Location
Reading, based at Clearwater Court with a hybrid working model blending office, site and stakeholder working, typically 2–4 days per week.

Hours
Full time, standard working hours with flexibility to meet role requirements.

Salary
Up to £61,000 per annum depending on skills and experience.

About the Role
Ready to make a real impact? As a Capital Efficiency Partner at Thames Water, you will play a key role in helping some of the company’s largest capital programmes identify smarter ways of working, unlock value and deliver tangible savings. You will be the day-to-day efficiency contact for project and programme teams across capital delivery, bringing teams together to identify opportunities and turn ideas into measurable efficiencies. Your responsibilities will include designing and facilitating engaging workshops that lead to clear decisions, actions and ownership, guiding opportunity owners through evidence gathering, validation and approval while they retain accountability for implementation and benefits realisation. You will coordinate input from Finance, Engineering, commercial teams and other specialists, keep actions moving, constructively challenge delays and escalate unresolved barriers. Additionally, you will act as a quality custodian for the Capital Efficiency Register, helping owners improve incomplete or inconsistent information, and share learning and good practice across delivery teams to support a consistent approach.

This is your opportunity to join a brand-new Capital Efficiency team and help shape how one of the UK’s largest infrastructure organisations delivers value. You will work alongside senior leaders, project teams and specialists across major capital programmes, influencing decisions, driving improvement and turning innovative ideas into measurable results.

Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, serving over 16 million customers. Joining us means being part of a diverse and rewarding workplace where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations. We offer meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Experience
- Strong coordination and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience facilitating multidisciplinary workshops or working sessions.
- Experience progressing initiatives, efficiencies, benefits or improvement opportunities.
- Experience within capital delivery, projects, programmes or an asset-intensive environment.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and turn discussions into clear actions and outcomes.

About you
- Proactive approach and confidence to challenge constructively.
- Excellent organisation, communication and attention to detail.
- Comfortable working collaboratively with diverse teams including Finance, Engineering, commercial and PMO.
- Enthusiastic about driving improvement and embedding efficiency across an organisation.

Qualifications
- It would be great to have experience in infrastructure sectors such as utilities, power, roads, rail or major construction.
- Knowledge of capital efficiency, benefits realisation or continuous improvement.
- Familiarity with governance, approval processes and maintaining registers or reporting information.
- A relevant project, programme, PMO, commercial or continuous-improvement qualification is desirable.
- Water-sector experience is helpful but not essential; transferable skills and fresh perspectives are welcomed.
- A full driving licence and access to transport are required.