Strategic Projects Manager
Circa £55,000 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility forpart timeworking
Huntingdon, hybrid role - 2-3 days in the office

Dive into a world ofopportunity, andjoin our team!

Anglian Venture Holdings (AVH) is the investment and management vehicle responsible for Anglian Water Group’s commercial businesses across the UK and Ireland AVHcreatesvalue throughdelivery of innovative and sustainableinfrastructuresolutions, O&M and digital services in the municipal,industrialand commercial water sectors.

Thisrolemanages the development and delivery of projects aligned to AVH’s medium to long-term growth strategy. It combines technical knowledge, problem solving, and project management to turn ideas intofeasible,costedand deliverable solutions.

You will shape early-stage concepts, undertake feasibility work, coordinate cross-functional input, support the development of business cases, and ensure successful transition into detailed design or implementation.

You will work closely with the Strategic Growth Programme Lead (SGPL) to ensure projects are prioritised, planned, and delivered on time and budget, creating value for AVH in the process.

Key responsibilities

• Translate strategicobjectivesinto engineering requirements,constraintsand technical solutions

• Conduct or oversee; engineering assessments, modelling, calculations and simulations, risk assessments, systemdesignand integration concepts

• Manage the project development lifecycle and deliver outputs on time, on budgetand most importantly, with safety and wellbeing front of mind

• Develop and own the project programme, ensuring key internal and external stakeholdersarebought in, and programmes are updatedfrequently, with significant changes communicated,governedand approved asrequired

• Work with the SGPL toidentifyresources and budget requirements to enable phases of development and delivery to be executed.

• Input into project risk and opportunity registers and take ownership of mitigation / realisation strategies and escalate risks asrequired

• Apply technical and commercial rigour to projects and tasks that requireaccurateandtimelydelivery and decision making

• Producetimelyprogress reportson a monthly basisand present internally to the Strategy and Development team.

We invest in our people - as a valued employee,you’llbe entitled to:  

• Personal private health care   

• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household 

• A car allowance

• 26days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more  

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)  

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)

• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay 

• Bonus scheme    

• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be successful?

• A proventrack recordof project management and delivery experience in a regulated or commercial environment

• Familiar with key stages of project enabling and development; surveys, environmental considerations, land, planning, and grid

• Professional project management qualification or equivalent

• Operational water /waste waterexperience

• Experience in managing engineering projects across part of, or full lifecycle, and familiar with project governance, stage-gates, risk registers, and reporting

• Analytical thinker – able to work logicallythroughcomplex or ambiguous problems

• Strong written communication skills and confidence in presenting

• An understanding of customer needs and aspirations

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which meanswe’llconsider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disabilitystatusorany other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, andwe’recommitted to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.