Operational CAPEX Programme Manager

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Operational CAPEX Programme Manager

Location: South Coast - You can be based in one of our offices within Southern Water patch - Chatham, Falmer, Durrington, Otterbourne; however, you need to be at our office in Falmer once a month. Hybrid - 3 office/site and 2 WFH. It is essential for you to have a driving licence due to occasional site visit requirements.

Work type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: Competitive salary and benefit plus £400 per month car allowance

We are currently recruiting for a CAPEX Programme Manager to ensure the effective implementation and delivery of the Operational CAPEX element of the execution plan by driving the successful delivery of interventions to time, cost, and quality. The role will ensure the planned level of benefits associated with TOTEX spends are being realised. This will involve proactively liaising across several directorates such as Asset Management, Engineering & Construction, Operations, and IT delivery streams to provide a clear view of any risk or opportunity to plan delivery.

Joining us at an exciting time to be part of our new investment, AMP8, the role offers you the opportunity to help us improve environmental performance and identify spending customers' money in targeting the correct areas. Your programmes of work will be helping the environment where you will have the authority to manage the approved spend in areas crucial for creating a sustainable delivery of service to our customers. You will play a key role in driving down wastage, identifying competitive costs, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring that we meet our environmental targets through successful delivery of projects and programmes of work. Working with our Exec Board Members, you will be a confident collaborator committed to achieving our long-term aims.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated programme management experience in water and wastewater or infrastructure industries.
• A strong understanding of company drivers, outputs and serviceability targets, the Water Industry regulatory framework, and OFWAT's business model.
• Applied understanding and experience of industry success factors, regulatory and legal obligations, and horizon scanning of upcoming challenges/opportunities.
• Proven ability to hold others to account including senior management.
• High level of initiative and self-motivation.
• Attention to detail, with effective communication of findings and actionable insight proposals.
• Evidence of clear communication to generate commitment to a shared vision.
• Collaboration across functions and departments in the best interest of the customer.
• Proven ability to meet timescales and ensure quality of output through effective organisation and prioritisation of tasks.

The above are some of the key competencies and skills that we'd like you to bring to the role. If you have any other transferable skills, we welcome you to apply!

Being a strong programme manager, you will ideally have a degree in science, asset management, engineering, or equivalent areas with APM or other project management leadership qualification.

Interested? Why not apply!

Every Body Welcome

We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.

We succeed together

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve.

• Company and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
• Health benefits through a Cash Plan
• Two paid community volunteering days a year
• 25 days annual holiday
• Occupational health service
• Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Need flexibility in your work?

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? While we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?