Water Network Engineer

hireful; Willenhall; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Water Network Engineer

Salary: To £45,000

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Walsall / Travel required

About them:
As a water only Company, providing clean, healthy water 24 hours a day, 365 days a year is at the very heart of what they do and that’s where you come in.

The Role:
As a Water Network Engineer, you will provide inspirational leadership to their cross regional risk management team on the water network incorporating both the strategic and distribution system. You are required to implement processes to risk assess and mitigate supply interruption risks during all network interventions whilst being empowered to promote, influence, and deliver change to working practices and processes.

Critical Performance Objectives

1. Deliver maximum reward position for their Supply interruptions ODI
2. Delivery of strategic authorised operations to facilitate all work in the network.
3. Promote positive Employee engagement as defined by their annual survey and continuous engagement with the team.
4. Deliver works in accordance with the departments opex and capex budgets.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities

1. To live by their values of Professional, Trusted, Impactful, Community Focused.
2. To ensure adherence with all compliance standards and always operate with integrity.
3. Accountable for the team’s health and safety performance reducing their exposure to critical risks/hazards.
4. Responsibility for monthly and annual regulatory reporting (Supply interruptions, DG2)
5. Accountable for managing the strategic authorised operations process to mitigate risk during network interventions.
6. Responsible for the ongoing programme delivery of mains cleaning (PODDS) on the strategic network.
7. Identify improvements required to deliver effective and efficient business processes.
8. Support mains rehabilitation designs and installations to ensure network optimisation and minimal customer impacts.
9. Responsible for maintaining and improving the skills matrix for technical competence.
10. Fully support incident management requirements in line with their procedures.

What You’ll Need:

1. Dynamic and collaborative individual with excellent communication and influencing skills.
2. Demonstrating an understanding of hydraulic principles and experience in water network management is desirable but not essential.
3. Experience of engaging with a multitude of internal and external stakeholders.
4. Possessing excellent report writing skills and will be competent across the Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Project.
5. Experience in hydraulic software modelling.
6. A full UK driving license is essential.

Education / Qualifications

1. Civil or Environmental Engineering discipline.
2. IOSH Managing Safely accreditation is desirable.

What You’ll Get in Return:

1. A competitive salary up to £45,000
2. 25 days holiday + bank holidays
3. Company pension with employer contributions
4. 24-hour helpline providing free and confidential advice to you and your family on financial, legal, marital, and health matters.
5. Eyecare vouchers – via Specsavers
6. Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

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