Location
Flexible within our region with a hybrid working model (2 days per week in office). Offices located in Kent, Hampshire or Sussex.

Hours
Full Time - 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary
Circa £45,000 per annum

About the Role
Storm overflows are a significant concern for our customers and stakeholders, and Southern Water is committed to leading the charge in resolving this issue. As part of our Clean Rivers & Seas Task Force, you will contribute to implementing pioneering and industry-leading solutions to reduce spills and reliance on storm overflows, while enhancing the environment for our communities. Currently delivering a £1.5 billion programme over the next 10 years, we are expanding our team to deliver a larger programme of sustainable and innovative interventions to reduce storm overflow use.

This critical technical role involves ensuring a technically credible programme of works that delivers spill reductions where needed and at the right pace. You will analyse wastewater catchment performance, model scenarios, propose and review technical solutions, and monitor performance. You will be responsible for the technical design and assurance of the storm overflow programme, providing input, options, challenge, steering, and governance to ensure delivery of technically feasible interventions for our AMP8 programme.

You will lead the technical assurance of benefits from the storm overflow programme by designing monitoring programmes, conducting modelling and analysis to measure intervention benefits, and justifying our PR24 investment assumptions to secure circa £2 billion funding. You will also support innovative analytical approaches in collaboration with our Technical Lead, internal experts, academia, the UK water industry, and the supply chain.

This is a unique opportunity to join a high-performing, highly engaged team delivering a large, innovative programme using sustainable and nature-based approaches to reduce storm overflow use and improve the environment. We are excited to invite you to be part of the solution.

Additional Information
This role includes a hybrid working approach between office and home. Southern Water values flexibility and will consider practical solutions for flexible working requests. All employees are part of our incident support team, providing 24/7 support to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. Incident support rotas will be discussed during the interview process.

Benefits
Generous pension scheme with up to 11% company contribution
25 days annual leave
Life assurance equal to 4x salary
Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (available after 6 months service)
Health Cash Plan
Fully funded eye tests
Two paid volunteering days per year
Occupational health service
Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
Digital GP service
Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Cycle to work scheme

Experience
- Strong technical bias, ideally engineering, with understanding of wastewater networks OR
- Superior data analytical skills OR
- Hydraulic modelling experience
- Experience with analytical tools/packages such as ICM, SQL, R, or similar

About you
- Can do attitude with ability to overcome complex challenges and obstacles
- Ability to challenge colleagues and supply chain to ensure robust interventions are designed and delivered
- Motivated to work collaboratively within a high-performing team delivering innovative environmental solutions

Qualifications
- Degree level technical qualifications (BEng or MSc) in engineering are desirable but not essential