Developer Services Project Manager - #1654633

What you’ll be responsible for

Managing the end to end process, from design, to procuring a contractor and ensuring the installed assets are to the required standards. To enable you to do this, you will need to work collaboratively with colleagues across the business, providing advice to our customers and keeping them informed of progress.

With your technical and project management skills you will ensure that our interests are protected at all times and that risks to our Customers, Services and the Environment are minimised. This will include:

• Assessing and processing of ‘requisition’ and diversion applications for water supply and sewer networks, within a specified geographical area.
• Ensuring applications are reviewed in accordance with the relevant standards and the appropriate processes are adhered to within regulatory timescales.
• Liaising with the Operations Department regarding network information and points of connection for water requisitions and diversions.
• Preparing design drawings showing the network layout and highlighting the general and site specific risks.
• Managing the sewer requisition process (through others), from design to completion.
• Ensuring that our record system is updated to reflect most recent information at each step in the process.
• Monitoring and reviewing scheme costs to ensure that schemes are completed within budget and any additional costs are recovered.
• Undertaking all project closure procedures ensuring that all financial and technical duties are completed.
• Achieving timescales for job elements as delegated by the Senior Delivery Manager to achieve the overall scheme National Levels of Service.
• Complying with current health and safety legislation and policies at all times during the execution of all activities.
• Inputting into, and participating in, monthly reporting and reviews.
• Complying with processes and procedures at all times during the execution of all activities.
• Undertaking any other duties as required to meet the needs of the business.

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Developer Services Team

• Clean and Wastewater Operations

• Legal Team

• Estates

External

• Customers (Private, Business Customers, Retailers, Developers, Solicitors, Design Consultancies) • Local Authorities (Planning, Building Control, etc)

• Contractors, Land Agents, etc

About you

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A civil engineering background with a degree or equivalent
• Experience within the water or construction industry
• Experience of extensions to potable water networks and water main diversions
• Good project management experience
• Enthusiastic about putting our customers first every day
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work to tight regulatory and project deadlines

Good to know

The working hours are Monday - Friday 37 hours per week.

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)

• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year

• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions

• Free Mortgage Brokering Services

• Enhanced family friendly policies

• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes

• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops

• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites

• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service

• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

• Many more can be found here!

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest. Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.