Asset Systems Team Leader

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group); North East; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holidays

Company pension

Discount scheme

Living Well wellbeing

Salary sacrifice car

Life assurance & income protection

Job summary

Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) seeks an Asset Systems Team Leader to guide the data governance and asset information across corporate systems. You will drive data quality and process improvements while managing and developing a high-performing content team.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across operations to ensure asset content supports regulatory, investment, and business decisions. Hybrid work with location in Pity Me, Durham is available.

Qualifications

• Experience in asset information management or data governance.
• Ability to lead a technical or data-focused team.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Asset Systems Team to ensure data quality and governance.
• Maintain asset data across corporate systems to support operations.
• Drive process improvements and controls for asset information.
• Develop and coach team members to achieve potential.

Job description

Asset Systems Team Leader

Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

from £53,125 to £62,200 per year (depending on experience)

hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham

About The Role

Here at Northumbrian Water Group, we have an exciting new opportunity for an Asset Systems Team Leader role within our Asset Data team.

In this role, you will lead the Content Asset Systems Team ensuring the delivery of accurate, trusted, and well-governed asset information across corporate systems. The role is responsible for maintaining data quality, driving continuous improvement, and supporting business operations through effective management of asset system content and processes.

You will ensure asset information and data is accurate, accessible, complete, and maintained to support operational, regulatory, and investment decision-making and drive improvements to asset system content, data processes, and controls to enhance business efficiency and data reliability.

You will lead a high-performing content team, supporting and developing others to achieve their potential, while building strong relationships across the business to support effective asset information management.

About You

If you have experience managing asset information, data governance, or asset management systems within a utility, infrastructure, or asset-intensive environment, we would love to hear from you!

You will be able to lead, develop, and motivate a technical or data-focused team, and have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels.

You will have a strong understanding of asset data quality principles, standards, governance, and lifecycle management and have experience maintaining asset hierarchies, metadata, and information structures within corporate systems. You will also have experience developing and documenting business processes, procedures, and controls with good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and data analysis tools.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment. NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About Us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

NWG At a Glance

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come. We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business. Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.