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Job Description
Who are we?
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Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
What is the purpose of this role?
This key role will be responsible for leading a technical team delivering our complex engineering wastewater treatment infrastructure projects up to £150m in value. Taking a 'cradle-to-grave approach, you will develop, build and lead the multi-disciplined team necessary to ensure the success of your project(s) and/or programs. You will be responsible for setting and delivering all key project technical activities that deliver against business case objectives as well as ensuring a strong health, safety and well-being ethos within a delivery focussed culture. More specifically you will be accountable for all technical aspects throughout the project lifecycle including.
- Providing key input to the selection and management of consultants, design-build contractors, and third-party suppliers.
- Led successful strategies to develop and define tender packages, project briefs, early identification and mitigation of program and project risks including consideration of any potential enabling works and maximizing environmental benefits of investment.
- Working closely and collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders including asset management, engineering, operations, procurement, customers, and our regulators to align technical requirements and strategies for delivery success.
- The ability to assimilate and articulate the business strategy for your project(s) and ensure it is delivered through the technical solution.
Have a track record of successful technical management of major engineering infrastructure projects up to £150m in value within a regulatory environment (ideally the water industry). You will be confident in demonstrating your capability with risk-based and analytical decision-making, using your excellent verbal, written, and presentational skills to positively influence complex investment decisions. You will be comfortable with communicating horizontally and vertically at all levels of the business and with external stakeholders.
In particular, you will have an engineering or other relevant degree and Chartered status and deliver high-quality capital solutions with an excellent customer focus aided by exceptional interpersonal skills and enjoy working collegiately.
Demonstrate excellent technical judgment and commercial acumen across all wastewater treatment processes alongside the management of multi-disciplined teams.
Possess excellent leadership skills and a desire to develop staff through line management of a team of 3-5 people.
Have process design experience and a good knowledge of conventional and preferably advanced wastewater treatment processes.
Be experienced in writing commercially and contractually sensitive project briefs and technical specifications to support tender events.
You will be self-starting, resilient, and tenacious under pressure, with a desire to successfully deliver projects on time, cost, and quality. Experience in delivering projects through full planning and environmental impact assessment is strongly desirable.
A great team player with the ability to work collaboratively in a challenging project environment, who is fully competent at using the appropriate company IT systems.
What's in it for you?
This is a challenging and exciting role, for which we are looking for proactive and engaging individuals who can drive projects forward. With the help of the team who work alongside you, this role will enable you to make an impact on our long-term ambitions; through the delivery of one or more of our major projects. Technical leadership, ownership, and accountability are key. This is a role that spans the whole project lifecycle. Success will be measured by how we deliver our projects to ensure smooth integration into our ' business-as-usual operation. The role also offers opportunities for progression within Major Projects, Capital Delivery, and more widely across Thames Water.
We're proud of the positive ways of working we've adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles, we're moved to a hybrid approach with various options for working from the home, office, and our sites.
Our competitive salary and package include an annual bonus opportunity, car allowance, private healthcare, an excellent contributory pension, and 26 days of holiday per year increasing to 30 days with a length of service.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding, and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your well-being.
We're also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service to our customers, communities, and the environment can thrive. This means, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you'll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues, and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can't consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.