Project Coordinator

at  Severn Trent

What do you get if you cross an award winning, innovative, water company and over 300 dedicated team members? Our Capital Delivery team of course!
We’re Severn Trent and we think water…and people are wonderful!
24 hours a day, 365 (sometimes 366) days a year we serve 8 million people across the heart of the UK. Each cuppa drank, and toilet flushed is only possible because of the 6,500 brilliant people working across our patch.
Our purpose is taking care of life’s essentials, but we’re also big on making a difference, not just because we should but because we care.
Which is why we are investing over £565 million into the new Green Recovery Programme, to improve the lives of the communities we serve. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) which is worth an estimated £168 million!
Do you have experience in project management or is it a career you have always wanted to consider?
If so, we want to hear from you!
This role is vital to the service we deliver those 8 million customers, and we think you’d love it.
It could be the biggest challenge of your career. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

As part of this programme you’ll play an essential part in improving the quality of 500 kilometres of river by upgrading sewerage treatment works, treating spills from storm overflows, and installing river quality monitoring. The significance of the work you will do makes this such an exciting project to be a part of!
As a Project Coordinator, you will assist in the management of project deliverables from business case approval to closure, to make sure that these are achieved on time, within cost and to agreed quality standards.
You will record minutes at project meetings along with the Risks, Issues, Actions, Dependencies etc. You will be responsible for keeping detailed project notes and records ensuring the collaboration workspace is updated. You will produce reports for the Project Managers ahead of board / governance meetings.
Prepare project quality, control and performance feedback against metrics (such as defects / customer complaints.
You’ll scope and create project plans with input from the project team, whilst effectively working with both internal and external stakeholders.
You’ll also support with financial management of projects, alongside facilitating the resolution of arising issues, managing SAP & project related information.
In this role you’ll initially focus on less complex, low risk projects and you’ll be supported in every way of your journey to grow and to do more.

You’ll join us with experience in a similar role, using great co-ordination skills, great communication skills to drive effective project management.
It is imperative that you have great communication skills alongside a want to deliver work on time in a structured format.
Experience in a project environment would be ideal!
Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity, and a caring attitude in equal weight.
The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity, and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too.
We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?