Waste Water Adoptions Manager

Advanced Utility Networks; Braintree; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Utility Networks in Braintree, UK, seeks a Waste Water Adoptions Manager to oversee the adoption of waste water assets, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and AWIN procedures.

The role leads inspections, approves S104 submissions, liaises with developers and contractors, coordinates asset handovers and maintains records for GIS updates while prioritising health and safety on site.

Qualifications

• Experience in the water industry, particularly waste water.
• Understanding of regulatory adoption processes for waste and surface water assets.
• Proven track record of managing contractors.
• Working familiarity with H&S management and audits.
• Ability to interpret and apply regulatory standards and compliance requirements.
• Strong IT and reporting skills; adaptable and eager to learn.
• Ability to build relationships with external contractors, developers, consultants and internal customers.
• Must hold a full, valid UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Technically approve S104 submissions ensuring compliance with Water Industry Act and AWIN requirements.
• Provide support to the Head of Waste Water on regional adoption enquiries.
• Lead new asset handovers with proper records, agreements and contracts.
• Ensure site inspections and contractor checks meet regulatory and AWIN standards.
• Collaborate with TCX Business Development Managers and developers on drainage proposals.
• Advise developers on legal and technical issues relating to adoption.
• Prepare S104 details for Legal to draft the S104 Agreement.
• Carry out pre-maintenance inspections, snagging lists, CCTV surveys, and final adoption inspections.
• Attend air and water tests on new sewer installations and verify pass status.
• Provide engineering guidance to developers for complex installations.
• Liaise with ground workers and site agents; manage health & safety risk on site.
• Monitor changes in legislation and ensure AWIN compliance.
• Provide information on sites to enable NAV applications; assess new materials and propose site solutions.
• Liaise with other water companies on inset sites and bulk discharge agreements.

Skills

Project management

Regulatory compliance

Contractor management

Health & Safety

Tools

GIS

NAV Applications

Job description

Waste Water Adoptions Manager Advanced Utility Networks Braintree, UK

The Waste Water Adoption Manager is responsible for the adoption of the Waste Water assets on behalf of Advanced Water Infrastructure Networks (AWIN). In this role they will be required to set up, monitor and review processes and procedures ensuring that the adoption can be undertaken in line with statutory and regulatory requirements, company procedures and confirmed designs.

The Waste Water Adoption Manager will be responsible for the inspection, identification and rectification of defects for those assets. Responsibility to confirm that the asset is suitable for adoption and that as-built plans have been received to allow GIS to be updated.

In this role you will…

• Technically approve S104 submissions made by the developers to ensure compliance with the Water Industry Act and AWIN`s requirements.
• Provide support to the Head of Waste Water on all regional waste water adoption enquiries.
• Leading on new assets handover, ensuring all relevant records, agreements and contracts are in place.
• To ensure that site inspections and contractor checks are carried out in accordance with the Water Industry Act, the latest edition of the Design and Construction Guidance (DCG) and AWIN requirements.
• Work closely and liaise with TCX Business Development Managers and Developers directly, assess the drainage proposals and offer assistance where required to help win new business.
• Liaise directly with developers in respect of their proposed developments, offer advice on their drainage proposals and run through AWIN processes.
• To advise the developer on legal and technical issues / queries.
• Prepare S104 details to forward to Legal to draft the S104 Agreement.
• Carry out pre-maintenance inspections, provide snagging lists, organise cctv surveys and carry out final inspections prior to final adoption.
• To attend air / water tests on new sewer installations ensuring that they all pass.
• To advise on engineering solutions with the developers when any complicated installations arise.
• Liaise closely with ground workers and site agents.
• To risk assess all situations on site so as not to compromise Health & Safety.
• To monitor any new additions to legislation and policies and implement / apply them correctly into AWIN.
• Provide information on all sites to enable accurate NAV Applications to be made.
• Assess new and innovative materials / ideas and implement and offer as a solution on site providing it does not compromise our position.
• Liaise with other water companies on new and proposed inset sites and discuss bulk discharge agreements.

You will need…

• Experience of working in the water industry (particularly in waste water)
• A good understanding of the regulatory adoption process requirement of waste and surface water assets
• Proven track record of the management of contractors
• Working familiarity with H&S management and audit
• Understanding of regulatory standards applicable to the business and the processes required to be compliant with them
• Good computer and reporting skills
• Adaptability and an eagerness to learn
• The ability to build key relationships with external contractors, developers, consultants and internal customers.
• Must have a full, valid UK driving licence