Technical Improvement Lead (GAC Manager)

Who are we?

Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km's of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
About the role

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Contracts team within the Operational Excellence team in Water Production. This is a high-profile role delivering the highest year on year spend of c. £10million within Production Directly Managed Capital.

Specifically, you will be managing the outsourced contracts for Granular Activated Carbon exchange and replacement, along with the ongoing proactive slow sand filter structural repair and replacement programme to deliver resilient process units across Thames Water Production sites.

The role requires significant ability to liaise, influence and coordinate between suppliers, operational teams and other stakeholders at all levels.

What we are looking for

You will:

• Develop and agree in year plans for the programmes with Operations to ensure compliance is achieved
• Manage delivery of the plans though continuous liaison with the suppliers and operations
• Track, report and escalate issues effecting programme delivery and compliance
• Provide recovery solutions when programmes fall behind
• Manage all aspects of the finances associated with the programmes including timely funding and order processing, commercial negotiations as well as forecasting, and reporting on, spend
• Manage the risks associated with the programmes through APS
• Develop multi-year programmes and agree these both with operations and DMC finance teams
• Operate as SME, inputting to projects associated with GAC or slow sand filters

What's in it for you:

Due to the nature of the role, you will be required to travel across the entire Thames region and therefore you will require a full driving licence. A private car allowance will be available if the criteria is met. You can be based at any of our production sites including: Ashford Common (WTW) - TW15 1RU, - Coppermills (WTW) - E17 7HE, - Fobney (WTW) - RG2 0HP, - Hampton Coal Wharf - TW12 2ES

Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme.

We're proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles, we are moving to a hybrid approach where we will provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home, dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you'll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We're also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader and we are a Times Top 50 Employer for Women. You can find out more in our working for us section of our website.