At a Glance
- Tasks: Analyse wastewater performance and design innovative solutions to improve community environments.
- Company: Join Southern Water's Clean Rivers & Seas Task Force, making a real difference.
- Benefits: Enjoy a performance bonus, generous pension, health benefits, and 28 days holiday.
- Other info: Flexible work options and opportunities for community volunteering.
- Why this job: Be part of a critical mission to reduce spill events and enhance local ecosystems.
- Qualifications: 5–10 years in wastewater networks with strong data analysis and modelling skills.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
Storm overflow solutions specialist role within the Clean Rivers & Seas Task Force.
The role is critical to ensuring a technically credible programme of works that reduces spill events and improves the environment for communities.
Responsibilities
- Analyse wastewater catchment performance and model scenarios.
- Propose, review, and monitor technical solutions.
- Contribute to the technical design and assurance of the storm overflow programme, providing input, options, challenge, and governance to deliver technically feasible interventions for the AMP8 programme.
- Design monitoring programmes and conduct modelling/analysis to measure the benefits of interventions and justify the PR24 assumption base to secure around £2billion of investment.
- Support innovative analysis approaches with the Technical Lead and other thought leaders internally, in academia, and across the UK water industry and the supply chain.
Qualifications
- 5–10years of technical experience in wastewater networks.
- Strong data analytical skills and a technical bias (ideally engineering).
- Experience in hydraulic modelling (highly desirable).
- Proficiency with analytical tools/packages such as ICM, SQL, and R.
- Can‑do attitude and ability to overcome complex challenges and obstacles, challenging colleagues and the supply chain to ensure robust interventions are designed and delivered.
- Security & Employment Checks
In line with Southern Water’s security requirements, successful candidates must provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK, a criminal record check (DBS), and verification of employment and/or education history for the past three years.
Appointment is subject to the successful completion of all pre‑employment checks, including security vetting.
Southern Water reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment if a candidate does not meet the required security standards or fails to pass the vetting process.
Some positions may require higher levels of security vetting, which may involve additional documentation.
Benefits
- Performance‑related bonus
- Generous pension scheme
- Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
- Health benefits through a Cash Plan
- Two paid community volunteering days per year
- 28 days annual holiday
- Occupational health service
- Retail discount app
- Competitive maternity leave and flexible return‑to‑work options
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