The Asset Management and Infrastructure Planning team is one of five sub-sectors within our Water Utilities Division, which employs around 350 people across the UK. We have an exciting opportunity in our Technical Assurance workstream for a senior role. As a Senior Professional for Assurance, you will be at the heart of our assurance delivery for Clients, with contributions to our delivery capability. Reporting directly to the Workstream Lead, you will be an important part of our Assurance Team and the wider asset management practice community.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical assurance of statutory regulatory submissions such as annual performance reporting, business cases and business plans, long term strategic plans, operational performance and deliverables
- Water resource investment planning
- Wastewater and bioresources investment planning
- Strategic asset management and business planning
- Carbon and net zero appraisal and strategic planning
- Integrated systems management
- Data analytics and decision support tools
- Contract's appraisal (NEC, PPP)
We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well‑being, flexibility, and trust.
Qualifications
- Regulatory technical assurance experience linked to the water industry's AMP cycles
- Academic and professional qualifications, with relevant skills and experience
- Background of engineering, accounting/economics, asset management, auditing and technical assurance of statutory regulatory submissions such as annual performance reporting, business cases and business plans, long term strategic plans and deliverables
- Skills in asset management ISO standards and requirements, technical audits, assessment of regulatory requirements and impacts on service outputs, service metrics, performance commitments and the associated base and enhancement schemes
- Experience delivering technical assurance work within the constraints of regulatory submission timescales
- Membership of a professional body and/or water regulatory networks
- Capable of presenting assurance findings in a clear and understandable manner through formal and information presentations and assurance reports
- Skills to adapt to changing situations and environments and to respond quickly and proactively to emerging opportunities and risks
- Willingness to undertake assignments throughout the UK, as well as short international visits
Benefits
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6× your salary.
- Income protection scheme providing a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- Annual bonus scheme.
- Employee ownership model with no external investors.
- Stake and voice in business through personal and group performance bonuses.
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- Comprehensive well‑being programme for you and your family.
- Ability to flex salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits.
- Minimum of 33–35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays; 35 days after 5 years’ service; ability to buy or sell leave.
- Enhanced family leave: 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave; up to 5 additional days for caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
- Shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- Opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
- Access to employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
- Wide range of employee networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Participation in social outcomes initiatives.
Diversity & Inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
