Why Water?

Without water, life as we know it would be impossible. Every day, we rely on it for drinking, washing and cleaning. It helps create the energy we need for heat and light. It’s also essential to the products we enjoy and the natural world we depend upon.

Yet the South East faces a future of more people and less water. Our population is growing fast, and climate change is bringing greater risk of both drought and flooding.

In the water industry, your work will help to address these challenges and give people access to sustainable, high-quality water and wastewater services for decades to come.

The South East is also home to over 700 miles of coastline, two National Parks, four Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and some of the world’s rarest chalk streams. As well as working within these breath-taking environments, your activities will help preserve them for generations to come.

Why Southern Water?

Each day, over four million people across Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight count on us for their essential water or wastewater services. Our work is vital, because we’re providing water for life.
Do you want to make a difference? At Southern Water, you work will help to enhance health and wellbeing, protect and improve the environment and sustain the economy. You’ll also play an important role in helping us deliver a resilient water future for the South East.

Are you a natural collaborator with a strong moral compass and high standards? If so, you’ll fit right in. Everything we do is underpinned by three values: succeeding together, doing the right thing and always improving. Do you want to bring your authentic self to work every day? We do too. That’s why we’re building an inclusive culture and are proud to offer equal opportunities regardless of age, cultural background, disability, gender, marital status, nationality, political belief, race, religion or sexual orientation. We believe the unique perspectives and experiences each of us brings make us stronger.

Job Overview

A rare and exciting opportunity has become available for a Technical Manager to join the Southern Water team at our head office in Durrington, Worthing on a full-time, permanent basis!
We are offering a competitive salary of up to £45,000, depending on experience, as well as a range of company benefits to sit all lifestyles.

The Technical Manager will oversee a team of Technical Coordinators and Adoption Managers to drive the end to end application delivery for our development services customers. This will involve building effective relationships with external stakeholders, customers and assisting the team with technical queries to meet customer service levels.

Key duties will include, but are not limited to:
• Lead the team in the management and approval of applications from customers relating to water and sewer connections, requisitions and building over public sewers.
• Responsible for the evaluation of all new designs produced by developers to ensure they comply with Codes for Adoption, Water industry Act or self-lay accreditation.
• Represent Southern Water at meetings with customers, developers and other interest groups to ensure Southern Water position is maintained and supported
• Responsible for the necessary details, consents and approved drawings are available to enable Legal and Property Services to draw up adoption agreements and deeds of grant
• Accountable for the production and ongoing updates of technical guidance and the appropriate governance in place to respond to industry and regulatory change.

What you’ll bring to the role

We are keen to hear from applicants who have a qualification in engineering or experience in a similar discipline.

Experience in working towards customer focussed targets would also be desirable, as would experience of working in regulated industries.
This role will make excellent use of your experience in leading a team in a customer focussed and target driven environment, and you’ll be able to demonstrate your excellent communication and interpersonal skills too.

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Line Manager is aware of your application for this position.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered

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