Lead ECC Project Manager – Anglian Water
Circa £80k, Salary Depending On Skills And Experience
Permanent
Peterborough or Norwich Office / Hybrid working
Full time, 37 hours a week
Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, allowing you to work from home, our project offices, and our main office in Thorpewood, Peterborough or Norwich. You will also be expected to visit and work from construction site locations around the region.
Shape the Future of Infrastructure Delivery – Join Us as a Lead ECC Project Manager
We’re looking for an experienced and driven Lead ECC Project Manager to play a key role in delivering a variety of projects within our AMP8 Capital Investment Programme. In this role, you will drive and enable our ECC Project Management teams in contract, commercial and assurance management of NEC3 PSC & ECC contracts across our Tier 1 Supply Chain, for a diverse portfolio valued between £1.5 m and £50 m.
You’ll provide day‑to‑day leadership to ECC Project Management teams, ensuring contracts are managed effectively, aligned to best practice, and fostering collaboration for continuous improvement. You’ll develop and embed robust contract management and assurance processes, maximise efficiency, deliver value and exceed customer expectations.
Furthermore, you will lead and develop a team of ECC Project Managers, supporting their growth and ensuring they deliver outcomes in line with the NEC Competency Framework.
What will you be doing?
- Lead robust contract management and administration of NEC contracts across Alliances, implementing strategies and assurance frameworks, providing commercial leadership, managing change control and resolving contractual issues.
- Oversee ECC PM teams and project performance through reporting and governance activities, leading performance reviews and managing non‑compliance strategies.
- Foster a collaborative, transparent culture with stakeholders, promoting contract and commercial awareness.
- Drive continuous improvement and efficiency initiatives, lead training, embed a commercial culture and champion innovation to build high‑performing teams.
- Ensure health, safety, wellbeing and environmental priorities are embedded and promoted through leadership and site participation.
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
- Personal private health care
- 26 days annual leave
- Flexible working
- Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double‑matches contributions up to 7%
- Bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits to support wellbeing and lifestyle
What does it take?
Essential experience / qualifications:
- Degree in construction, engineering or science subject
- NEC 3 or NEC 4 Project Manager Accreditation
- Extensive experience in contract and commercial management
- Significant project management knowledge in a design and construction environment
- Working knowledge of NEC contract management tools
- Well‑developed decision‑making capability
- Experience in managing and developing teams
- Experience in independently running assurance activities within an NEC contract
Why Apply?
This is an exciting opportunity to lead high‑value, complex infrastructure projects, working at the heart of our collaborative Alliances. You’ll grow your leadership, commercial and strategic skills while contributing to nationally significant projects that support sustainable, long‑term infrastructure growth.
Closing date: 31st May 2026
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Circa £80k, Salary Depending On Skills And Experience
Permanent
Peterborough or Norwich Office / Hybrid working
Full time, 37 hours a week
Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, allowing you to work from home, our project offices, and our main office in Thorpewood, Peterborough or Norwich. You will also be expected to visit and work from construction site locations around the region.
Shape the Future of Infrastructure Delivery – Join Us as a Lead ECC Project Manager
We’re looking for an experienced and driven Lead ECC Project Manager to play a key role in delivering a variety of projects within our AMP8 Capital Investment Programme. In this role, you will drive and enable our ECC Project Management teams in contract, commercial and assurance management of NEC3 PSC & ECC contracts across our Tier 1 Supply Chain, for a diverse portfolio valued between £1.5 m and £50 m.
You’ll provide day‑to‑day leadership to ECC Project Management teams, ensuring contracts are managed effectively, aligned to best practice, and fostering collaboration for continuous improvement. You’ll develop and embed robust contract management and assurance processes, maximise efficiency, deliver value and exceed customer expectations.
Furthermore, you will lead and develop a team of ECC Project Managers, supporting their growth and ensuring they deliver outcomes in line with the NEC Competency Framework.
What will you be doing?
- Lead robust contract management and administration of NEC contracts across Alliances, implementing strategies and assurance frameworks, providing commercial leadership, managing change control and resolving contractual issues.
- Oversee ECC PM teams and project performance through reporting and governance activities, leading performance reviews and managing non‑compliance strategies.
- Foster a collaborative, transparent culture with stakeholders, promoting contract and commercial awareness.
- Drive continuous improvement and efficiency initiatives, lead training, embed a commercial culture and champion innovation to build high‑performing teams.
- Ensure health, safety, wellbeing and environmental priorities are embedded and promoted through leadership and site participation.
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
- Personal private health care
- 26 days annual leave
- Flexible working
- Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double‑matches contributions up to 7%
- Bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits to support wellbeing and lifestyle
What does it take?
Essential experience / qualifications:
- Degree in construction, engineering or science subject
- NEC 3 or NEC 4 Project Manager Accreditation
- Extensive experience in contract and commercial management
- Significant project management knowledge in a design and construction environment
- Working knowledge of NEC contract management tools
- Well‑developed decision‑making capability
- Experience in managing and developing teams
- Experience in independently running assurance activities within an NEC contract
Why Apply?
This is an exciting opportunity to lead high‑value, complex infrastructure projects, working at the heart of our collaborative Alliances. You’ll grow your leadership, commercial and strategic skills while contributing to nationally significant projects that support sustainable, long‑term infrastructure growth.
Closing date: 31st May 2026
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