Overview

Are you ready to lead projects that make a real impact on Wales' natural environment and infrastructure? This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Project Manager to join Natural Resources Wales' Projects and Programme Delivery team - a critical part of the Strategic Projects department. As a Project Manager, you will be at the forefront of delivering innovative, sustainable, and high-value solutions that help protect, enhance, and manage Wales' natural resources. You'll play a pivotal role in overseeing the delivery of a diverse range of capital projects across engineering, infrastructure, and environmental domains. From flood risk management schemes and fish migration improvements to river restoration, metal mines remediation, and infrastructure development on the forestry estate - your work will directly support our mission to build a more resilient and nature-positive future. Working with passionate, multi-disciplinary teams, you will manage projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. You'll bring your leadership, coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills to complex challenges that demand technical knowledge, creativity, and clear decision-making. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys collaboration, and wants their work to have a tangible and lasting benefit to people, wildlife, and the wider landscape of Wales. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Project Manager responsibilities for allocated projects within our PRINCE2 methodology, being accountable to the Project Executive.
• Support Senior Engineering Project Managers in the delivery of higher complexity and higher risk projects.
• Demonstrate exemplar project management principles; including financial, programme, scope, risk and contract management for projects.
• Manage the procurement of all suppliers on your projects. Undertake your duties in line with delegated authority and NRW policies and procedures.
• Prepare MS Project programme for projects, provide accurate forecasting of project milestones. Understand and manage programme delivery risks.
• Identify all consents and permissions required and apply for/instruct suppliers to obtain these in a timely manner.
• Write and maintain a risk register for projects and take action to manage financial, commercial, legal, operational and reputational risks.
• Be a champion of safety and environmental practices and promote these to your project teams.
• Manage project communications to effectively engage and influence stakeholders to facilitate project delivery and outcomes.
• Identify and share lessons learned and best practice. Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Qualifications

• Educated to a minimum of degree level in an engineering, science, environmental, geography or related technical subject, or equivalent. Post holders must have proven project management experience delivering capital projects in civil engineering, construction, or environmental sectors, with strong skills in financial, programme, scope, risk, procurement, and contract (ideally NEC) management, and experience supporting multi-disciplinary teams. Post holders will have good communications and relationships skills. Post holders will be knowledgeable in safety and environmental management. PRINCE2 Foundation Status is desirable, or a commitment to achieve within 6 months of being in post. UK full driving licence.
• Welsh Language Level requirements:
  • Essential: Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Please note if you do not meet the level A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Organisation and Equal Opportunities

We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year. We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses. We are a bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time.