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About the Role
Lead the management, challenge, and optimization of Programme Delivery Partner contracts for nationally significant reservoir projects in Lincolnshire and the Fens. This role involves providing expert leadership in contract management, governance, and commercial assurance to secure water for millions and support environmental resilience.
Responsibilities
- Lead NEC4 contract management for major programme delivery contracts
- Drive best-in-class contract administration and assurance
- Act as the Service Manager overseeing change control, early warnings, and risk reduction processes
- Provide commercial leadership to delivery teams and senior stakeholders
- Lead on dispute avoidance and contract resolution
- Shape and implement a contract management strategy and assurance framework
- Drive performance through governance, reporting, and data-led insights
- Champion collaboration across the Programme Delivery Partner and supply chain
- Support programme boards and governance forums with contract expertise
- Challenge ways of working to unlock efficiencies, innovation, and outperformance
- Drive a zero-harm culture and ensure safe working practices
Requirements
- Significant experience managing NEC4 contracts, ideally at programme level
- Experience working across complex, matrixed environments and major infrastructure delivery
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
- Proven ability to manage change control, risk, and performance frameworks
- Experience working with Programme Delivery Partners or similar delivery models
- Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- Right to work in the UK
Skills
- NEC4 contract management
- Contract administration
- Commercial leadership
- Dispute resolution
- Governance and assurance
- Change control
- Risk management
- Stakeholder management
Location
- Peterborough
- London
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Part-time flexibility
- Hybrid
Education Level
- Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline
- MRICS qualification (preferred)
- NEC accreditation
Salary/Compensations
- Circa £80,000
Benefits
- Private health care
- Double-matched pension (up to 7% employee/14% employer contribution)
- Virtual GP service for you and your household
- Life assurance at 8 times salary
- Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
- 26 days annual leave with option to buy more
- 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave
- 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave
- Bonus scheme up to 15%
- Flexible benefits
About the Company
- Anglian Water is a major utility provider delivering nationally significant reservoir projects in Lincolnshire and the Fens.
- The company focuses on securing water for millions, supporting economic growth, and protecting the environment.
- Committed to building trust, doing the right thing, and exploring new ways to bring environmental and social prosperity.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic.
- We are committed to creating an environment where all colleagues feel they belong and provide support for candidates with disabilities or long-term conditions throughout the recruitment process.