Southern Water

QA Automation Engineer

• Lead, mentor, and develop a growing team of Automation Engineers.
• Define and drive the automation roadmap in line with business priorities.
• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of automation solutions using Power Platform, RPA, Azure, and Copilot technologies.
• Establish and maintain technical standards, governance frameworks, and development best practices.
• Work with stakeholders across the organisation to identify and prioritise automation opportunities.
• Ensure solutions align with security, compliance, and architectural requirements.
• Drive adoption of modern development practices including CI/CD, testing, documentation, and release management.
• Support the evaluation and introduction of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled automation.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership across complex automation and integration projects.

Senior AI Automation Engineer

Analyst

• Lead the discovery, analysis, optimisation, and governance of end-to-end business processes across the organisation
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, operational teams, the Process Architect, and the Automation Centre of Excellence
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, standardise ways of working, and enable digital and automation solutions
• Take ownership of complex, cross-functional initiatives, providing leadership, coaching, and quality assurance to Process Analysts
• Help to shape enterprise-wide process standards and continuous improvement practices
• Play a key role in supporting Southern Water’s operational, regulatory, and transformation objectives

Senior Process Analyst

DevOps Engineer

• Help drive a culture of automation, reliability, and continuous improvement across DevOps practices.
• Design and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines, including reusable templates for data and ML workloads.
• Implement ML Ops workflows for deploying, monitoring, and retraining models on Azure Databricks.
• Integrate CI/CD into applications built in Python, C#, and JavaScript.
• Contribute to application-level development and deployment processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates.
• Build PowerShell automation modules to eliminate manual tasks.
• Manage secrets, environment variables, and secure access across environments.
• Monitor system health and deployment performance using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

Program Manager

• Lead the development and mobilisation of strategic programmes that deliver measurable outcomes and benefits
• Own programme development and submissions for regulatory price reviews
• Manage programme budgets and investment portfolios
• Drive optimisation of programme scope and delivery plans
• Lead and develop a team of technical specialists
• Build trusted relationships across the business and with external stakeholders

Programme Planning Manager

General

• Undertake reactive and planned maintenance of plant and equipment
• Install new plant and equipment as required
• Respond to alarms and fault-find issues, fixing or escalating as needed
• Carry out inspection and testing on electrical equipment following company procedures
• Provide technical expertise to internal and external contractors
• Update company systems and databases accurately and promptly
• Participate in standby cover

Electrical Process Technician

• Ensure infrastructure projects meet quality assurance standards under NEC Contract
• Manage health, safety, and security on-site
• Oversee construction inspections and defect resolution
• Support commissioning activities
• Assist delivery teams and reporting on progress
• Provide guidance and mentoring to junior team members
• Drive continuous improvement efforts

Construction Supervisor

• Ensure flow and Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data is accurately reported to the Environment Agency (EA)
• Assist in MCERTS certification, working closely with operational teams and external inspectors
• Provide expert advice on flow measurement, event duration monitors, and wastewater processes
• Support the delivery of flow monitoring schemes under the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP)
• Maintain and improve the MCERTS management system and associated processes

MCERTS Flow Coordinator

Project Manager

• Oversee the delivery of key projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards
• Lead on scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and procurement to meet critical project milestones
• Navigate complex challenges, driving innovation beyond business-as-usual approaches
• Collaborate with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
• Manage stakeholder relationships across internal teams, suppliers, regulators and other industry bodies
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality project information, performance reporting and financial forecasting

• Supporting project coordination across design, procurement, delivery and closeout
• Assisting with governance, reporting and assurance for internal and external stakeholders
• Supporting stakeholder engagement to enable timely decisions
• Coordinating internal teams, consultants, contractors and framework partners
• Supporting contract administration activities (NEC3/NEC4), including early warnings and compensation events
• Assisting with project tracking, including programme, cost and risk management
• Supporting regulatory engagement with organisations such as Ofwat, Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), Environment Agency (EA) and RAPID

Assistant Project Manager

• Leading the delivery of multiple projects and sub-programmes within the wastewater capital portfolio
• Managing and supporting a Capital Delivery team, including four direct reports
• Driving programme performance, ensuring projects are delivered to time, cost and quality targets
• Working closely with Strategic Delivery Partners to oversee contractor performance and delivery
• Building strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders
• Managing financial forecasting, risk, and performance reporting across your programme
• Driving continuous improvement and ensuring compliance with health, safety and quality standards

Senior Project Manager

Business Intelligence Analyst

• Designing, building and maintaining the enterprise semantic layer for high‑performance reporting and analytics
• Leading the delivery of a performance management framework with certified metrics and a single version of the truth
• Developing and optimising Power BI datasets and reports , applying advanced performance, security and usability best practices
• Implementing row‑level security and access controls to protect sensitive data
• Partnering with Data Modellers and Engineers to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Prototyping and validating designs using Databricks (SQL, Python, PySpark)
• Establishing scalable BI build, release and deployment processes , including monitoring and issue resolution
• Embedding data governance, data quality and compliance standards into BI solutions
• Managing and mentoring BI Engineers, supporting skills development and career growth
• Promoting knowledge sharing, best practice and continuous improvement across the BI community
• Actively contributing to agile ceremonies and driving iterative delivery and innovation