Job Description

We're making a difference: Together, we can ensure that there is enough water for everyone, now and in the future.

Portsmouth Water is looking for a dedicated Security and Emergency Planning Officer to help safeguard our business against a range of security threats including physical, cyber, personnel, and information-based risks. This vital role ensures we remain compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements while maintaining a strong and proactive security posture.


In addition, the role is key to managing our response to incidents effectively. You will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to coordinate responses, lead post-incident reviews, and ensure that valuable lessons are identified and integrated into our operations. If you're passionate about resilience, planning, and protecting essential services, we'd love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for Emergency Planning and Protective Security (Physical, Cyber, Personnel, Information) across Portsmouth Water, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance, managing incidents, and embedding learnings.

Hold key relationships with external stakeholders. (Intelligence Agencies, Specialist Police Units, Local Resilience Forums & Regulators including DEFRA and DWI) and internal managers.

As a senior member of the Incident Management Team (IMT) you will ensure incidents are responded to effectively and liaise with external stakeholders during response and recovery periods.

Providing practical emergency planning and security advice to internal stakeholders, aligning with relevant regulations, policies, and standards to support compliance across the business.

Conduct risk assessments, undertake regular reviews and updates of our emergency planning and security risk registers.

Ensure all SEMD (physical security) and eCAF (cyber security) activity is reported and recorded in terms of compliance-level risk against regulatory requirements, reportable annually.

Design and implement action plans to aid 'go to green' activity against regulatory requirements. Track progress and milestones, reporting through relevant governance structures.

Promote common standards and alignment of emergency planning and security policy and practice across Portsmouth Water including responsibility for compliance with Regulator audits and the adoption of best practices.

Create reports and provide emergency planning and security briefings to internal and external stakeholders.

Programme and facilitate testing and exercising of our emergency planning and security arrangements to ensure that our people, systems, plans, and procedures are compliant with requirements.

What do you need?

Skills, Qualifications & Competencies

Strong analytical and logical mindset for continuous improvement.

Demonstrate leadership qualities including strong collaboration and clear communication skills.

Well developed stakeholder management skills, internally up to Executive and Board level and externally with senior Regulators and local public bodies.

Self-motivated, committed and organised to manage own workload and react to changing priorities.

Comfortable with representing Portsmouth Water in wider water industry and security industry forums.

Strong IT skills, including MS Office 360 products.

UK driving licence required.

Experience of working in a regulated environment e.g. utilities, Government departments, national infrastructure, etc.

Experience of senior leadership within a security role (Security Services, protective security, intelligence, security management, or risk management).

Experience in conducting security risk assessments, report writing and investigating incidents.

An understanding of emergency planning and security in the water industry and its regulatory framework.

A strong understanding and experience in applying emergency planning and protective security principles, methodology and processes.

Understanding of regulations, laws, and water industry standards. (e.g. SEMD, NIS, PSG, WUKSS, EPG, NPSA).

Have experience investigating incidents and ensuring learnings become embedded in future practices.

We recognise people want to work in a variety of different ways

, and that's why we're happy to consider

flexible working arrangements

. Please feel free to talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may be looking for.

We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion

, and we actively encourage applications from all sections of society.

Please note,

the Company has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are

eligible to live and work in the UK

.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive

, we're unable to respond to every applicant individually. If your application is of interest, we'll usually be in touch

within 4 weeks

of receiving it.

What can Portsmouth Water offer you?

At

Portsmouth Water

, we believe in rewarding our people. Here's just a taste of what's waiting for you when you join the team:

Holidays Made Better

Enjoy

27

days of annual leave

,

plus bank holidays

, giving you plenty of time to relax, recharge, and explore.

A Pension That Works for You

We'll help secure your future with a

generous pension scheme

, contributing

up to 15%

because your tomorrow matters as much as your today.

Performance Pays Off

You could earn a

non-contractual bonus

of

up to 6% of your basic salary

, linked to company performance because when we succeed together, you should benefit too.

Family Comes First

Whether you're welcoming a new arrival through birth or adoption, we've got your back with

enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave and pay

.

Peace of Mind, Always

Our

life assurance scheme

gives your loved ones extra security, with a

4x salary

lump sum benefit in case the unexpected happens.

Support When You Need It

We know life has its ups and downs. That's why we offer both

Private Medical Insurance

and an

Employee Assistance Programme

provided by

Bupa

giving you access to expert healthcare and 24/7 confidential support.

PW Perks Treat Yourself!

Enjoy exclusive

discounts at thousands of retailers

, plus exciting benefits like:

Electric Vehicle Scheme

(after 1 year)

Cycle to Work Scheme

Health Cash Plan

and

so much more!