Project Manager; Project Design Manager Hybrid

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About the role

Project Manager (Project Design Manager) - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough - with Hybrid working

@one Alliance a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners:
Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme.

As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of AMP8, we're looking for talented individuals to help us shape the future of water infrastructure.

As a Project Design Manager within you will champion the delivery of capital projects that reduce operational risk. Leading a cross-disciplinary team in developing and overseeing safe, compliant, on-time, and on-budget solutions that meet quality, environmental and governance standards.

What you'll be doing

Key responsibilities:

• Oversee multiple projects through full lifecycle delivery-from scoping and design through construction, handover and post-handover management.
• Assure CDM compliance and promote a zero-harm culture through audits, peer reviews and checks.
• Develop and empower a high-performing team of project engineers, planners, cost managers and coordinators.
• Manage programme-level delivery, cost forecasts, risk and change, maintaining alignment with Integrated Project Leaders.
• Drive constructability reviews and solution development with a focus on TOTEX, Risk/Opportunity/Value, and win-win outcomes.
• Ensure robust Delivery Execution Plans (DEPs) are in place and accepted by stakeholders.
• Foster collaborative working with Alliance teams, clients, and supply chain partners to deliver integrated outcomes.
• Translate client governance requirements and support IPLs at governance boards as required

Who we're looking for

We're seeking a credible and experienced Project Design Manager with strong leadership, technical and delivery skills.

You will have:

• A degree in engineering (or equivalent experience), with proven experience in water or wastewater project delivery.
• Sound knowledge of CDM and health & safety regulations, ideally with IOSH qualification.
• APMP qualification or equivalent and experience working within a commercial or Design & Build environment.
• Strong stakeholder management, team development and communication skills.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and multiple simultaneous projects.
• The ability to operate strategically and resiliently, delivering outcomes under tight deadlines.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to drive cost-effective, sustainable and inclusive solutions.

Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, you could be aligned to one of the alliances four business units:

Place Based Thinking - The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance. Made up of six Senior Project Manager teams, we oversee 19 catchments, covering key sites such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen, Great Billing, Cotton Valley, Bedford, Colchester, and Ipswich Cliff Quays. These projects involve managing all parts of the network from rising and gravity mains, pumping stations, high spilling overflows, and water recycling centres.

Water - Provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning. We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency.

Water Recycling (East and West) - Water Recycling, split into East and West regions, is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network. We operate over 76,000 km of sewerage infrastructure and 1,163 treatment centres, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge to the environment while driving innovation and environmental performance.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a Balfour Beatty Employee one of the UK's most successful capital delivery alliances. You'll have the chance to contribute to cutting-edge projects that shape the future of water infrastructure, working alongside a team of experts across various disciplines. We offer a culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth, with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions that make a positive environmental impact.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for…