ALTEN

Project Manager – Energy

ALTEN

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Birmingham • United Kingdom

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PMP

About the role

  • Leading the planning and delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure projects from design through to construction and commissioning
  • Managing projects under NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4), including early warning processes, compensation events, and programme updates
  • Developing, maintaining, and controlling integrated project programmes in collaboration with planners and delivery teams
  • Coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams, contractors, and suppliers to ensure alignment with project objectives
  • Proactively managing risks, issues, dependencies, and change control
  • Ensuring compliance with regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements (e.g. CDM, water industry standards)
  • Reporting progress, cost, risk, and programme performance to senior stakeholders through structured governance and dashboards

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a Project Manager within the UK water industry, delivering capital infrastructure projects
  • Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts, including commercial and contractual management
  • Experience managing complex engineering projects in regulated environments
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients, engineers, planners, and contractors
  • Strong planning, risk management, and reporting capability
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Project Management or equivalent military experience
  • Project Management certification (APM PMQ, Prince2, PMP or Agile PM)
Benefits
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Cycle & Tech Scheme
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Life insurance & Pension Scheme
  • Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
  • Flexible way of working (role dependent)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementNEC contractsrisk managementprogramme updatesstakeholder managementreportingplanningchange controlengineering project managementcapital infrastructure projects
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsproactive managementteam coordinationclient relationsadaptability
Certifications
APM PMQPrince2PMPAgile PM