HELLO! THANKS FOR STOPPING BY. LET US TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE GREAT REASONS TO JOIN US HERE AT YORKSHIRE WATER:

Salary and benefits: We are offering a competitive salary – up to £115,000, dependent on experience + generous pension + 25 days holiday per annum, plus a wellness day (excluding bank holidays) + Executive Incentive Plan + Company Car Lease + Private Health Insurance (for self and partner if applicable)
Location: Regionally based, flexible hybrid working with a mix of home working and working from one of our regional offices.
Working Hours: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday, expectation to participate in a standby rota
We have an exciting opportunity for a senior leadership role within the Asset Delivery Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

WHAT WE DO:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.
We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.
New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Asset Delivery team deliver Yorkshire Water’s major asset investment projects and programmes and are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
The Head of Infrastructure Programme Delivery will be accountable for delivering a major programme of construction work to improve Yorkshire Water’s water and wastewater below ground infrastructure networks. These improvements include creation of new pipelines as well as the repair and replacement of significant sections of our existing network.
The role will lead a team of Programme and Project Managers to safely deliver projects to time, cost and quality commitments. Additionally, the role will drive improvements in safety, customer experience, efficiency, carbon and productivity through a programme approach to delivery and the adoption of innovation and modern methods of construction. The role involves collaborating across boundaries to secure outcomes and includes internal stakeholder management, as well as engagement and management of the relationship with our supply chain partners, creating an outcome-focussed collaborative delivery environment.
This is a Senior Leadership role at Yorkshire Water. The role is part of the Asset Delivery team and reports into the Director of Asset Delivery. It is of strategic importance in a programme of works with a value of c.£1bn over a 5-year period.

WHAT SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS YOU WILL NEED:

• Experience of managing and leading a diverse multi-disciplinary team in a complex stakeholder environment with challenging business targets.
• Experience of successfully delivering engineering/asset related projects or programmes at scale including resource and budget management.
• The political and business acumen to develop and embed good relationships at a senior level with internal and external stakeholders to drive value across organisational boundaries.
• Adaptability to maintain focus move between strategic planning and tactical problem solving
• Understanding of governance, assurance and risk management policies, procedures and best practice.
• Strong understanding of commercial models and experience of managing complex frameworks and/or contracts and supply chain relationships.
• Experience of creating and leading high performing teams
• Ability to coach and influence senior managers and key stakeholders
• Values and behaviours aligned to Yorkshire Water’s expectations
• Energy and determination to deliver sustainable performance improvement against demanding competitive industry benchmarks.

You will also benefit from having:

• Previous experience within the water or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities, process or engineering sectors

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

Please refer the Job description for details