portfolio of building, estate, environmental and infrastructure projects across the Yorkshire Water estate. You will be responsible for managing projects from concept through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards. Working with internal and external stakeholders, consultants and contractors, you will play a key role in improving our assets and supporting our key strategies.

The projects you will manage may include building refurbishments, office and welfare facilities, estate infrastructure improvements, public access schemes, property development projects, environmental enhancements and land management initiatives. Projects will vary in complexity and may range from small improvement schemes through to multi-disciplinary capital projects requiring specialist design, planning and stakeholder management.

You will act as the client-side Project Manager and take ownership of multiple projects simultaneously. You will be responsible for developing project scopes, managing budgets, overseeing risks, coordinating consultant and contractor activities, reporting…