Job Description

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Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance.


As part of Anglian Water's @one Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious 2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Project Manager?

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll lead and own a group of projects and develop delivery strategies before presenting and obtaining client approval through to handover. You'll oversee the design, construction, commissioning and after care of all projects to agreed handover timeframes and standards in a fast paced, demanding yet highly rewarding environment.


All of this, whilst delivering first class customer service and always looking at creative ways of adopting new ways of working and technology to truly add value!

Key responsibilities:

Lead and own the end-to-end processes of a group of projects ensuring alignment with a range of outcomes and objectives by adopting various approaches to achieve and maximise outperformance. Ensure that Health & Safety, Environment & Quality (SHEQ) is considered during the development and implementation of strategies, projects, standards and processes and never compromised at any stage. Create, develop and sustain a high performing team where you coach and train individuals to meet career aspirations and enhance team and organisational output and capabilities. Lead on proactive, engaging and transparent stakeholder management which champions collaboration and professional challenge to achieve desired outcomes for all parties. Establish a commercial strategy (including procurement) for the optimum delivery of a portfolio of work. Take an active leadership approach to balance an acceptable risk with an acceptable cost; implement timely and appropriate mitigation strategies where required. Ensure the team follow the appropriate Governance processes and procedures in order to appropriately establish, manage and control projects.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours....

To join the team in the highly involved and pivotal role, you'll hold an APMP or equivalent (Practitioner level) qualification and have significant experience at Project Manager and Lead Project Manager level (equivalent to Senior PM/ Project Director) . Due to the nature of this role, you'll need experience on schemes between 100m and 175m in value.


Accustomed to and comfortable with managing teams and a range of demanding stakeholders, you'll have experience of working in commercial Alliances and understand the importance of collaboration to achieve success.


Operating as an innovative, visible, and inspirational leader, you'll relish the prospect of bringing together a fully collaborative and integrated team which can add value consistently. Able to demonstrate sound judgement and decision making, you'll be comfortable in creating positive tension for the best of the business. Leading by example through accountability and ownership, you'll want to drive enhanced performance in a safe and efficient fashion.



At @one Alliance, you'll be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team that is shaping the future of the UK's water infrastructure. We offer a collaborative and innovative working environment, where your expertise will be valued and your ideas will drive meaningful change.

JN Bentley benefits can be found in the booklet attached.