Regional Water Supply Manager

Regional Water Supply Manager

Full Time

Permanent

Salary – circa £60-70k  plus car allowance performance related bonus and Private Healthcare

Location – Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

About the role

We’ve an exciting opportunity to join us as a Regional Water Supply Manager in Great Yarmouth. You will be responsible for Operational Managers and their Teams looking after Water Treatment Works supplying the South Norfolk and North Suffolk Area. This includes Great Yarmouth, Gorleston, Lowestoft and the surrounding areas.

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 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 or Utilities more broadly would be highly advantageous. However, it’s not a necessity as we’re really keen to see applications from across different industries who can bring different skills to the team. We will provide all training required to be successful in the role, based on your skills and experience.

Here at Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also 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