Senior Project Manager - 12 month FTC

Working here isn’t just a job. You can advance your career at Avove, and we’ll reward you with a range of benefits that recognise great work.  We provide full training and continuous development to help you reach your potential. We strive to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves. Join us and take the next step towards a fulfilling career.

About the role…

Join Avove at an exciting time of growth, where you’ll have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering high-profile strategic projects that truly make an impact. As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll lead critical contract mobilisations, transformation programmes and change initiatives from concept through to implementation, helping to shape future-ready processes that drive success across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and forward-thinking leader who thrives on challenge, enjoys influencing change, and wants to be part of a team empowered to think differently, challenge the status quo and deliver meaningful results. If you bring energy, insight and a drive to make a difference, this role offers the chance to build something lasting within a business that values expertise, innovation and ambition.

What will your day look like…

• Working closely with the Head of Strategic Projects, you’ll be leading on contract mobilisations for new business and acquisitions
• Creating a centre of excellence for Change Management and Transformation
• Building a dedicated change management structure to significantly improve Avove’s integration capability
• Leading on Customer facing transformation programmes
• Process Mapping and opportunity identification across critical business requirements and projects
• Embedding a culture of Lessons Learnt as standard across Avove
• Work with enabling functions to define a tailored service/solution during the hyper care period of mobilisation
• Leading on the adoption of the Think Space improvement programme across the business
• Provide expert analysis, troubleshooting, root cause analysis forth resolution of complex issues
• Building a strong connection with all functional and operational areas of the business

About you…  

• Analytical mindset, problem solver able to understand potentially complex processes and make sense of them
• Self-motivated with ability to act on their own initiaitive
• Excellent (clear and accurate) verbal and written communication including conveying complex items simply to non-technical people
• System literate
• Teamwork – daily interaction with a variety of stakeholders
• Experience of business-wide transformation programmes
• Experience of Contract Mobilisation
• Change Management experience

What’s in it for you…

We offer a rewarding salary that is tailored to your skills and experience. But that’s not all! We celebrate hard work and give recognition to our colleagues. In addition to this, we understand that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you. 

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private GP Helpline & Health Cash Plan
• Avove Discount Scheme
• Family friendly policies
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

About us…

We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.

We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks and Scottish Water

We are an equal opportunities employer.....

We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.

What next...

We encourage you to apply for this role as soon as you can. We recognise talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates individually through all stages of recruitment process.

If you have any questions, please reach out for an informal discussion.