Transformation Business Partner - Worthing, United Kingdom - Southern Water

Description

Closing Date

Job Title: Transformation Business Partner

Location: Durrington/Falmer

Contract Type: Perm

Hours: 37 hours

Salary: circa £55,000

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint

This is a vital role in delivering the future vision of Southern Water. You will help design and lead the Asset Management Transformation plan for Southern Water, incorporating the principles of asset management and driving to improve asset management capability across the business .

You will collaborate with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to operations, maintenance, engineering and construction. This is a rewarding opportunity for an ambitious Project Manager to lead the transformation of our asset management capabilities, drive improvement and bring best practice into our asset management processes. You will take people on a journey, supporting continuous improvements and positively shaping organisational change to help us deliver significant environmental improvements and best value to our customers.

You need not have a background in Water or Wastewater. We would welcome applications from candidates outside of the sector, bringing fresh perspectives and ideas. This role has a focus on asset management systems, project management and implementing strategic organisation change. If you have previous experience of Asset Management and you are a self-starter with excellent communication skills then we would love to hear from you

You will be:

• Able to demonstrate excellent working knowledge of ISO550001, ISO3100, Enterprise Asset Management Systems and asset management principles & practices.

• Project or programme management qualified and/or hold an Asset Management Diploma or Certificate.

• Able to demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management, project management and change management skills in asset management planning and/or demonstrate the ability to evaluate and model complex issues against business drivers and targets.

• A self-starter, being able to demonstrate initiative, having a positive can-do attitude and willingness to working with a wide range of stakeholders at home and in the office.

• Exceptionally well organized with proven ability to meet timescales and ensure quality of output through effective organisation and prioritisation of tasks.

• An excellent communicator, able to produce clear and insightful reporting material and previous experience in developing and passionately communicating a long term big picture view and ability to translate it into action.

Your core responsibilities will be:

• Gathering the requirements of the Asset strategy and planning directorate and wider business teams to support the development and embedding of Systems Thinking and Integrated Business Planning.

• Setting up and running the ISO55001 transformation process and certification process, ensuring the demonstration of benefits on wider business requirements to meet ISO55001 standards.

• Reporting and tracking of actions and continuous improvement of the ISO55001 transformation and asset data management and governance processes to ensure that they are adapted for new technologies, new business practices and for new system data.

• Producing dashboards and analysis providing insight on the effectiveness of ISO55001 and asset data governance and the overall health of asset and system data in the business.

• Programme management of roadmaps and improvement plans to meet ISO55001 standards with the support of the Asset Strategy and Planning management team and monitor delivery of the action plan.

• Supporting the capture of cost and benefit data required for the input into the Integrated Business Planning process regarding system and asset insight initiatives.

• Working with the System Insight and Risk and resilience managers to support high engagement, high performance and continuous improvement of business processes.

Package:
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working. You will receive a salary of circa £55,000 per annum as well as other benefits including:

• Company and performance-related bonus

• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution

• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary

• Health benefits through a Cash Plan

• Two paid community volunteering days a year

• 25 days annual holiday

• Occupational health service

• Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences

• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications

• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

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