The Role:

As a River Restoration - Project Manager you will be working with a variety of stakeholders and our supply chain partners to design and build environmental construction projects on our precious chalk streams. This work is part of Affinity Water’s commitments under the Water Industry National Environment Program (WINEP).

What you'll be doing:

• Work with our supply chain to create project designs that meet stakeholder needs and ensure that designs comply with the necessary environmental permits.
• Writing and managing contracts, whilst overseeing our supply chain partners to deliver designs and construction of projects, ensuring all applicable safety, construction and environmental regulations are met.
• Act as a primary point of contact with framework suppliers and manage communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure relevant project management information is provided and is readily accessible.
• While delivering in this challenging environment you will maintain a key focus on ensuring projects stay to agreed timescales and ensure delivery with high levels of cost efficiency and quality.

For this role you may be required to deliver projects across all three Affinity Water regions including regular travel to remote sites. Occasional evening or weekend attendance at stakeholder events may also be required.

What you'll need:

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience in building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external regulators.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office packages.
• Experience of using Asite software desirable.
• 5+ years project management experience.
• Previous use and administration of contract forms i.e. NEC family of contracts (writing and reviewing).
• Experience of working closely with supply chain partners, and managing wider stakeholders (e.g. Landowners, Local Authorities, the Environment Agency, etc).
• UK Driving Licence.

Advert Closing Date: 19/9/25

Benefits:

• Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 (salary dependant on skills and experience)
• Hours: 08:30am - 17:00pm (Mon - Thurs) 08:30am - 16:30pm (Friday)
• Hybrid working:- Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 26-30 days rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our 
• Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

What is a disability?

A disability is a long-term physical or mental health condition that has a substantial impact on someone’s day-to-day activities.

What if I need adjustments during the recruitment process?

Let the Talent Acquisition lead mentioned on the job advert – they’ll be able to help you.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

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