Location
Hybrid role based in Reading, with attendance at Clearwater Court once a week (normally Friday) or as required.

Hours
Full time, 12-month maternity cover secondment.

Salary
Up to £55,000 per annum, depending on experience.

About the Role
Are you ready to influence how risk is managed across Thames Water? Join our Asset Management function as an Asset Risk Business Partner on a 12-month maternity cover secondment. You will play a key role in strengthening how we identify, assess, and manage risk across the business. Working closely with senior leaders, operational teams, and delivery partners, you will help embed best-practice risk management and support confident, informed decision-making that protects essential services for millions of customers.

Your responsibilities will include partnering with teams across Operations, Asset Planning, Engineering, and Capital Delivery to identify and assess risks to service delivery, ensuring effective mitigation plans are in place. You will support and contribute to monthly risk reviews, providing technical challenge and insight to senior stakeholders, including Exec and AO&CD leadership. You will develop and deliver risk management training to build internal capability and improve consistency, project manage key Asset Risk initiatives to support the maturity of our risk management framework, and act as a Superuser for our Asset Planning System supporting a community of over 1,000 users.

Additionally, you will deliver assurance activities to improve risk data quality in line with ISO 55001 and ISO 31000 standards, create proactive and targeted communications to improve engagement and understanding of asset risk, and champion risk management across Asset Management and Engineering aligned to the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, serving over 16 million customers. We are committed to building a better future for our customers, communities, people, and the planet. Join us to make a meaningful difference every day while developing your career in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the confidence to influence at all levels.
- Practical experience or understanding of risk and/or asset management principles.
- Experience improving or implementing new ways of working.
- Confidence using risk management tools (experience with Asset Planning System desirable).
- Experience designing and delivering training or assurance programmes.

About you
- Proactive, self-starting mindset with the confidence to challenge constructively.
- Ability to work collaboratively with senior leaders, operational teams, and delivery partners.
- Commitment to embedding best-practice risk management and supporting informed decision-making.

Qualifications
- Degree-level qualification (desirable).
- Professional qualification with the Institute of Risk Management, Institute of Asset Management, or a relevant professional body (desirable).