Principal River Scientist

Hello, we’re Severn Trent, officially one of the UK’s Top 50 places to work. We pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic, innovative, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to do right for our customers, communities, and the environment. If you’re ready to elevate your career with a company recognised for its excellence and employee satisfaction, then this could be the opportunity for you.

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the health of our rivers? Do you enjoy data? We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual who is ready to champion our rivers and drive positive change. If you have a knack for understanding large datasets and a passion for rivers, we want to hear from you! As a Principal River Scientist, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our growing River Protection team and the wider business. We are dedicated to transforming the health of our rivers and providing valuable insights to our business both for short term and longer term decision making. The location of this role is flexible depending on where you live in the Severn Trent region. If you're based in or around the Midlands, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead a high-performing technical team of River systems scientists, ensuring effective data management and insightful analysis for diverse stakeholders.
• Develop and implement processes to ensure effective data management and insights can be derived for a multitude of stakeholders and that data integrity and accuracy is maintained.
• Oversee the analysis, interrogation and management of river quality data, sharing river insights in a meaningful way to match the wide range of audiences including, front-line teams and regulators.
• Coordinate and Manage River data projects to ensure timely, accurate completion within budget.
• Responsible for ensuring external and Internal reports remain accurate and informative.
• To support external enquiries by providing reliable, accurate and complete data.
• To share rivers insights in a meaningful way – this could be for a range of audiences including our front-line operational teams, communications teams, our Regulators or our customers.
• To ensure the team provide robust river data packs for business Comm cells to enable everyone to see, understand and care about improving our Rivers.

What You’ll Bring to the Role:

In order to be successful in this role as our new Principal River Scientist, you should have a strong passion for rivers and an understanding of river systems. Essential qualifications include experience in data analytics, environmental science, and knowledge of the water industry. You must be adept at collaborating with stakeholders, prioritising tasks, and managing a technical team. Desirable skills include expertise in environmental topics and data management.

What’s in it for You:

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and we’ll reward you for it too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live. With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite perks that you’ll get being part of the Severn Trent family:

• Salary starting from £48,950
• 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 (including, a year off fully paid maternity and adoption leave)
• Two volunteering days per year

What’s Next:

We can’t wait to hear from you. Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. If your curiosity has peaked and you’re wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.