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Posted Date:  23 Jul 2026
Posting End Date:  7 August 2026
Location: 
Company:  Severn Trent Water
Department:  Capital Delivery Treatment
Salary (£):  Competitive

Senior Project Manager

Our purpose

At Severn Trent, we’re bringing a wonderful service to our customers, communities and the environment, every day.

Our Capital Delivery teams are at the heart of making that happen. They deliver the major investment projects that help us improve performance, protect the environment, support growth and create long-term value for the communities we serve.

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Capital Delivery security team and take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of major, complex security capital projects.

The role

As Senior Project Manager, you’ll be accountable for delivering significant capital projects safely, efficiently and to the right quality, ensuring scope, time, cost, risk, benefits and stakeholder expectations are managed throughout the full project lifecycle.

You’ll lead complex project delivery across multiple sites, working closely with internal teams, external delivery partners, contractors and senior stakeholders. You’ll provide strong leadership across planning, financial control, commercial management, contract performance, risk management and the successful transition of change into business-as-usual.

This role will also see you providing technical and delivery oversight to Project Managers and Project Co-ordinators, acting as an escalation point for complex delivery, commercial and risk issues, while role-modelling high professional standards and Severn Trent values.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you’ll:

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of major, high-value and complex capital projects.
  • Take ownership of project planning, controls, budgets, risks, benefits and governance.
  • Act as an escalation point for Project Managers on complex delivery, commercial, financial and stakeholder issues.
  • Lead contract and supplier management, including procurement strategy, specification development, NEC project management duties, supplier performance and contract close-out.
  • Manage financial governance across major project budgets, including forecasting, change control and final account closure.
  • Lead risk management activity across complex projects, ensuring high-impact risks are identified, owned and mitigated.
  • Engage with senior stakeholders, governance forums and delivery partners to unblock issues and support effective decision-making.
  • Support business case development, feasibility, options appraisal and requirements management.
  • Ensure change is transitioned effectively into business-as-usual through readiness planning, handover and benefits realisation.
  • Embed health, safety and wellbeing throughout project delivery, contributing to buildability, constructability and risk reviews.
  • Coach and mentor Project Managers and project teams, supporting capability development and consistent delivery standards.
  • Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies, including the use of AI and continuous improvement.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone with strong project delivery experience, ideally gained within a capital delivery, infrastructure, construction, utilities or engineering environment.

You’ll bring:

  • Proven experience delivering significant or complex projects with clear ownership of key responsibilities.
  • Experience working within NEC project management frameworks, or equivalent contract environments.
  • Strong understanding of project controls, risk management, contract management and budget management.
  • Good knowledge of project standards, codes, CDM regulations and construction safety best practice.
  • Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to interpret supplier, contractual and financial information.
  • Experience leading stakeholders, suppliers and delivery partners through complex project challenges.
  • Excellent organisation, attention to detail and communication skills.
  • A proactive, forward-thinking approach with strong problem-solving capability.
  • Experience mentoring, coaching or supporting the development of project teams.
  • Strong IT skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Power BI.

Qualifications

You’ll need:

  • A project management-related qualification, or to be qualified by experience.
  • GCSEs, or equivalent, in English and Maths.
  • A full UK driving licence.

 

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