Wastewater Asset Engineer (South West - Flow)

Working as part of the Wastewater Assets team, you will interface with Operations, Asset Planning and Capital Delivery teams to ensure the capital investment programme is targeted to ensure DCWW meets it's business plan targets and measures of success. Playing a lead role in identifying operational mitigation for wastewater assets needs, working closely with operational teams to establish root cause of prioritised schemes and developing business risks through to intervention and acting as Client liaison throughout the capital delivery process. This will include: 1. Understanding risk and prioritise investment in line with whole life cost and TOTEX solutions. 2. Use and update Investment Manager, ensuring consistent risk scoring methodology is in place and being used throughout the investment delivery process, and ensuring operational mitigation for risks and needs are identified and recorded. 3. Identify and implement best practise from across the business and assess opportunities for innovation. 4. Identify areas for efficiency and operational cost savings throughout the investment programme. 5. Review and analyse asset performance data and maintenance records and ensure root cause is established quickly and efficiently for risks and needs which are progressing through the capital delivery process. 6. Following governance processes related to capital delivery, acting as Client on behalf of Operations throughout the investment delivery processes from feasibility to project handover. 7. Work with Asset Planning, Operations and Capital Delivery Teams and ensure their needs and concerns are addressed 8. Influence solutions through the investment delivery process to ensure projects satisfy operations needs, are fit for purpose and to the required standard, achieve required statutory and business outputs within the available budget and within required timescales. 9. Provide reports to articulate risk and benefits delivered through capital interventions at project, programme and portfolio levels. 10. Input into and report on optioneering R&Vs, HAZOPs, HAZCOM design reviews and scheme sign off meetings with stakeholders. 11. Develop close working relationships with the Engineering Consultancy Partners, Asset Planning, Capital design and delivery to ensure continued alignment of strategy and delivery. 12. Ensure lessons learnt and successes on projects are disseminated through to relevant business areas including Wastewater Assets, Capital Delivery and Operations through the completion of post project reviews, promotion of best practise and identification of innovation opportunitiesWho you'll work with Internal

• Wastewater Assets Client Teams and commercial support.
• Wastewater Capital Delivery Team
• DCWW Delivery Contract Partners
• Wastewater Environment Team
• DCWW Senior Management Team
• Operations, Regulation, Asset Planning, Communications, Developer Services
  
  Experience, Knowledge & Skills
• Experience gained through thorough understanding of wastewater service delivery
• Experience gained through customer liaison in compliant bases scenarios, able to demonstrate model customer liaison
• A degree level qualification, or equivalent, in a relevant subject
• A proven Process Engineer or Specialist with wastewater operational experience
• Project & Programme Management - Prince II and/or APM Certification preferred with experience on wastewater projects
• The ability to develop positive working relationships and to be seen as a highly credible senior representative of the business is required for this role
• The ability to look at issues from a broad perspective, to come up with imaginative solutions, and to identify innovative alternatives to typical, unusual or difficult situations or problems
• Ability to travel as the job requires
• The belief in the value of synergy; the drive and ability to work with others to achieve a common goal in an optimally effective way
• The ability to use initiative to influence events, see opportunities and act on them, and to originate action
Good to know
• On site role but home working acceptable for relevant office/admin responsibilities attached to role.
• Car allowance is included.
  
  Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company's required security objectives. We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve. In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions - Up to 11% employer contributions
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free on-site parking at all our sites
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme
• Health CashBack scheme
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment. Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest. Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.