Engineering Improvement Manager in Humber

A Water Utility Company based in the Yorkshire region of England is looking for an Engineering Improvement Manager to join the Asset Delivery - Engineering Team at Yorkshire Water.

We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience, £53,167 - £65,000, a company car benefit/allowance scheme (£500 per month / £6,000 per year for a full-time employee), annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary), private health care, attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary, and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus an extra wellness day. Additional benefits include a health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover, retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts, and many more!

Location: Bradford, hybrid working (1-2 office days/week Bradford), pending office move to Leeds (LS10) in the Summer of 2026. Work type: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

As our Engineering Improvement Manager, you will:

• Support improvements across Asset Delivery and Engineering teams to drive efficiencies across our strategic programmes.
• Shape business strategies that maximise programme success and benefits.
• Connect early tactical outcomes to long-term strategic requirements, ensuring learning flows into future design.
• Work with PMO and Continuous Improvement teams to plan readiness activities and ensure people, process and tech impacts are fully considered.
• Track and manage outputs against success criteria, removing impediments to delivery.
• Maintain and prioritise the team backlog to support efficient execution.
• Participate in and lead relevant workshops and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ensure stakeholders are identified, engaged, and clear on impacts and responsibilities.
• Champion change across all levels, promoting proactive adoption.
• Lead, coach, and support SMEs to maximise the value of their expertise.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and best practice.
• Build organisational capability aligned to business vision, measuring progress and learning.
• Govern the enterprise change portfolio, providing insights and supporting benefits realisation.
• Identify interdependencies across strategic initiatives and engineering to mitigate risks.
• Lead projects focused on operational readiness and commercial impact, ensuring a collaborative transformation approach.
• Develop and embed metrics and MI to inform decisions and demonstrate impact.
• Support training design and delivery.
• Build a community of influencers to advocate Engineering Improvement.
• Foster relationships and influence behaviours to embed holistic, agile ways of working.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align design and deployment of integrated solutions.
• Engage colleagues across the organisation to maximise successful change adoption.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of leading and managing operational teams within water/wastewater.
• Strong knowledge and experience of business processes and systems linked to planning and scheduling and/or dynamic maintenance.
• Previous experience of managing change in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and experience of managing a wide network effectively.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence and inspire in order to create collaboration and alignment.
• Strong leadership skills able to lead both direct and matrix teams across the business.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced delivery and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Proactive, self-motivated, organised and takes personal accountability.
• Collation, interpretation and understanding of Key Performance Indicators associated with work management.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to work in a team and under your own initiative.
• Analytical skills and the ability to turn data into insight and then to actionable ideas.
• Communication skills to simplify complexity and ensure the business can deliver change and realise the benefits.
• Experience in managing project teams to deliver business objectives within defined milestones.
• Experience in Operational and Asset Management disciplines.

You will also benefit from having:

• Experience in the water industry or similar utility.
• Experience in business transformation methodologies.
• Experience leading transformation programmes in large organisations.
• Experience of working on large scale, technology-enabled change programmes.
• Ability to analyse and interpret operational performance data linked to work management systems and processes.

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 have experience as an Engineering Improvement Manager and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today.

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.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position once suitable candidates are identified, so advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible. No agencies please.