Technical Specialist (Storm Overflows)
23 hours ago
Portsmouth
Job Title: Technical Specialist (Storm Overflows) Location: Flexible (within our region), hybrid 2 days per week. Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 37 hours per week Salary: circa £50,000 Storm overflows are very provocative and not acceptable to our customers and stakeholders. We want to lead the charge in resolving the current situation. That s where our Clean Rivers & Seas Task Force comes in, implementing pioneering and industry-leading solutions to reduce spills and reliance on overflows whilst also enhancing the environment for our communities. Currently delivering a £1.5billion programme over the next 10 years, and we are now expanding the team so we can continue to work in partnership to deliver a larger programme of sustainable and innovative interventions to reduce the use of storm overflows. Job Overview A critical technical role in the clean rivers and seas task force which ensures we have a technically creditable programme of works that delivers the spills reduction, where we need it, at the right pace. • The role will involve analysing wastewater catchment performance, modelling scenarios, proposing and reviewing technical solutions and monitoring performance., • You will be responsible for the technical design and assurance of the storm overflow programme provide input, options, challenge, steer and governance to ensure we design & deliver a technically feasible set of interventions for our AMP8 programme., • You will lead on the technical assurance of benefits from the storm overflow programme design monitoring programmes, conduct modelling & analysis to ensure we measure the benefits of the interventions and justify our PR24 assumption base to secure circa £2billion investment., • You will support innovative approaches for analysis with our Technical Lead and other thought leaders internally, in academia, across the UK water industry and the supply chain. About You, • You will have a strong technical bias (ideally engineering) with an understanding of the waste water network OR, • You have superior data analytical skills OR, • You will have hydraulic modelling experience, • A can do attitude and can overcome complex challenges and obstacles., • Can challenge colleagues and the supply chain to ensure robust interventions are designed and delivered., • Experience with a variety of analytical tools packages (ICM, SQL, R, ), • Degree level technical (BEng MSc) qualifications in engineering (desirable) This is a unique opportunity to join a high performing and highly engaged team who are delivering a large innovative programme in partnership using sustainable and nature-based approaches to reduce the use of storm overflows and improve the environment. We know that over-use of storm overflows is a problem, so we are excited to invite you to be part of the solution! Package This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between an office (Kent, Hants or Sussex) and home. We are offering a salary of circa £45,000 as well as other benefits including:, • Generous pension up to 11% company contribution, • 25 days annual leave, • Life assurance equal to 4x salary, • Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service), • Health Cash Plan, • Full funded eye tests, • Two paid volunteering days a year, • Occupational health service, • Discounts with over 800 popular retailers, • Digital GP service, • Study support may be available for job-related qualifications, • Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options