Project Management Office Manager – Smart Meter

Job title:

Project Management Office Manager – Smart Meter

Company:

Affinity Water

Job description

Affinity Water are looking to recruit a Project Management Office Manager. This is a key role within the new Smart Metering team, responsible for providing governance and oversight for the programme to ensure it is delivered effectively and efficiently whilst meeting the business objectives for smart metering deployment and benefits realisation.Principal accountabilitiesThe smart metering programme has been developed to support in meeting our environmental and water conservation goals whilst considering population growth. We need to deliver an ambitious demand management programme that delivers a mix of leakage reduction (through fixing leaks and replacing pipes), smart metering and water efficiency campaigns.

• Oversee delivery and outputs of the key workstreams across the smart metering programme.
• Provide periodic reporting on the progress of the key workstreams and identify recommendations for changes to support the delivery of the agreed business outcomes.
• Proactive engagement and challenge with workstream leads and other stakeholders to progress delivery, report on outputs and identify risks.
• Ensure effective change control processes are in place to approve and track the impact of agreed changes to people, process, or systems.
• Clear cost and output tracking is in place, forecasting and potential deviations are closely managed to bring the programme back on track.
• Drive consistency across the workstreams in adhering to the project management principles and lifecycle.

What you need:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
• Senior Project Management experience, developing and leading on the implementation of strategies for complex projects.
• Experience of delivering strategic change and transformation programmes

Personal skills

• Ability to drive and embed change within an organisation, work across organisational boundaries, politics and cultures to influence and engage others to achieve a successful outcome
• Highly performance driven. Prioritises, plans, monitors progress and takes action to address shortfalls.
• Comfortable working in a flexible environment prioritising team tasks with dynamic workloads

What We Offer:

• Salary £55-65,000 per annum dependant on skills and experience.
• 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 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.
• Disability confident (if you need to apply through a different format, please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner for this role)

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.PR1

Expected salary

£55000 – 65000 per year

Location

England

Job date

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 02:20:52 GMT

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