Regional Water Supply Manager - Grays, United Kingdom - Northumbrian Water
Description
About the role
We've an exciting opportunity to join us as a Regional Water Supply Manager in Essex. Our Essex operating area stretches from East London through to Colchester, covering areas including Chigwell, Barking, Romford, Chelmsford, and Southend.
You will be one of two Regional Supply Managers looking after our Essex Operating Area where you'll be leading teams of Water Supply Team Managers and Operational Technicians to deliver amazing clean drinking water to our customers.
In the role of Regional Water Supply Manager, you'll lead your team to deliver great quality drinking water, safely and efficiently. You'll meet customer expectations through the development and implementation of strategic and tactical operational plans while maximising efficiencies within your area of responsibility. You'll also be part of a wider team of Regional Water Supply Managers covering the Essex and Suffolk operating region of the Northumbrian Water Group.
You'll work closely with internal and external stakeholders such as water quality, service planning, asset investment and maintenance. We're looking for you to develop and maintain strong relationships with our capital project teams to ensure effective delivery of the agreed solution, in the role as asset user.
You'll be accountable for your operation to meet forecasted demand that is treated in line with our regulatory requirements at the right cost.
In the role we will provide you with development opportunities in Leadership, Project Delivery and Budget/Financial Management within Essex & Suffolk Water and more widely in the Northumbrian Water Group.
If you want to find out more about the role, please reach out to Nick Trice, Regional Water Supply Manager or Chris Fulton, Head of Water Supply.
About you
We're looking for you to have a positive approach to things with a "can do attitude", be resilient, organised and a great communicator with colleagues and stakeholders alike. Experience leading diverse teams is essential and bringing your own skillset from your previous roles to help share best practice across the business.
Experience related to Water Utilities would be highly advantageous.
Working in operations is a great way to understand our business and you'll have lots of opportunity to work with and influence other departments to help improve performance.
Here at Essex & Suffolk Water, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome applications from all diverse groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within all our teams, structures and organisation.
Please note:
This role has been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you'll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked