Head of Asset Intelligence

Job Title: Head of Asset Intelligence

Location: Hybrid working between either our Falmer or Durrington (Worthing) office, as per your preference, and home.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: We can consider part-time or full-time hours for the right candidate.

Salary: Competitive salary available commensurate with experience as well as car allowance and up to 20% bonus.

The UK water sector is about to embark on the most enormous transformation as it looks to the next five years of significant investment. Technological breakthroughs like AI, IoT, and drones will revolutionise leak detection, maintenance, and resource management. A renewed focus on sustainability will drive the transition to net-zero emissions, with increased emphasis on water reuse, recycling, and nature-based solutions.

Job Overview

Southern Water are looking for a new Head of Asset Intelligence to join our organisation to drive the continuous improvement and effectiveness of our Asset systems, data quality and Asset lifecycle process.

This role is critical in ensuring that at the heart of our Asset lifecycle, we have quality data, maturing processes and most importantly a drive to improve and deliver maximum value!

This position will be responsible for 3 key areas of work:

• Asset data management and maturity improvement is key to delivering our objectives by linking with key asset management leads, digital and wider data providers to ensure we have the best asset data policy and process we can.
• Driving the use and improvement plan for Asset systems, ensuring we have the latest data, to provide the right asset insight to the business that drives interventions and risk reduction to deliver our outcomes.
• Managing our Asset Lifecycle process, ensuring that it’s embedded in the organisation, being used by practitioners effectively and most importantly, delivering the solutions and value we need to be successful. This will involve leading a team that not only manages the process, its awareness and training but also drives improvement cycles to allow teams to deliver even better.

About You

We are keen to hear from applicants with a proven track record in leading asset management teams. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and be comfortable with both working within the detail of data, as well as being able to comfortably relay information to senior stakeholders.

This role would lend itself well to someone who is experienced in working within regulated industries, such as Utilities or Manufacturing but we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds who feel their skills and experience would be a strong match.

Package

We can offer a hybrid approach to working between either our Head Office in Durrington (Worthing) or our office in Falmer, and home. We can accommodate part-time or full-time candidates for this position.

We are offering a competitive salary depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Company and performance-related bonus

• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution

• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary

• Health benefits through a Cash Plan

• Two paid community volunteering days a year

• 25 days annual holiday

• Occupational health service

• Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences

• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications

• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.