Waste Water Asset Planning Manager in Bradford

Company description: Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

We have an opportunity for an Asset Planning Manager to cover the Yorkshire region, in our Asset Management (waste) department. The role is a flexible hybrid working arrangement with an expectation to attend sites from where your team(s) operate. Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

What we do! Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it's so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Asset Management team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The Asset Planning Manager will provide and manage a safe, reliable and affordable Wastewater Network that is optimised for operational and asset risk and delivers required company outcomes over a 2 - 8-year time horizon. To ensure that funding requirements deliver the optimal asset performance to deliver our performance and ODIs across the business for our customers and the environment.

As our Asset Planning Manager you will:

• Develop and lead a team of Wastewater Project sponsors to deliver Totex solutions to meet the needs of the business over a 28-year time horizon.
• Demonstrate relentless drive, energy and determination to deliver sustainable outperformance for YW that rigorously achieves against demanding competitive industry benchmarks.
• Demonstrate comprehensive financial awareness of the AMP plan and utilise this awareness when building investment plans within the AMP.
• Build and implement asset investment business plan that delivers safe, reliable and cost-effective asset performance across the AMP.
• Act as the Asset Owner within the Asset Management directorate for the Wastewater networks & treatment assets relating to spill reduction.
• Work with other planning managers to ensure that a fully coordinated plan is submitted for best value.
• Work with Operational colleagues to ensure that emerging risks are identified and appropriately managed in the Totex environment.
• Represent Wastewater Asset Planning at key decision making meetings in the business i.e. BIC, asset programme board.
• Manage the AP team always maintaining excellence in health and safety in all areas of work.
• Work with strategy colleagues to build PR business plans to enable the company to deliver customer outcomes.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experienced in leading highly successful teams, meeting key deliverables.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of managing Wastewater networks.
• Extensive experience of Asset Management principles.
• Clear understanding of the position and role of Network Asset Planning as well as individual role in delivering company risk management plans.
• Has extensive and effective internal and external relationships.
• Experienced in developing and maintaining key internal and external relationships.
• Experienced in supporting and embedding change, able to influence and drive the right culture and behaviours.
• Experience of delivering against challenging business targets.
• Clearly demonstrates the Yorkshire Water company values and behaviours.

You will also benefit from having:

• Previous experience in a commercially orientated and/or regulated environment.
• Previous experience gained within the Wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process or manufacturing industry sectors.
• Proven experience in carrying out detailed investigations into performance shortfalls on Wastewater networks.
• Ability to communicate at different levels within an organisation.
• Experienced in Project management.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it's important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life.

If you're an experienced People Leader professional and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you. Please apply online and complete the application process and submit your up-to-date CV, outlining your key reasons for applying for the role.

Closing date: 16th August 2026.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

No agencies please.