Asset Manager (Integrated Catchments)

Yorkshire Water; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car lease/allowance

Annual incentive bonus up to 20%

Private health care

Pension scheme up to 12%

Life assurance 4x pensionable salary

25 days leave + bank holidays + 2 well

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is seeking an Asset Manager (Integrated Catchments) to join our Asset Management team in Leeds/Sheffield with hybrid working. This permanent role is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

You will lead catchment-based intervention planning, create Capex investment plans and drive regulatory performance with Ofwat and EA, while guiding a skilled team.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills with experience in managing large technical teams
• Extensive knowledge of asset management and risk management
• Excellent communication skills for senior leaders
• Strategic thinker with ability to set direction and implement plans
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and stakeholder needs
• Experience creating complex and ambitious business cases

Responsibilities

• Accountable for catchment-based intervention programme options for the PR29 / AMP9 process
• Creating annual investigation and intervention Capex investment plans in line with the plan
• Planning interventions to achieve regulatory performance
• Promoting and sponsoring investigation and intervention schemes
• Leading and coaching a team to determine optimal solutions and demonstrate financial value
• Liaising with other teams to ensure robust regulatory performance processes are in place
• Communicating the plan to regulatory bodies including OFWAT and EA
• Predicting future regulatory pressures and interventions to resolve these

Skills

Leadership

Asset management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Prioritisation

Business cases

Education

Degree in science or engineering

Job description

Job Title

Asset Manager (Integrated Catchments)

Company

Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary up to £84,000, depending on experience
• Company car lease/allowance scheme (£600 per month / £7,200 per year, based on full‑time employment on joining the company). You can opt to sign up to the EV Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme 6 months after joining the company.
• Annual incentive related bonus up to 20% of annual salary.
• Private health care (Self and partner, if applicable)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus 2 extra wellness days
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym membership discounts and many more!

Location

Leeds Valley Park / Blackburn Meadows, Sheffield – Hybrid Working (3 days office a week Leeds & Sheffield)

Work type

Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Asset Manager (Integrated Catchments) to join the Asset Management team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it's so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Asset Management are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for catchment-based intervention programme options for the PR29 / AMP9 process
• Creating annual investigation and intervention Capex investment plans in line with the plan
• Planning interventions to achieve regulatory performance
• Promoting and sponsoring investigation and intervention schemes
• Leading and coaching a team to determine optimal solutions and demonstrate financial value
• Liaising with other teams to ensure robust regulatory performance business processes are in place
• Communicating the plan to regulatory bodies including OFWAT and EA
• Predict future regulatory performance pressures and interventions to resolve these
• Driving innovation for environmental and customer benefits
• Supporting the development of a 5‑year Department Business Plan and annual Functional Business Plans
• Translating Department Strategy into Functional Strategy
• Managing business process activities and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory and statutory obligations, including Health & Safety
• Managing risks to strategic business objectives and maintaining a Strategic Risk Register
• Developing asset plans with asset criticality in partnership with the wider wastewater subservice
• Challenging asset standards and specifications where performance is lacking
• Monitoring asset performance and highlighting risks to service and outputs
• Demonstrating company values, ethical standards, and responsible leadership
• Providing active and visible leadership, engaging colleagues, and promoting a safety‑conscious culture
• Supporting Performance Hubs and Delivery Assurance Groups
• Conducting monthly Health and Safety leadership visits
• Addressing unacceptable or poor performance consistently and rigorously

Skills & qualifications

• Proven leadership skills with experience in managing large technical teams and driving organisational change
• Good understanding of the regulatory framework, including Ofwat and the Environment Agency (EA)
• Degree in a science or engineering discipline, or equivalent technical experience
• Extensive knowledge of asset management, including risk management
• Ability to adopt a holistic approach to company risk and performance
• Highly developed coaching skills for effective people management
• Strategic thinker with experience in establishing clear strategic direction and implementing plans
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to challenge and influence senior leaders (Director level/Head of Department/General Manager level)
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders
• Experience in creating complex and ambitious business cases
• Demonstrated ability to build high performing, engaged, and capable teams
• Ability to develop, maintain, and leverage value from an extensive internal and external network
• Commitment to continuous improvement of business processes to ensure performance data and asset risks are easily identified
• Understanding of key lead indicators for asset performance across the entire asset base
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Highest standards of integrity and ethics
• Awareness of the Final Business Plan and the allocation of funding
• Good understanding of the regulatory framework, including Ofwat and the Environment Agency (EA)

Eligibility & Checks

To be successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre‑employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third‑Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter‑Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance. All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

Accessibility & Inclusion

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible. If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Closing Date

Advert closes – 13th November

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur.