Regional Risk Specialist

Location: Hampshire - Hybrid working: 2x office and remaining working from home

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: Up to £42,000 per annum

About the role

We are recruiting a Regional Risk Specialist to support Wastewater Treatment operations across Hampshire. This role acts as a focal point for identifying, tracking, and reducing operational risks. These risks relate to health, safety, and wellbeing, customers, the environment, and budget control.

You will work closely with Field Performance Managers and other internal teams. You will help ensure risks are clearly understood, prioritised, and managed through to solution. You will play a key role in improving safety performance, reducing customer impact, supporting environmental compliance, and ensuring effective financial control.

What you will be responsible for:

• You will lead the coordination and communication of operational risk across the region.
• Identify and coordinate escalated operational risks within the Hampshire region.
• Assess risk impact and map risks against internal risk criteria.
• Maintain and update a regional risk heat map.
• Track progress of risk reduction plans through agreed delivery routes.
• Chair and support Regional Risk Review meetings.
• Work with internal stakeholders to investigate risks and agree solutions.
• Support solution development activities for complex and long-term risks.
• Produce clear risk statements to support effective decision making.
• Contribute to the development of business cases for investment funding.
• Build strong relationships across Southern Water to support shared goals.

Additional requirements specific to the role:

• Occasional travel to wastewater treatment sites across Hampshire.
• Full UK driving licence is required.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Experience assessing and managing operational or asset-related risk.
• Background in a regulated or operational environment.
• Ability to analyse information from multiple sources.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Confident communicating complex issues in a clear and practical way.
• Ability to work independently and prioritise a varied workload.

• Experience within wastewater or water operations.
• Knowledge of asset risk management or root cause analysis.
• Experience supporting business cases or investment planning.
• Awareness of health & safety, environmental, and customer risk.

Progression opportunities

This role offers exposure to complex operational challenges and long-term investment planning. It provides strong development opportunities within operational risk, asset management, and leadership pathways.

Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britain’s water industry, investing significantly to enhance resilience, sustainability, and service excellence. With £7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.

You will be joining at a time of significant change, working alongside a highly skilled leadership team with a clear vision for the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact, influence major strategic decisions, and drive long-term value creation.

At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Additional information:

In line with Southern Water’s security requirements, successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of their identity, eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record check (DBS) and verification of their employment and/or education history for the past three years. Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of all pre‑employment checks, including security vetting.

Please note that if a candidate does not meet the required security standards or fails to pass the vetting process, Southern Water reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment. Some positions may also require higher levels of security vetting, which may involve providing additional documentation.