Location
Base Location: South London - Stroud Green - Croydon - CR0 8YY.

Hours
36 Hours - Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:00 pm.

Salary
Up to £48,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

About the Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to take on the important role of Leakage Optimisation Engineer in the South London Area. This role encompasses all aspects of leakage optimisation and control within your specified region. As the Leakage Engineer, you will monitor and oversee a designated region, significantly improving performance in your area. You will directly review methods to optimise and improve leakage detection and control while building an understanding of network configuration. This will influence operating strategies to develop and promote fresh ideas and strategies in your area.
- Achieve key operational and regulatory targets while setting the strategic direction of your area alongside the Regional Manager.
- Recognised as a Subject Matter Expert in leakage detection and control within your region.
- Provide coaching and mentorship to the Leakage Optimisation Analyst and support the training of other Thames Water colleagues.
- Drive improvements of defined business processes and lead innovative new ways of working.
- Take ownership of all Leakage-driven issues in your area to ensure a safe and reliable drinking water supply now and into the future.
- Manage the accuracy and availability of data from our assets, so that critical business insights can be gained and acted upon.
- Provide specialist technical support to the wider business in the management of unplanned emergency incidents, including out-of-hours coordinator responsibilities on a technical standby roster.
- Create strategic initiatives for managing leakage in your area, accounting for population growth and the influence of climate change.

Experience
Have previous water network experience to make an impact within the team and develop the ideas and processes.

About you
Demonstrate excellent analytical skills and a good working knowledge of Excel. Experience with leakage or hydraulics would be an advantage. Excellent communication skills are needed to communicate with all levels of the organisation.

Qualifications
A degree educated or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, or a similar subject is highly desirable.