Job Description

IT Project Manager

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience (£52,000 - £65,000)
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the IT Project Manager progression plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Leeds Valley Park - Hybrid Working (2-3 days in the office a week)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a IT Project Manager to join the Tech team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Tech function is a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Join Yorkshire Water and help turn technology investment into lasting outcomes. You’ll lead medium-scale IT projects from definition through delivery, bringing together business teams, technical specialists and delivery partners to manage scope, plans, budgets, risks, quality and change. With a clear focus on benefits and customer outcomes, you’ll create the structure, pace and stakeholder confidence needed to deliver sustainable change across our technology portfolio.

Where you fit in:

As our IT Project Manager you will:

• Lead medium-scale IT projects end to end, ensuring agreed outcomes are delivered to scope, time, cost and quality.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, plans, controls and governance with sponsors and business owners.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, expenditure and financial reporting, supporting informed investment decisions.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and change, escalating where required to protect delivery.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams and coordinate delivery across business colleagues, technical specialists, suppliers and partners.
• Maintain accurate project plans, reports and documentation, providing clear visibility of progress, decisions and delivery confidence.
• Build effective relationships with sponsors and stakeholders, set clear expectations and support timely decision-making.
• Embed quality management, assurance and formal acceptance of project deliverables.
• Define, track and support the realisation of agreed benefits, ensuring delivery remains aligned to the business case.
• Plan and coordinate resources effectively, resolving competing priorities and delivery constraints.
• Work with the wider project management community to apply consistent delivery standards, share learning and improve ways of working.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Proven experience delivering medium-scale IT or technology-enabled projects from initiation through to implementation and handover.
• A strong project governance, planning and control experience, including management of scope, schedule, change and quality.
• Practical experience of financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking and expenditure control.
• Experience identifying and managing risks, issues and dependencies in a complex delivery environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with confidence working with senior stakeholders.
• The ability to translate complex delivery information into clear reports, recommendations and decisions.
• Experience defining, tracking and supporting benefits realisation against an agreed business case.
• A recognised project management qualification such as PRINCE2, APM, PMP or Agile certification.
• Experience in delivering security or cyber security projects.
• Experience within utilities, infrastructure or another regulated environment would be advantageous.
• Hold a Full UK driving licence.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy! Do we sound like your cup of tea?  

If you’ve got experience in delivering medium-scale IT or technology-enabled projects and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.  

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance. All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required. Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

No agencies please.