About The Role

Construction Manager (Water Recycling) – Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough

@one Alliance is a partnership of eight leading companies—Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO—delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period, we are preparing to undertake our largest project yet. This is a unique opportunity to drive industry change, set global standards, and foster career growth.

We are looking for a Construction Manager to lead the delivery of innovative solutions for AMP8.

As Construction Manager, you will lead on managing quality, cost, and timely delivery of all construction activities on site. You will manage the construction delivery team to ensure all activities comply with scheme deliverables from a developed solution at DM3, ready to go to site, aiming for Zero defects at DM4 in collaboration with the delivery team.

While primarily focused on managing construction delivery, you must adopt a broader pan-Alliance perspective, demonstrating appropriate alliancing behaviors and leadership skills within integrated teams.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead and inspire site construction teams, managing resources across multiple projects.
2. Ensure efficient, high-quality, and cost-effective project delivery.
3. Review and approve RAMS, ensuring full compliance with safety standards.
4. Take ownership of constructability reviews, project rehearsals, and Fit for Assembly signoffs with the Project Delivery Manager.
5. Oversee workforce allocation, optimizing efficiency across partner companies.
6. Collaborate with the Site Manager to develop and implement construction phase plans.
7. Manage direct labour teams from all partner companies.
8. Work with other Construction Managers in the alliance to allocate the workforce weekly, based on location, skill set, and scheme duration.
9. Co-create and collaborate on the production, submission, and compliance with construction phase plans with the Site Manager.

Who we're looking for

What We Are Looking For

1. Experience managing operational resources in a multi-site construction environment.
2. Experience within the water recycling industry (preferred).
3. SMSTS and Site Environmental awareness training.
4. CSCS card (Manager level).
5. Minimum degree/HNC or equivalent qualification, e.g., NVQ Level 6.
6. Full UK driving licence.
7. Leadership skills.

This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to lead, innovate, and make a lasting impact on the future of infrastructure.

Are you ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now and be a driving force in AMP8’s success!

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting, and meaningful projects; developing, building, and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

• Smart working, offering flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles permit.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro-rata).
• Family-friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with various electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations, and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility to design, construction, and maintenance, our experts and innovative resources support UK’s power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we value diversity and inclusion as key to our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. Learn more at our diversity and inclusion page.

We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE, and have signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter on Black Inclusion. We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are dedicated to supporting applicants with disabilities and long-term health conditions. For more info, visit: Disability Confident.

We aim to ensure our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. Feedback is welcome at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com.