Severn Trent

Strategic Network Specialist

Severn Trent

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: West Midlands • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £44,000 - £54,000 per year

About the role

  • Maintain the readiness of our strategic resilience assets and ensure they are able to support both planned and unexpected events
  • Support the safe operation of Birmingham Resilience Mode during outages and major operational activity
  • Monitor, assess and report on asset condition, risks and opportunities for improvement
  • Produce operational documents such as audits, surveys, procedures and network schematics
  • Lead the planning and coordination of EVA interventions across CCS delivery, AMP programmes and Aqueduct maintenance
  • Facilitate cross team workshops to track progress, manage dependencies and keep activities on schedule
  • Produce programme reports that give clear insight into performance, risk and next steps
  • Lead the development of programme plans and risk and contingency documents
  • Review completed interventions, gather learning and identify improvement actions
  • Support planning horizons from short term activity through to long term strategic programmes
  • Develop business cases and investment requests that will help shape future resilience across our region
  • Work closely with colleagues across Water Treatment, Water Resources, Network Control, Aqueducts and senior leaders

Requirements

  • Strong experience in Water Treatment, Hydraulics, Network Operations or Water Quality
  • Experience planning and coordinating complex programmes or operational interventions
  • Strong analytical capability and experience producing insight rich reports
  • Experience delivering detailed project or programme audits
  • Strong stakeholder management and cross functional working experience
  • The confidence to challenge, influence and lead discussions across the business
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and deliver to agreed timescales
  • A continuous improvement mind set and a proactive approach to problem solving
  • Experience using programme planning tools and performance tracking systems
  • A relevant degree and experience in a programme management environment are both desirable.
  • A full UK driving licence is required.
Benefits
  • Salary: £44,000- £54,000 + Company Car Allowance £400 per month
  • 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
  • Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
  • Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
  • Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
  • Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
  • Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
  • Family friendly policies
  • Two volunteering days per year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Water TreatmentHydraulicsNetwork OperationsWater QualityProgramme PlanningProject AuditsAnalytical CapabilityRisk ManagementContingency PlanningBusiness Case Development
Soft Skills
Stakeholder ManagementCross Functional CollaborationOrganizational SkillsProblem SolvingContinuous Improvement MindsetLeadershipInfluencing SkillsCommunication SkillsPrioritizationWorkshop Facilitation
Certifications
Relevant DegreeFull UK Driving Licence