Power Resilience Manager

Thames Water; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Holiday entitlement (26–30 days)

Private medical healthcare

Wellbeing and family benefits

Job summary

Thames Water is seeking a senior Power Resilience Leader to head a specialist team ensuring resilience of critical power systems across the Thames Valley region. You will drive site and system assessments, champion standards, and coordinate with stakeholders to protect water infrastructure.

The role involves managing resilience investments, reporting, and ensuring compliance with CDM/ESQCR and Health & Safety requirements. Hybrid working with location flexibility across London/Thames Valley.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical or engineering teams.
• Strong LV/HV electrical engineering and Power Resilience knowledge.
• Understanding of CDM, ESQCR and Health & Safety requirements.
• Experience reviewing technical documentation, risk assessments and single-line diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a specialist Power Resilience Engineering team.
• Driving site and system resilience assessments to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Managing resilience investment programmes, budgets and reporting.
• Championing engineering standards, best practice and regulatory compliance.
• Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate resilience projects and activities.

Skills

Leadership experience

Power resilience knowledge

LV/HV electrical engineering

CDM/ESQCR/H&S

Documentation review

MS Project

SAP

Operational authorisations

Full UK driving licence

Tools

MS Project

SAP

Job description

Flexible location: London or Thames Valley (Beckton, Hampton, Reading or Swindon) | Hybrid Working | 36 hours per week

Help power one of the UK's most critical infrastructure networks.

As part of Thames Water's expanding Power Resilience team, you'll play a key role in ensuring our water and wastewater operations remain resilient, reliable and protected against power loss. This is an exciting opportunity to lead technical resilience initiatives that protect customers, support environmental outcomes and safeguard vital assets.

What you'll be doing

• Leading and developing a specialist Power Resilience Engineering team.
• Driving site and system resilience assessments to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Managing resilience investment programmes, budgets and reporting.
• Championing engineering standards, best practice and regulatory compliance.
• Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate resilience projects and activities.

What you'll bring

• Experience leading technical or engineering teams.
• Strong LV/HV electrical engineering and Power Resilience knowledge.
• Understanding of CDM, ESQCR and Health & Safety requirements.
• Experience reviewing technical documentation, risk assessments and single-line diagrams.
• Knowledge of project management tools such as MS Project and SAP.
• Operational Authorisations
• Full UK driving licence.

What's in it for you?

• Performance-related bonus
• 26 days holiday, increasing to 30 with service
• Private medical healthcare
• Excellent wellbeing, lifestyle and family benefits

Join the Team

If you're passionate about electrical engineering, resilience and infrastructure, and you're looking for an opportunity to help shape a critical function within one of the UK's largest utility providers, we'd love to hear from you.