Senior Programme Manager

5 days ago

Peterborough, Peterborough, United Kingdom MWH Treatment Full time £60,000 - £120,000 per year


We are looking to strengthen our Delivery team with a Senior Programme Manager based at our Peterborough office with hybrid working available.

Reporting to the Business Unit Delivery Director, you'll provide strategic leadership across a multidisciplinary team, guiding programmes from early inception through design, construction, commissioning and final handover.

This role is central to the performance and evolution of the @one Alliance — combining leadership, delivery excellence, commercial acumen, stakeholder influence and a passionate commitment to safety, innovation and people.

You'll also play a key leadership role on the Water Business Unit Leadership Team, shaping the culture, strategy and success of the alliance.

What You'll Be Leading

Delivery Leadership

  • Lead world-class health, safety and wellbeing performance across your programme area

  • Develop delivery strategies that align with Anglian Water's Business Plan

  • Ensure successful delivery of all projects to scope, schedule, quality and cost targets

  • Oversee governance, ensuring a consistent "Right First Time" approach

  • Ensure competent and capable teams are deployed to deliver exceptional results

Commercial & Financial Performance

  • Achieve growth targets across turnover, gainshare and programme pool

  • Implement routes to efficiency and drive cost-effective solutions

  • Manage annual budgets, forecasts and financial controls

  • Support robust supply chain strategies that deliver capacity and capability

Stakeholder & Communication Excellence

  • Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across Anglian Water, @one partners, suppliers and regulators

  • Ensure clear, consistent communication frameworks across all stakeholders

  • Represent the programme at senior forums, boards and leadership groups

Innovation & Digital Transformation

  • Drive the adoption of innovative materials, methods and technologies

  • Embed digital systems that enhance safety, performance and efficiency

  • Champion continuous improvement and share best practice across the alliance

People, Culture & Inclusion

  • Lead diverse, high-performing teams with openness, trust and collaboration

  • Champion talent development and succession planning aligned to @one's people strategy

  • Promote a culture of inclusion, exploration and empowerment

  • Embed behaviours that support wellbeing and safer working



About You

What You'll Bring

  • Degree-qualified (Engineering, Quantity Surveying or similar) OR equivalent experience

  • Strong background in multi-disciplined construction delivery

  • Proven leadership of large, complex capital programmes

  • Track record of achieving budget, safety and performance outcomes

  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

  • Ability to develop business plans, lead change and inspire high performance

  • Commercial awareness and experience driving customer-focused benefits

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and negotiation skills



About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1400 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances. 

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills. 

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don't just tick boxes; we live these values every day. 

What MWH offer 

Packages include -  

A competitive salary 

Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent) 

Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent) 

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy) 

Contribution Pension scheme 

Life Assurance 

Health Insurance 

Private Medical Insurance 

And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc 

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