This is an exciting new opportunity to join a busy multi-disciplinary coastal and flood engineering team, managing flood and erosion risk on the south coast.

Coastal Partners provides a Coastal Risk Management Service to Havant Borough Council, Portsmouth City Council, Gosport Borough Council, Fareham Borough Council and Chichester District Council that reduces the risks to people, and the developed and natural environment from flooding and coastal erosion. This area includes three major harbours of significant environmental importance and over 246km of coastline.

What you'll be doing

We are seeking motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Client and Engineering Service. You will support our asset management team to evolve our strategic approach to asset management, with experience, or interest in the following role:

Project Manager - Asset Management Team - Fixed Term Contract

Coastal Engineer/Coastal Project Engineer

We look after a significant number of coastal assets to manage flood and erosion risk to our communities. These differ widely in terms of age and condition and include groynes, defence structures, public areas and navigation aids, all with differing maintenance and investment needs.

We are seeking a project manager to evolve our strategic approach to our asset management delivery, to drive consistency and efficiency across our Partner Authorities. Key responsibilities will include the planning and oversight of data collection in each of our delivery partners, considering inventory and data collection standards and systems. The role will review and help to develop optimised asset data approaches and systems, to provide us the evidence to make sound investment decisions and to manage asset risk.

Alongside this, the role requires you to perform a project manager role for capital and revenue projects, delivering through our Framework contractors and consultants. All our contracts are managed using NEC4, and experience of managing NEC Contracts is desirable. This role also supports our wider Client and Engineering Service and may involve supervision of more junior team members, supporting our asset management annual work and in the delivery of our Beach Management Plans.

You will need a degree in Civil Engineering, Water and Coastal Management or related discipline and applications are welcome from experienced candidates, with relevant training provided to support your role. Experience in maintenance or GIS would be advantageous. The initial salary is dependent on experience and qualifications.

What we can offer you

• A competitive salary
• Support for your continuous professional development
• Generous Leave Allowance
• Free Parking
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible/Hybrid working to support your work-life balance
• Family Friendly Packages
• A comprehensive benefits package, find out more on our website www.havant.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers

We are a dynamic service with a fresh and optimistic approach to meeting challenges and opportunities and are committed to developing our people through training and support to offer a varied experience.

This role requires frequent outdoor work, site work and attendance at our offices, blended with home working. You will need to be able to drive.

Interested? For full details of the roles and more information about us, please visit: https://coastalpartners.org.uk/join-the-team or for an informal discussion about the roles please contact Steve Fitzmaurice, Asset Team Manager on 07771 933831 or via email: steve.fitzmaurice@havant.gov.uk.

To Apply

Please click apply and complete the short application process (3-4) minutes. Please ensure you attach your CV and a supporting statement, when completing your application on our recruitment platform Hireful - www.havant.gov.uk/jobs-us-apply-now. We will not be able to progress your application further unless you provide a supporting statement detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria in the role profile.

Closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on 14 June 2026 and interviews will be held week commencing 13 July to w/c 20 July 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. We would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the current employment climate, we are receiving a high number of applicants for each post and as such may not be able to acknowledge receipt of your application. You will however be notified as to whether you made the shortlist soon after the closing date.

We want our workforce to reflect our diverse local communities, therefore, we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. www.havant.gov.uk/our-organisation/equality-and-diversity

The council is an inclusive employer and appoints on merit. We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for Veterans.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff members to share this commitment.

Havant Borough Council is a Category 1 Responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. All employees of the Authority will be expected to support any necessary actions required during an emergency response.