Project Manager Desalination Programme

Circa £60k, salary depending on skills and experience

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Permanent
Full time with the flexibility for Part-time, 37 hours a week
Location Peterborough, Huntingdon, Lincoln or Norwich - Hybrid
Three Career-Defining Project Manager Opportunities: Shape the Future of Water
We're building something big - and we're looking for exceptional Project Managers to help lead it.
Anglian Water is developing a ground breaking desalination programme to secure water supplies for the East of England for generations to come. We're looking for three Project Managers to help drive this programme forward:
1. Norfolk Desalination - a First-of-a-Kind Major Project
A once-in-a-career opportunity to help shape a potentially nationally significant project from the very beginning. We're looking for someone with major project experience, comfortable operating in early development: shaping strategy, programmes, budgets and governance. DCO experience is strongly desirable. This role is about influence, leadership and setting the foundations for delivery at scale.
2. Desalination Pilot Plant
This role is about making innovation real. We're looking for a Project Manager with proven capital delivery experience, strong process knowledge and first-class H&S credentials. You'll be hands-on, visible on site, and integral to safely delivering a complex pilot (~£15m) that will inform future large-scale solutions.
3. Desalination Associated Infrastructure (Pipelines, Pumping & Storage)
This role focuses on the critical link between treatment and supply - the infrastructure that gets water into customers' taps. We're looking for pipeline development and delivery experience, with the confidence to lead complex interfaces across multiple projects.
Three roles. One programme. Real impact.
If you want to work on infrastructure that genuinely matters, this is it.
What you'll be doing
Provide strong H&S and CDM leadership, embedding a safe, inclusive delivery culture

Own the project from early development onwards, controlling scope, programme, cost and risk

Build and manage the integrated project programme, milestones and dependencies

Lead budget and cost control, working closely with Commercial to manage forecasts, challenge variance and maintain affordability

Drive risk, issue and opportunity management, ensuring proactive mitigation and clear escalation

Manage complex interfaces across workstreams, partners and stakeholders

Lead planning, consenting and regulatory activity, supporting submissions and key regulatory discussions

Work with Procurement to develop procurement and contract strategies, managing consultants and contractors under NEC contracts

Prepare and present governance and assurance updates, including sponsorship and performance forums

Lead lessons learned and continuous improvement

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you'll be 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

26 days 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 we're looking for
Proven experience delivering complex infrastructure projects, with accountability across the full project lifecycle

Strong early-stage development experience, shaping scope, strategy, programmes and budgets

Confidence owning cost, programme, risk and opportunity management within clear governance frameworks

Experience working under NEC contracts

Strong CDM and health & safety leadership

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Ultimately, we're looking for someone who is organised, resilient and comfortable with complexity and uncertainty - someone who wants to lead and take ownership, not just manage.
Inclusion at Anglian Water
Inclusion is for everyone. We recruit based on merit and passion, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong - regardless of background or personal circumstances. xwzovoh
This is your opportunity to work on some of the most innovative water projects in the UK and help secure supplies for millions of people.
Closing date: 7th June 2026
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