What you’ll be doing
as our System Planning Lead
In this influential role, you’ll lead a team to develop dynamic, system-wide in-AMP Asset Plans and Capital Maintenance plans. You’ll champion the in-AMP work required to enable targeted investment prioritisation with Operations and wider stakeholders, ensuring decisions are driven by risk and outcome-based thinking.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Leading the development and delivery of strategic and in-AMP Asset Plans at the catchment, site, and system levels.
2. Overseeing the planning and justification of Capital Maintenance interventions and risk mitigation options to prioritise spend effectively.
3. Ensuring your team maintains a deep understanding of asset risk positions and supports mitigation strategies across the lifecycle, from identifying needs to supporting delivery and handover.
4. Driving long-term planning that underpins future price reviews by surfacing critical asset risks.
5. Influencing strategic investment and cultural transformation towards a proactive, lifecycle-focused approach to asset planning.
Base Location: Hybrid working from Clearwater Court, Reading
Working Pattern: Full-time, Monday–Friday (36 hours per week)
What you’ll bring to the role:
6. Strong leadership and management experience, with the ability to inspire teams and drive meaningful cultural change.
7. Solid understanding of asset management, engineering, or related best practices.
8. Exceptional communication skills, able to convey complex information and influence senior stakeholders.
9. Proven ability to identify opportunities for improvement and proactively drive solutions.
10. Good grasp of regulatory frameworks and external factors impacting water and wastewater management.
Extra qualities that would be a great fit for our team:
11. Ideally, degree-qualified or significant equivalent experience, with professional membership being an advantage.
12. Driving License and access to a car.
What’s in it for you?
Joining Thames Water means becoming part of a supportive, innovative team where your strategic vision makes a tangible difference. You'll play a vital role in creating sustainable water management strategies. Alongside career growth and professional recognition, you’ll receive:
13. Competitive salary from £62,215 to £75,000 per annum, depending on experience.
14. 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus, bank holidays)
15. Car Allowance.
16. Annual Bonus.
17. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
18. Private Medical Health Care.
19. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
20. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.