Head of Operational Technology - Durham, United Kingdom - Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water

Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water

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Durham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Head of Operational Technology:

Salary circa £90,000
Location Durham / Essex
About the role

Head of Operational Technology

Full time

Permanent

Salary circa £90,000 (depending on experience)

Location Pity Me, Durham or Chelmsford, Essex

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity to join us here at NWL as our Head of Operational Technology reporting to our Information Services Director.

This role will lead our Communication and Technology Engineers, Process Automation specialists and Project Engineers, ensuring we are providing industry leading services to our Water and Wastewater directorates.

We're looking for you to develop and implement our operational technology strategy ensuring that we're meeting our goals for sustainability, reliability, and efficiency.

This means you will work closely with Architecture, Strategy and Product Management to help transform the Operational Technology estate so there is a clear vision and direction.

We're looking for you to be instrumental in delivering a great employee experience to the Operational Technology team.

This means you will ensure the team is continually developing the technical and personal skills they need for us to be industry leading.

In line with our 'Everyone Home Safe Every Day' commitment, you'll create a strong health & safety culture within the team, ensuring compliance with NWL safe working procedures and encouraging continuous improvement from teams to identify and implement better/safer ways of working.

Innovation is at the forefront of everything we do here at NWL which means you will continuously evaluate current issues facing our industry and consider ways in which we could produce solutions.

About you

We're looking for an experienced senior leader who thinks strategically, demonstrating their ability to make effective decisions that help us achieve our vision to be industry leading.

You will have proven experience leading a team operating in a business-critical environment, using your strong track record of delivery of an excellent employee experience.

You'll also have experience of delivering business improvements using technology and innovation within complex environments.

To be successful in this role we're looking for you to have a good understanding or background in Process Control, OT, and SCADA.

This is coupled with excellent organisational skills to effectively manage deadlines whilst balancing competing demands for resources.

You will have the ability to demonstrate successful experience of building trusting relationships with stakeholders, influencing at all levels to achieve buy in to new ways of working.

This means you will also have proven vendor management experience.

Experience of working in a regulated environment is beneficial.

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About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values
Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:
Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting cooperation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

Colleague benefits
We're the great company we are because of you - our people.

As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer
Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Christmas savings club

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan