Location
London

Hours
Hybrid work schedule

Salary
Negotiable, dependent on skills, experience, education, and geographical location

About the Role
Hazen and Sawyer is seeking an experienced water/wastewater Operations & Asset Management Consultant to join our consulting team supporting UK water utilities and infrastructure clients. This role focuses on advising clients on improving operational performance, optimizing maintenance strategies, and enhancing asset reliability across water and wastewater systems. You will work across multiple client engagements, delivering practical, data-driven solutions aligned with regulatory expectations and industry best practices. The role requires a balance of technical expertise, analytics, stakeholder engagement, and consulting delivery skills.

Founded in 1951 by the son of Allen Hazen (developer of the Hazen-Williams equation), Hazen and Sawyer is an employee-owned company with a singular focus on "all things water." Our work includes planning, design, and oversight of construction of environmental infrastructure for water, wastewater, and stormwater management. We foster a work environment low on bureaucracy and high in creativity, recruiting talented professionals and providing them with challenging, interesting, and creative assignments along with the tools they need to succeed. We currently have over 2,000 employees in 70+ offices throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada, and the UK. A flexible hybrid work schedule supports today's busy professionals.

Key Responsibilities
- Support delivery of consulting engagements for UK water utilities, contractors, and regulators
- Assess client operations and maintenance practices, identifying gaps and improvement opportunities
- Develop actionable recommendations and implementation roadmaps
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder sessions with clients
- Analyze operational performance using SCADA, telemetry, asset data, and other sources
- Benchmark client performance against industry standards and best practices
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience, and service outcomes
- Support development of operational strategies and transformation programs
- Work with clients to identify key performance indicators and establish tracking tools
- Advise and implement preventive, predictive, and risk-based maintenance strategies
- Support development of asset management frameworks aligned to ISO 55000
- Review and optimize CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance processes
- Apply foundational asset management principles to support maintenance and capital improvement planning
- Contribute to asset lifecycle planning and investment prioritization

Experience
- 7–10 years of experience in the UK water sector (utility, contractor, or consulting)
- Strong understanding of water and/or wastewater operations and maintenance practices
- Experience analyzing operational and asset performance data (SCADA, KPIs, etc.)
- Familiarity with asset management standards (e.g., ISO 55000)
- Knowledge of UK regulatory environment and AMP cycles
- Experience with CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance optimization
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and client priorities

About you
- Analytical and technically proficient with strong consulting delivery skills
- Effective communicator capable of engaging diverse stakeholders
- Motivated to work in a collaborative, creative, and low-bureaucracy environment
- Adaptable to hybrid working and flexible schedules

Qualifications
- Degree or HNC/HND in Engineering, Environmental Science, or related discipline preferred
- Professional membership (e.g., CIWEM, ICE, IMechE) desirable
- Experience in consulting or advisory roles advantageous
- Exposure to digital water solutions such as analytics, AI, IoT, GIS preferred
- Experience supporting transformation or change programs is a plus