Lead Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the delivery of Flood Mitigation Programme within the Rivers & Flooding team.
• Lead a team of Project Managers and support staff, overseeing a portfolio of projects that reduce flood risk, safeguard customers, and build long-term community resilience across our region.
• Take ownership of programme delivery from concept to completion — providing leadership, commercial oversight, and assurance across design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Define scope and coordinate design, manage NEC contracts, engage customers, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Play a key role in reducing flood impacts across networks and supporting communities.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in flood risk, drainage, water engineering, or wider infrastructure delivery.
• Strong understanding of flood-mitigation techniques, surface water management, and drainage systems.
• Significant experience delivering projects or programmes under the NEC contract framework.
• Proven ability to deliver high-volume, medium-risk projects within a regulated or infrastructure setting.
• Strong programme-level risk-management experience, especially involving customer and community impacts.
• A solid working knowledge of engineering standards, building regulations, and environmental best practice.
• Experience leading and coaching multi-disciplinary teams, driving safety, quality, and performance.
• Practical leadership and compliance experience under CDM regulations.
• Experience working closely with supply-chain and design partners to meet milestones, quality expectations, and H&S standards.
• Qualifications: Degree in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or an Environmental discipline (desirable)
• APM or NEC accreditation (desirable)
• Professional membership (ICE, CIWEM, IMechE etc.) — or progressing towards it (desirable)
• Full UK Driving Licence (essential).

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