Infrastructure Programme Manager

We’re making a difference: Together, we can ensure that there is enough water for everyone, now and in the future.

As our Infrastructure Programme Manager, you’ll take the lead in planning, delivering, and supporting a portfolio of critical water infrastructure projects that are essential to the future resilience of our region. Working closely with our engineering teams, contractors, and regulatory partners, you’ll ensure each project is delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with Portsmouth Water’s strategic goals, keeping programmes on track, on budget, and fully compliant with industry standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibility for delivering a programme of capital infrastructure projects, for example mains renewal and asset upgrades and refurbishments and growth, to the quality and standards required.
• Develop and manage a small team to increase its performance maturity and professional capability to deliver projects right first time.
• Thoughtfully challenge proposals to ensure capital programme delivery solutions maximise value whilst achieving business outcomes.
• Work closely with the PMO team to align governance, reporting, and controls, ensuring consistent delivery and effective assurance.
• Ensure the Project Managers have all the tools and information necessary to deliver the full lifecycle of water infrastructure projects, including planning, design, construction, commissioning, and handover, ensuring they meet quality, safety, and sustainability standards.
• Provide regular project status updates to senior management and stakeholders, detailing project progress, risks, and key performance metrics.
• Adhere to all policies and procedures relating to Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
• Ensure that PMs/APMs develop, manage, and track project budgets, schedules, and financial forecasts.
• Ensure all projects are delivered within approved financial and time constraints.
• Engage and collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure project objectives are clearly defined and met.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with infrastructure projects. Ensure that APMs/PMs have contingency plans in place to address unforeseen challenges and project delays.
• Oversee procurement processes and manage contracts with third-party vendors and contractors, ensuring that all terms and deliverables are met.
• Improve control, delivery and ongoing visibility of all legislative compliance related works, ensuring the team are kept abreast of all relevant legislation and standards.

Skills, Qualifications & Competencies

• Experience of supporting the delivery of capital programmes within infrastructure, utilities, power, or transportation sectors
• Expert understanding of capital delivery processes and infrastructure programme management
• Proven experience of developing and implementing capital delivery programme governance and gateway processes
• Collaborative approach to meeting future business investment needs
• Guiding a team to meet programme/project management objectives and targets with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Experience of presenting complex and technical information to all levels of an organisation to obtain essential stakeholder buy‑in
• Experience of proactively managing and mitigating risk
• Strategic thinking and problem‑solving abilities to navigate complex challenges effectively
• Programme/project management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2 and/or Association for Project Management) and or minimum of 5 years proven programme management experience in a regulated industry
• Proven experience of financial forecasting, budget formulation, cost control, and reporting
• An engineering or other relevant degree and chartered membership of a relevant professional institution such as the APM or equivalent experience

Benefits

Portsmouth Water offers a range of benefits to support your life and career, including:

• 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• A generous pension scheme contributing up to 15% of your basic salary
• Non‑contractual bonus up to 6% of your basic salary, linked to company performance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave and pay
• All expenses covered summer and winter social events
• Life assurance scheme giving 4x salary lump sum benefit in case of unexpected events
• Comprehensive wellbeing support, including confidential mental health assistance 24/7 and virtual GP service for you and your immediate family
• Private Medical Insurance provided by Bupa for expert healthcare and confidential support 24/7
• Exclusive discounts at thousands of retailers
• Electric Vehicle Scheme after 1 year
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health Cash Plan and additional benefits

Portsmouth Water is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and actively encourages applications from all sections of society. Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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