As the Director of Engineering, you will lead the engineering department to ensure the provision of engineering technical expertise and oversight across the end-to-end asset lifecycle, ensuring that our operation is safe, reliable, compliant and high-performing.
What you'll be doing as a Director of Engineering
You will be responsible for transforming the department to establish a single engineering function that provides professional and organisational oversight of engineering activity across the business. Engineering support will span the breadth of the operational business, ensuring a safe, reliable and compliant operation that is efficient and provides high service levels to customers.
Stakeholder management will be key to the role, both internally and externally with regulators. The successful candidate will therefore need to display a high degree of impact and credibility.
The engineering department will work closely with supply chain and partner organisations, embrace innovation and continuously drive improvement to improve the performance of the asset base deploying technical solutions that balance economic, societal and environmental value as the business strives to achieve a net zero future.
By providing strategic leadership and direction of Engineering comprised of a multidisciplinary team you will be delivering safety, innovation, quality, and process improvement to support the asset management strategy objectives in line with the direct budget control and influence the purchasing budget.
What you should bring to the role
- Experience and knowledge of change management principles to lead transformation through people, process, data, and technology.
- Excellent understanding of systems integration requirements in the context of an operational business.
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience of capital projects, programmes, asset maintenance planning, and engineering delivery in a complex, real-time operations environment.
- Knowledge of procurement, managing contractual and supplier interfaces, legal compliance, financial management and controls, project delivery processes and governance.
- Strong aptitude for holistic and integrated thinking.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation, guidance, and best practice.
Essential skills & qualifications
- Minimum of honours engineering degree. (or equivalent)
- Formal professional recognition (CEng, CSci) through the relevant body.
- Fellowship of a relevant engineering institute.
- Ability to create a case for change, manage resistance and lead the successful implementation of change through engagement and coaching.
- People, financial, project and programme management experience is essential
- Excellent communication, both written and verbal.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive Salary.
- Annual Leave of 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
- Car Allowance.
- Annual Bonus.
- Private Medical Health Care.
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
Please note: when applying a cover letter is required for all applications
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life's great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we're committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
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At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you'll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.