Smart Metering PMO Coordinator

Location

Bradford | United Kingdom

Job description

PMO Coordinator – SMART Metering

Salary & Benefits: Salary £24,777 - £30,607 per annum dependant on experience, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the PMO Coordinator progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.  Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Midway Bradford

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a PMO Coordinator to join the Water Service Delivery team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Water Service Delivery are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. 

The Water Service Delivery Team consists of Yorkshire Water (YW) colleagues, consultants, contract partners both in the direct procurement arena and capital programme delivery enterprise model, all working collaboratively to deliver the capital programme for the Water Service side of the business.

This role will provide project administration support to all teams within Water Service Delivery. This includes Financial SAP functionality and access data from Asset Inventory, Engineering Document Management System (EDMS), Business Risk Management (BRM), Direct Procurement (ARIBA), Programme Prioritisation Management System (PPMS), and corporate data management systems etc., The role also includes the production and control of financial reporting documentation.

Where you fit in:

As our PMO Coordinator you will

• Follow corporate governance procedures for assisting with project funding authorisations, through to asset settlement and project closure.
• Assist scheme progress update meetings, set agendas, take minutes, and create, update, and maintain action, risk, and issues logs.
• Support the delivery team by administering the project management financial system and producing governance approval information.
• Analyse and capture project out performance and cycle times and report this information to the Business Programme Manager, and Water Service Delivery management team.
• Support communication activities, such as presentations (APB/BIC) etc., dissemination of key information to vendors, training/testing events, and team building events.
• Collate project completion asset handover data from the delivery team and disseminate this information to the relevant parties in a timely manner to achieve financial closure of the scheme.
• Develop effective communication skills to enable excellent liaison with the wider business functions, interacting with Asset Integrity, Asset Planning, Asset Programme Management & Finance Business Partnering (Assets), Service Delivery and Contract Partners.
• To provide co-ordination and control of CAPEX/OPEX projects with the responsible managers/team leaders.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of projects, partnership working and financial management.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective internal and external relationships.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to proactively ser-manage own workload whilst maintaining effective operational relationships.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, ability to work across all levels and functions.
• Experience of and proficiency of financial systems such as SAP/BRM/PPMS/ARIBA.
• Analytical and reporting skills; with experience in interrogating corporate systems, analysing & interpreting data.
• Current valid driving licence and flexibility to travel across the Yorkshire region.
• Knowledge and ability to use Microsoft Office products i.e., Office 365 – Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, and Visio.

You will also benefit from having:

• Previous experience in a commercially orientated and/or regulated environment.
• Previous experience gained within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process, or manufacturing industry sectors.
• Previous experience of customer management and providing customer services through verbal and electronic interfaces.
• Previous experience of ISO55000/PAS 55 Quality Assurance Systems.

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 1-2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours. 

If you’re an experienced PMO Coordinator professional and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

Closing date 15 March 2024

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

Yorkshire Water values equality, diversity, and inclusion we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union membership.

Yorkshire Water reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

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£24.78k - £30.61k per annum