Senior Project Manager; Delivery Manager Job Preston area,England UK,Management

Senior Project Manager (Delivery Manager)

Job number UU06372 Country United Kingdom Region Lancashire Location name North Hub Preston - The Lancashire Hub, Preston City Park, Bluebell Way, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 5PE
Posting End Date 15/09/2026 Band 3 Role Type Permanent Salary competitive

The role:

As a Senior Project Manager (Delivery Manager), you will lead the successful delivery of a diverse portfolio of projects within United Utilities' Capital Delivery function.

You'll be responsible for delivering complex programmes that improve critical infrastructure, reduce carbon emissions and enhance services for customers across the North West. Ready for the challenge?

Working within the Water Delivery programme, you will deliver strategic investment projects that support our operational teams and help shape the future of water services.

Key duties and responsibilities:

As a Delivery Manager, you will lead high-performing project teams to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality outcomes, ensuring projects are completed on time and aligned with United Utilities' strategic objectives, sustainability ambitions and commitment to environmental excellence. Your leadership will be pivotal in navigating dynamic situations and influencing strategies within our capital programme. Collaborating with industry experts, you will address unique challenges and drive our success, aiding UU in achieving its goals.

Stakeholder engagement is critical to success in this role. You will build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, providing leadership, influence and expert guidance to delivery partners, contractors and regulatory bodies, including Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the Environment Agency and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver an investment programme circa £140m
Lead and mentor a team of project & design professionals ensuring delivery to TCQi with end to end accountability
Ensure projects are designed and delivered in a safe manner whilst maximising efficiencies and achieving business objectives
Develop, promote and maintain a safety culture to deliver excellent Health and Safety performance
Develop strong relationships with the leadership team to ensure the service being offered meets the expectations
Manage all risks and changes effectively and accelerate/mitigate where feasible Issues affecting programme / project delivery
Develop and maintain resource plans alongside the functional leaders, ensuring appropriate resources are in place to deliver the workload
Ensure compliance with appropriate governance
Manage the relationship with the Supply Chain to successfully deliver projects, ensuring delivery to TCQi
Establish and lead a direct project team and indirectly secure contributions and cooperation from other stakeholders across the business
To manage and deliver reporting of progress against the overall programme directly to appropriate people and senior management
To work with internal senior stakeholders and teams to ensure they are aware of and aligned to programme requirements and, simultaneously, ensure that the programme is providing sufficient support for business areas to achieve their deliverables
To work with key internal teams such as but not limited to Environmental Planning and Innovation and Corporate Affairs to ensure appropriate interaction and identified outcomes, including NGOs, local councils, regulators and other third parties
To ensure regular updates are provided to the appropriate governance group
Ensure statutory approvals are being obtained and maintained
Act as the ‘client’ representative under the CDM regulations
Produce and manage a project management plan for each project for which the role…