WINEP Lead

Wessex Water Services; Bath; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 20%

25 days' holiday rising to 28

Healthcare package

Life assurance

Job summary

Wessex Water is seeking a WINEP Lead to join the Strategy & Regulation team. You will manage the development and delivery of the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) for regulatory periods, aligning environmental investigations with the company’s strategy and capital plans.

You will coordinate guidance dissemination, engage with regulators, and oversee WINEP delivery while guiding the wider business on required changes and improvements.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent.
• Excellent analytical and influential oral and written communication skills, with good attention to detail.
• Excellent knowledge of the WINEP approach and methodology.
• Good working knowledge of the interfaces with the relevant strategic planning frameworks.
• Good knowledge of the environmental and financial regulatory frameworks affecting planning and investment in water company assets.
• Good knowledge of the planning and legal environment as it affects investment planning and implementation.
• Knowledge of the operational environments, operator skill levels, and operating and maintenance cost implications of proposed investments.
• Knowledge of asset management principles and practice.
• Good interpersonal skills to enable effective working with people at all levels.
• Experience of delivering results through cross-functional working.
• Preferably have Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Water and Environment Manager (MCIWEM) or equivalent status.

Responsibilities

• Manage the development of the WINEP for the forthcoming price review period, ensuring it meets environmental and financial regulatory responsibilities.
• Coordinate the dissemination of new WINEP guidance to relevant internal teams and coordinate responses to proposed guidance.
• Manage delivery of the in-period WINEP, fulfilling needs of all drivers and statutory obligations.
• Lead the business on how WINEP solutions/investigations achieve drivers/obligations.
• Guide the wider business on necessary swaps/changes to WINEP for solutions/interventions.
• Manage changes to WINEP during delivery, including engagement with Ofwat, EA, Natural England and Defra.
• Maintain oversight of the WINEP tracker for internal information, regulatory reporting, and sign-off.
• Manage how solutions/investigations are delivered and interact with operations and other investments.
• Inform company strategies (5-year Plan, LTDS, WRMP, DWMP) so WINEP meets long-term objectives and cost-beneficial investments.
• Lead evaluation of strategic investment WINEP options in Business Planning, including WLC and LCA.
• Inform delivery plans and internal processes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Degree qualified or equivalent

Job description

We are looking for a WINEP Lead to join our Strategy & Regulation team at Wessex Water!

The Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) sets out the environmental investigations and improvement work that we must carry out during each regulatory 5-year period.

Managing this process is vital to our business. It ensures regulatory compliance, builds relationships with our regulators, and most importantly delivers investigations and improvements that our customers and the environment require.

We adopt an integrated 'one team' approach for our WINEP, with input from departments within our wider company. The WINEP Lead is responsible for this process, helping maintain Wessex Water's position as the best-performing water and sewerage company in the UK.

What you'll do

• manage the development of the WINEP for the forthcoming price review period, ensuring it meets our environmental and financial regulatory responsibilities, and is aligned with our business strategy
• coordinate the process for disseminating new WINEP guidance to the relevant internal teams and coordinating responses to proposed guidance, when invited to do so by our regulators
• manage the delivery of our (in-period) WINEP, ensuring that we fulfil the needs of all our drivers and statutory obligations
• lead the business on how the solutions/investigations in our WINEP achieve these drivers/obligations
• guide the wider business on any necessary swaps and changes to our WINEP for these solutions/interventions
• manage any changes to our WINEP during delivery, including any engagement with Ofwat, the Environment Agency, Natural England, and Defra on the delivery of these solutions/interventions
• maintain oversight of our WINEP tracker for internal information, regulatory reporting, and sign-off purposes
• manage how our solutions/investigations are delivered, and how they interact with our existing operations and other investments
• inform relevant company strategies, including our 5-year Business Plan, Long-Term Delivery Strategy (LTDS), Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), and Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan (DWMP), so that our WINEP meets our long-term objectives, statutory obligations, and includes cost-beneficial investments
• lead the evaluation of our strategic investment WINEP options in the Business Planning process, including the development of whole-life cost (WLC) and life cycle assessment (LCA)
• inform relevant company delivery plans, including our Business Plan and subsequent internal delivery processes
• manage internal communication on our WINEP to the wider business teams to facilitate implementation
• liaise with and influence regulators, such as Ofwat, the Environment Agency, Natural England, and Defra, for their support on company strategies and mutually beneficial projects
• collaborate with other water companies and Water UK to develop strategies, plans, and initiatives to tackle industry-wide challenges
• collaborate with other stakeholders to develop and deliver strategies, plans, and initiatives to tackle our obligations and consider partnership funding to help finance any mutually beneficial projects
• support Water UK in engaging regulators and stakeholders to steer regulatory reform and inform policy direction
• line management, if appropriate, within the team, including management of professional development.

What you'll need

• Degree qualified or equivalent.
• Excellent analytical and influential oral and written communication skills, with good attention to detail.
• Excellent knowledge of the WINEP approach and methodology.
• Good working knowledge of the interfaces with the relevant strategic planning frameworks.
• Good knowledge of the environmental and financial regulatory frameworks affecting planning and investment in water company assets.
• Good knowledge of the planning and legal environment as it affects investment planning and implementation.
• Knowledge of the operational environments, operator skill levels, and operating and maintenance cost implications of proposed investments.
• Knowledge of asset management principles and practice.
• Good interpersonal skills to enable effective working with people at all levels.
• Experience of delivering results through cross-functional working.
• Preferably have Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Water and Environment Manager (MCIWEM) or equivalent status.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water - one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments - a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK - a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Live - the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion - with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.