Large Water & Waste Infrastructure Oversight Lead

UK Regulators' Network; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ofwat in England and Wales is seeking a Large Water & Waste Infrastructure Oversight Lead to join the Water Supply team at Principal level. You will lead the gated process for large schemes, oversee development of water and wastewater projects, and shape policy through stakeholder engagement with water companies, regulators and Government bodies.

You will coordinate asset improvement and planning processes, align with WRMPs and DWMPs, and influence price controls and investment programmes to

Job description

Ofwat

We regulate the water sector in England and Wales, https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/jobs/make-a-splash/

Requirements of the role

We’re looking for a Large Water & Waste Infrastructure Oversight Lead to join our Water Supply team within the RAPID and Environmental Planning directorate at Principal level. The sector is facing unprecedented challenges, and we want someone who relishes the opportunity to apply their skills and experience to improve our water environment. Whilst there are specific policy areas you will lead on, you will also play an important role in driving the collaborative work programme across Governments and with other regulators to improve future water resources management.

The Large Water & Waste Infrastructure Oversight Lead role has an important and valuable contribution to enable us to deliver on our goals and regulatory commitments. Primarily, you will lead the large scheme gated process and our oversight of development of large water and wastewater schemes within it. These complex schemes received funding at the 2024 price review and are required to address the growing challenges the industry faces.

The gated process you will lead ensures their timely development continues to demonstrate technical feasibility and cost efficiency for customers and the environment. To achieve this, you will lead our strategy for engaging and building relationships with water companies and their programme delivery and technical teams, wider governments, regulators and a varied range of stakeholders. You will also lead on policy decisions within the process and develop policy to shape its ongoing evolution.

Your role may also cover areas such as the Asset Improvement Process – coordinating the process and bringing together engineering, asset management, economics, assurance and regulatory stakeholders to identify, develop and justify investment programmes for Ofwat funding. You will also work to align technical and programme insights across dependant regulatory processes and teams. This includes technical planning processes, such as water resources management plans (WRMPs) and drainage and wastewater management plans (DWMPs), as well as economic and delivery processes, including future price reviews, cost change processes, delivery plans and price control deliverables (PCDs).

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Location

London, Birmingham

Contract type

• Fixed term
• Full time
• Job share
• Loan
• Part time
• Secondment

Profession

• Business Planning Manager
• Engineering
• Environment
• Policy
• Regulation
• Scientist
• Sustainability

Working pattern

• Flexible working
• Hybrid

Closing Date

15/11/2026