Power & Co-pilot Platform Administrator

Southern Water; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Water is seeking a Power & Co-pilot Platform Engineer to shape and manage its growing automation ecosystem. You’ll own core platforms, ensuring secure, scalable operation while partnering with architecture and security teams to set standards and enable AI-powered automation.

You’ll contribute hands-on platform engineering and strategic input, delivering smarter, faster processes and driving adoption across the business in a hybrid working model with travel to required sites.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Admin, Power Platform Admin, Agent 365).
• Background in RPA / automation platforms + Dataverse & Fabric.
• Understanding of security principles (DLP, RBAC, Purview).
• Ability to manage enterprise environments (performance, resilience, support).
• Experience producing technical standards and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Shape and manage Southern Water's growing automation ecosystem.
• Own and administer core platforms like Power Platform & Copilot, ensuring security and scalability.
• Collaborate with architecture and security teams to define standards and improve performance.
• Roll out AI, automation and Copilot-driven solutions across the business.
• Provide hands-on platform engineering with strategic input on adoption and governance.

Skills

Power Platform

RPA/Automation

Security principles

Enterprise environments

Technical standards

Tools

Dataverse

Fabric

Copilot Studio

Job description

Location

• Durrington (with some travel to Falmer)

Contract

• Permanent, Full-time (37 hours per week) open to discussing flexible Start & Finish times to support work-life balance

Hybrid

• Minimum 2 days onsite

Closing Date

2026-08-17

Role Title

Power & Co-pilot Platform Engineer

Salary

£49,200 - £60,000

Role Overview

As a Power & Co-pilot Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping and managing Southern Water's growing automation ecosystem. Water is one of society's most essential services, but few people realise the scale of technology innovation driving the industry forward. At Southern Water, we're building a technology-enabled organisation where data, AI, automation and digital innovation are helping us improve services for customers and protect the environment. We're creating a new Intelligent Automation and Process Engineering capability that will sit at the heart of this transformation. This is your opportunity to help redesign how work gets done, combining low-code technologies, orchestration and AI-powered solutions to deliver smarter, faster and more efficient ways of operating. You'll work on meaningful challenges with real-world impact, helping to shape a scalable automation ecosystem and influence how this growing capability evolves. If you're excited by innovation, solving complex problems and making a genuine difference, there's never been a better time to join Southern Water. Working within the Process & Automation Centre of Excellence, you'll take hands on ownership and administration of core platforms like Power Platform & Co-pilot ensuring they're secure, scalable. You'll partner closely with architecture and security teams to define standards, improve performance, and support the rollout of AI, Automation and Copilot-driven solutions. This role combines hands-on platform engineering with strategic input, giving you real influence over how automation and AI are adopted across the business.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Admin, Power Platform Admin, Agent 365)
• Background in RPA / automation platforms + Dataverse & Fabric
• Understanding of security principles (DLP, RBAC, Purview)
• Ability to manage enterprise environments (performance, resilience, support)
• Experience producing technical standards and documentation

Desirable Certifications

• MS-102

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Microsoft certifications (PL-200, PL-400, PL-600)
• Experience with Copilot Studio or conversational AI
• Knowledge of Azure OpenAI / RAG solutions
• Familiarity with Dataverse, Graph, or enterprise systems
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools
• Interest in emerging technology and innovation
• Familiarity of AI / Copilot capabilities and governance

Progression opportunities

Southern Water offers career progression, training, and development opportunities.

About Southern Water

Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britain's water industry, investing significantly to enhance resilience, sustainability, and service excellence. With £7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30, this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.

At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you're passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we'd love to hear from you-even if you don't tick every box.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

"At Southern Water, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you're passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we'd love to hear from you-even if you don't tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need."

Additional Information

In line with Southern Water's security requirements, successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of their identity, eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record check (DBS) and verification of their employment and/or education history for the past three years. Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks, including security vetting. Please note that if a candidate does not meet the required security standards or fails to pass the vetting process, Southern Water reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment.

Some positions may also require higher levels of security vetting, which may involve providing additional documentation.

• Strong experience with Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Admin, Power Platform Admin, Agent 365)
• Background in RPA / automation platforms + Dataverse & Fabric
• Understanding of security principles (DLP, RBAC, Purview)
• Ability to manage enterprise environments (performance, resilience, support)
• Experience producing technical standards and documentation, Microsoft certifications (PL-200, PL-400, PL-600)
• Experience with Copilot Studio or conversational AI
• Knowledge of Azure OpenAI / RAG solutions
• Familiarity with Dataverse, Graph, or enterprise systems
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools
• Interest in emerging technology and innovation
• Familiarity of AI / Copilot capabilities and governance