Role Details
"Salary - Competitive Salary
Work Type - Hybrid
Job Location - Lingley Mere (UU), Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP
Role Type - Permanent
Employment Type - Full Time
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week
United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.
We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.
We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.
We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution."
Job Purpose
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our bioresources business to drive change, evolve our services to meet the future needs of the business through a transformational asset management programme.
Responsible for defining a prioritised risk management programme for the company’s Bioresources assets, which balance the expectations of United Utilities stakeholders. The aim being to identify and promote the best value solutions for reducing risk to the service we provide our customer’s, taking account of all available response options, and their respective Whole Life Costs.
You will work with other Bioresources Risk Managers and Wastewater Risk Managers ensuring that the Bioresources asset planning meets the end to end system needs. The post holder may have a Risk Analyst reporting directly to them.
You will also act on behalf of the Bioresources business liaising with many internal and external agents and organisations, ensuring that assets are maintained, enhanced, and protected within company strategic goals, budgets and timescales. This will include responsibilities for planning over the 5-year Asset Management Planning (AMP) period.
There is a requirement to work collaboratively with other members of the Bioresources and Wastewater businesses, Asset Management Directorate, and teams across the wider business to develop and embed our Asset Lifecycle Management Capability to successfully deliver United Utilities Strategic Objectives.
Job Accountabilities
- Accountable for the service to our customers for the bioresources assets, whilst ensuring full compliance with required company and regulatory standards.
- Work with the Regional Programme and Risk Manager, with input from the Strategic Asset Manager to understand the end of AMP targets for the regional bioresources plan and use this as a basis for prioritising in-AMP asset interventions.
- Work closely with the bioresources Risk Analysts to validate and prioritise Risks to service within the regional bioresources asset base, balancing strategic risks from growth, quality, and legislative drivers identified through strategic methodologies against emergent operational risks escalated through the Tier Process, identified through Hazrev Process, site inspections, maintenance reports .
- For all prioritised risks, ensure that a full range of potential intervention options are considered in response, and validate the risk reduction for each option. Working with the regional engineering teams to prioritise investigations and estimation activities.
- Develop recommendations, to articulate the proposed interventions, quantifying the risk reduction benefits and expected Whole Life Costs of solutions.
- Appraise potential intervention options and propose the best value intervention options to the appropriate approval forum for decision to proceed.
- Develop Project Requirements Statements to articulate the investment needs, agree these with the delivery organisation with sign-off representing hand-over into project delivery. Sponsorship activities through the Project Lifecycle to be limited to change control of Requirements and Benefits only, once delivery starts.
- Develop Benefits Realisation Plans at the outset of the Project to articulate how, when and who will confirm the benefits achieved post intervention.
- Where non-capex intervention options (GHLS options 1-3) are proposed for managing risks, monitor the deployment of these responses and update the risk record.
- Support the production of Periodic review submissions with case studies and future plans.
- Carry out post investment appraisals: Responsible for signing off the completion of the Project Requirements and undertaking Benefits Assessment in line with the Benefits Realisation Plans to measure and report on benefits achieved.
- Manage Change control around project requirements and benefits, escalating these as appropriate.
- Support and contribute to the development of regulatory data to Ofwat, EA and DWI, HSE and contribute to associated internal and external audits.
- Provide guidance on the protection of assets and on the strategic implications of all external major planning applications received by the company.
- Identify and report changes against the regulatory contract, provide supporting information for related regulatory submissions (i.e. change protocol, logging up & IDoK submissions).
- Work with other wastewater Asset Managers across the UU region to ensure best practice is shared.
- Seek to optimise the Whole life Cost of assets.
- Act as client on behalf of the Asset Owner in liaising with many internal and external agents, ensuring that assets are maintained, enhanced, and protected within company strategic goals, budgets and timescales.
- Establish strong relationships with the Asset Management technical home, and championing and complying with the Risk and Asset Planning (WRAP) framework.
Knowledge and Skills
- Relevant educational qualifications, including a degree in a numerate or technical discipline. A post graduate qualification is desirable. Ideally the post holder will have a Certificate in Asset Management and be working towards a Diploma in Asset Management (or equivalent).
- The post holder will normally be a member of a professional body e.g. Institute of Asset Management, CIWEM, IWO, Institution of Civil Engineers, Society for the Environment,).
- A valid driving licence is essential
- Strong analytical reasoning, planning and strategic thinking capabilities, negotiating skills, influencing skills, financial/economic skills combined with good team working skills to form excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong communicator and influencer to help develop and promote their Asset Management Plans and intervention decisions, ensuring engagement of internal and external stakeholders. They must have the skills to be able to write persuasive recommendations appropriate to the decision make
- Significant post-graduate water industry experience.
- Wide experience and a good knowledge bioresources and wastewater treatment. Experience of risk management techniques, and strategic planning, with a sound knowledge of the linked investment and business finance issues and appraisal methods.
- A good understanding of the regulatory framework and funding mechanisms Good oral and written communication skill and the confidence to participate in meetings/workshops with leaders from across the business.