Governance & Tracking: You will assist with project tracking and the management of Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID), ensuring every project sticks to our established governance standards.
Team Support: You will provide direct administrative support to the PMO team, managing schedules, team calendars, and handling the onboarding and offboarding logistics for project managers.
Quality Assurance: You will act as a guardian of quality, providing assurance on project status reports and ensuring all data submitted is accurate and consistent.
System Super-User: You will act as the "super-user" for our Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool, maintaining templates and guidance documents to ensure a consistent approach across the business.
Data Analysis & Reporting: You will gather, analyse, and report on critical project data, including milestones, budgets, and resource allocation, preparing these insights for the senior management team.
Requirements
communication
prince2
time management
pmo experience
problem solving
excel
Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present data clearly to various team members.
Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.
Project Knowledge: A solid understanding of project management principles, documentation, and methodologies such as PRINCE2 or Agile.
Organisation: Excellent time management skills to handle a variety of tasks, from scheduling meetings to managing IT access and equipment allocation
It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
Experience: Demonstrated experience working in a PMO or similar environment, specifically with a focus on project support, data management, and quality assurance.
Problem Solving: The capacity to identify issues within project data or processes and suggest practical solutions.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis software (such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets) and the ability to collect, analyse, and interpret project data.
Benefits
Paid volunteering days.
Health cash plan.
Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
Cycle to work scheme.
Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
Life assurance.
Training + Development
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Interview process
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Visa Sponsorship
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Security clearance
pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.
Company
Overview
520 million litres
Daily water delivery
The company supplies over 520 million litres of treated and tested drinking water each day.
£433–489 million
Infrastructure investment
The company is investing £433–489 million between 2020 and 2025 to upgrade treatment works and expand networks.
500,000 tests
Annual quality checks
A 24/7 laboratory in Farnborough conducts over 500,000 quality tests annually to ensure water safety.
£200 million boost
Funding injection
The company received a £200 million funding boost in June 2025 to support its operations and growth.
Founded in 1992 and restructured by merger in 2007, it has grown into a major regional water supplier.
Draws from aquifers, rivers and reservoirs, treating at some 83 works before distribution.
Project pipeline includes new reservoir at Broad Oak (operational by 2033), treatment works upgrades in Maidenhead and Maidstone.
Focuses on network resilience—leak detection teams, smart meters, and buffer storage tanks to reduce interruptions.
Environmental engagement includes working with farmers, monitoring SSSIs, and using dogs to protect wildlife during works.
Privately owned under a mix of pension and trust entities.
Notably endured a significant regulator investigation after households experienced supply failures and hosepipe bans.
Culture + Values
Employees are actively encouraged to become guardians of the environment—‘every action counts’ underpins all operational performance
Commitment to health, safety and wellbeing: ‘We are compliant with health and safety regulations’ and ‘Ensure fair pay, reward and recognition for all our employees’
Transparency of reporting and trusted corporate governance embedded in operations
Emphasis on collaboration and partnerships: working with customers, communities, supply chain and academic/science organisations to deliver shared solutions
Innovation-led mindset: integrates internal and external collaboration via Ofwat Innovation Fund to tackle sector-wide challenges
Environment + Sustainability
38% reduction
CO₂ Emissions
Achieved a 38% reduction in carbon emissions between 2015 and 2020.
98% Emissions Target
Operational Emissions
Targeting a 98% reduction in operational emissions by 2030, compared to 2018/19 levels.
12,637 Trees
Tree Planting
Planted 12,637 trees in one year, exceeding the annual target by 56%.
4% Fleet Electric
Electric Vehicles
4% of a 400-strong fleet consists of electric vehicles, with plans to expand via salary-sacrifice schemes.
Published routemap in July 2021 detailing measures: energy efficiency, renewables, nature-based solutions, direct emissions reduction, and green energy procurement.
Solar PV on ~20 sites planned, with battery storage pilots to support resilience and renewables.
25-Year Environment Plan (H25) focuses on safe water, climate change adaptation, sustainability of natural environment, and partnership working.
Operational performance metrics: zero water deficit; zero breaches of abstraction/discharge consents; 1 pollution incident (2018/19); carbon emissions per customer at 36.3 kg CO₂e/year in 2018/19.
Inclusion & Diversity
Member of UN‑backed ‘Race to Zero’ campaign—no DEI goals evident on public site
No explicit DEI strategy, targets or gender breakdown publicly disclosed via website or LinkedIn