Technical Team Manager – Catchment Planning & Flood Risk Development

Scottish Water; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Scottish Water seeks a Technical Team Manager to lead the Catchment Planning Team, ensuring effective management of wastewater networks. This role involves collaboration with various teams to drive improvements and protect the environment while leading a team of planners. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and a positive work-life balance with generous holiday and benefits.

Benefits

38 days of holiday

Flexible working

Annual company bonus

Pension plan

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of wastewater networks and catchment planning.
• Experience in leading and motivating a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead assessment of development impacts on wastewater networks.
• Drive improvements in review processes and team collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Hydraulic Modelling

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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Technical Team Manager – Catchment Planning & Flood Risk Development

Apply locations Fairmilehead Office, Edinburgh time type Full time posted on Posted 4 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: May 28, 2025 (10 days left to apply) job requisition id R10295

Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

Are you ready to help safeguard Scotland’s wastewater networks from the impact of new developments? Do you want to drive improvements that protect the environment and benefit our communities?

We’re looking for a Catchment Planning Team Leader to join our Flooding Team. You’ll lead the assessment of development impacts on our networks, driving improvements in our review processes. This is a key role in ensuring we deliver an affordable, reliable, and resilient wastewater service for today and the future.

What you’ll do

You’ll work closely with Development Services, Flooding Teams (Flooding Investigations & Flooding Solutions), and other departments across Scottish Water. Your role within the Catchment Planning Team is crucial in ensuring we use strong evidence to make informed hydraulic decisions, enabling development while maintaining customer service levels and protecting the environment. You’ll take the lead on improvement projects that enhance how Catchment Planning and Developer Services collaborate, ensuring we optimise our processes, particularly around sewer flooding risk and storm overflow performance.

This is a challenging yet rewarding role where you’ll have the chance to grow both technically and as a leader. You’ll lead a team of 4-6 Catchment Planners and provide key support to the Flooding Manager. You'll take full ownership of the key activities for your team, fostering a collaborative and dynamic work environment.

There will be an opportunity to expand your responsibilities, including leading a portion of the Flooding and UID capital programmes. You’ll guide project teams in making evidence-based decisions to identify the best solutions for reducing sewer flooding risk and protecting the environment across Scotland.

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking team of passionate professionals, where you’ll see the impact of your work and feel proud knowing you’re making a real difference for our customers, communities, and the environment.

What you’ll need

You’ll need a solid understanding of wastewater networks, catchment planning, and hydraulic modelling methodologies. Strong leadership skills are essential, as you’ll be guiding the development of sewer network interventions at Scottish Water and shaping their future.

You’ll have experience in leading and motivating a team to achieve both individual and collective goals, fostering a positive, can-do attitude with a focus on innovative intervention development. Building trust and credibility will be key, especially when engaging with customers and stakeholders.

You’ll have a proven ability to work collaboratively across a variety of teams, both internally and externally, and know how to influence and build strong relationships with key stakeholders. Experience in feasibility studies, optioneering, and developing evidence-based intervention scopes will be important in making well-informed decisions.

You’ll be able to think critically and process complex information, with well-developed IT skills (including MS Office).

A valid UK Driver’s License as this role will require you to travel.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.

You’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.

For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), as well as life assurance.

As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.

The not-so-small print

This role will be a Grade 8. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £48,900. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £68,510.

If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be - we’ll be accepting applications until the updated closing date of the 27th May 2025.

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc. These checks are conducted on our behalf by a third party. Don’t worry - we’ll ask your permission before starting these checks.

A few final things worth knowing…

Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don’t rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We’re very used to making adjustments, so please don’t be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Finally (finally!), candidates who haven’t submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You won’t need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.

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Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

Working at Scottish Water you'll be making a real difference to the lives of the people and communities in Scotland who rely on the vital water andwaste water services we provide.We offer a broad range of career opportunities and ourapproach toinclusion and diversity means we can make a real difference together.

Our people are essential to providing our customers with the very best service in communities around Scotland.We're passionate about attracting, developing and retaining the best people who can make apositive difference to our business.

If you are passionate about delivering a great customer service and can inspire trust and demonstrate pride in your work, we are confident that you will find Scottish Water a place where you can build on your talents and one where you can thrive.

If you would like to join our team at Scottish Water you can find out moreabout our latest vacancies here .

Recruitment Retention of Data

Please note that candidates who have not submitted an application in the last 12 months will be automatically removed from our system records