Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager - Land & Property
*** 12 - month secondment / fixed term contract ***

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, 3b, £55k - £65k
• Annual incentive related bonus – up to 15% of salary
• Attractive pension scheme (
  up to 12% company contribution
  )
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays –
  plus an extra wellness day!
• 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:

Bradford, hybrid working, typically 2-3 office / site 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 Manager to join the Land & Property Team at Yorkshire Water and be instrumental in 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. Programme Delivery are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Handling and overseeing a portfolio of Capital and operational projects of varying size and complexity across the Land and Property portfolio including overview of the total CAPEX programme of circa £10m for investment period, multiple budget approvers, direct project managing high profile projects and co-ordinating L&P technical inputs into the AMP and Price Review processes.

You will drive long-term sustainability by aligning project outputs with Yorkshire Water’s strategic and regulatory goals. You will manage a £10m budget and lead a team of 4–6 direct reports, while mentoring colleagues and providing peer reviews. As a professional communicator and negotiator, you will manage complex stakeholder relationships and represent the department in business-wide transformation initiatives.

• Leadership: Manage the Project Delivery Team (PDT) to execute Yorkshire Water’s capital and land management strategy.
• Accountability: Deliver a £10m+, 5-year diverse portfolio (commercial, rural, and ecological) on time, to cost, and to quality.
• Compliance: Act as H&S Champion; ensure total adherence to CDM and environmental regulations.
• Strategic Support: Provide financial profiling, workload forecasting, and data to inform Price Reviews and business planning.
• Collaboration: Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external consultants/contractors to deliver multi-sector schemes

• You will have a proven track record of project and program management, including planning and financial/budget management.
• You will have extensive experience in managing multiple projects and project teams, and the ability to reassess and reprioritise program and delivery as necessary.
• You will have experience of leadership and managing multi-disciplinary teams through the project life-cycle, and experience of managing large workloads of multiple projects concurrently and managing a programme of projects.
• You must have the ability to work within a partnering environment; form and maintain excellent…