Job Description

Job Requisition Number 8289
Work Type Permanent
Job Function Operational
Salary Starting from 50,958.00
Base South East Hub
Closing Date 23:59 on 15/01/2026
What you'll be responsible for

• Leading and developing the Water Asset Health Team, ensuring that every individual has clear objectives and is performing at their best. This will include routine line management in line with HR policies and procedures, and activities such as monthly 1-to-1s, performance reviews, team meetings etc.
• Developing an optimised maintenance strategy that aligns to business objectives, in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Overseeing delivery of the maintenance plans, ensuring that programme and contract managers in operational teams are aligned and that activities are effective. Manage to assigned budgets.
• Delivering a reduction in reactive maintenance by ensuring that root cause analysis and improvement actions are identified and tracked.
• Optimising planned maintenance activities to drive cost efficiencies and improve performance.
• Stewarding asset data and advocating for a business approach to data systems that enables the necessary function of your team and associated activities.
• Working with procurement to develop strength in the maintenance supply chain leading to improved resilience and increased competitiveness i.e. reduced costs.
• Measuring key performance indicators at business and geographic level to provide visibility of opportunities for improvement and incentivise necessary behaviours.
• Manging your own professional development and growth to ensure you remain a subject matter expert and thought leader in the field of asset management.
• Carrying out any other duties as required to meet business needs including participation in an appropriate standby rota.

Who you'll work with
Internal

• Wider Production Client Team
• Operational Teams
• Statutory Maintenance Team
• Wastewater Maintenance and Reliability Team
• Procurement Team
• Capital Delivery
• Wider Water Assets teams including distribution, design and commercial
• All levels of management within DCWW

External

• Regulators - DWI/OFWAT/NRW etc.
• MRO supply chain
• Teams and individuals in other Water companies working on maintenance and reliability

About you
Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• A scientific or engineering degree level qualification, or equivalent
• UK driving licence and ability to travel as job requires
• An excellent understanding of maintenance and reliability, earned through maintenance delivery roles
• A proven maintenance professional, with an understanding of strategic maintenance approaches and an ability to advocate for them based on your experience of their implementation
• A track record of managing high performing teams. Proven ability to provide inspirational leadership and direction to a team to achieve business objectives
• Proven ability to utilise data to drive performance and initiate cultural change. Experienced in reporting maintenance performance based on development of key performance indicators
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation - from frontline to board
• Highly effective critical thinker with ability to collaborate with technical specialists to optimise scope and solutions
• Contract management and procurement skills - ability to work with procurement specialist to set out requirements, select contractors and manage supply performance
• The ability to influence at all levels including at director level. Able to provide coherent reporting on business options and advocate for recommended positions

Good to know

• A UK Drivers licence is required for the role
• Car allowance is provided to the successful candidate
• The successful candidate will be required to participate in a standby rota

For more information on the role please contact Richard3.Jones@dwrcymru.com
Benefits
As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions - Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found on our website.

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business.
For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject to all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.
Who we are
D?r Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company's required security objectives.
We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.
To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.
In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.
D?r Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
D?r Cymru Cyf 2019.

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