Project Delivery Specialist

About You

Are you an experienced delivery focused Project Manager, interested in putting your expertise into practice to benefit the 'watery' environment in Wales and the UK?

Are you also someone who likesgetting out and about in our glorious countryside, visiting legacy mining sites in some of the most beautiful parts of Wales and maybe other parts of the UK if you're lucky?

To top it off, would you be interested in gaining loads of new technical knowledge, about specialist metalliferous plant species, the industrial heritage left by metal mining across Wales and new and emerging mine water treatment technologies?

If so, read on….

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There are 1,300 abandoned metal mines in Wales, polluting more than 700km of river reaches. Remediating these legacy mines and mitigating the long term impact they have requires a substantial programme of works, which is why Welsh Government are supporting Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Mining Remediation Authority in the delivery of a sustainable multi-million pound national programme, to:

• reduce the pollution of land and rivers from metal mines in Wales
• mitigate the hazards and risks from metal mines
• protect and improve the condition and resilience of ecosystems
• promote and enhance health and well-being
• celebrate and promote the heritage and amenity of Welsh metal mines
• support local communities and stakeholders

The Programme is responsible for the development and delivery of pollution mitigation and environmental improvement projects, across the portfolio of abandoned metal mine sites in Wales. This is a collaborative role that brings together a range of stakeholders and partners focused on delivery of change that will improve the lives and environment in former metal mining communities in Wales.

The Programme includes a variety of remedial interventions including surface water and spoil heap management, and both passive and active mine water treatment schemes, often trialling and implementing novel and emerging technologies.

You can see more about what we do here:
The Coal Authority:
Overview | Linked In, Wales Metal Mines Programme :
The Mining Remediation Authority, Natural Resources Wales / Metal mine water pollution

That is why we are currently looking for an experienced delivery focused Project Manager to join our Wales Metal Mines Programme team, playing an important role in supporting our vision and delivering our growing programme of metal mines remediation projects across Wales.

You'll get involved in a range of projects that are seeking to clean up pollution from our legacy mine sites, benefiting future generations to come. The work is as interesting as it is complex and complicated, with loads of challenges and problems to solve, but at the end there is a huge sense of achievement when we get to build the assets that protect our rivers and streams from pollution.

• To do this, you'll be working with and supporting Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers to deliver projects, using your experience in project management and asset delivery to help them identify,manage and mitigate risks andmake sure that they have the tools that they need to enable the smooth delivery of remedial assets.
• You’ll have to work closely with our expert technical delivery support teams in the Mining Remediation Authority, such as our Engineering, Environmental Management and Stakeholder teams, as well as our Programme partners NRW and also external supply chain, with multiple consultants and contractors being used across the Programme. So you’ll need to be comfortable engaging and working with many different groups of stakeholders.
• You’ll also be a key part of the Programme Delivery team, working with the Programme Lead and Principal Programme Manager, highlighting project and programme risks and opportunities and inputting into and influencing Programme delivery strategies and direction.

We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the…