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What do you get if you cross an award-winning, innovative water company and over 300 dedicated team members? Severn Trent’s Capital Design team.
Our ambitious five-year programme, encompassing over 5,000 innovative projects, is designed to tackle the growing challenges of delivering exceptional water and waste services. We are committed to addressing issues such as flooding and river health, ensuring the best outcomes for our customers and the environment. With our dedicated in-house design team, we are poised to achieve outstanding results and make a significant impact.
If your ambition is to be at the forefront of tackling the impact of climate change, making real, positive contributions to the environment, and exceeding our customers’ expectations, then we’d love to talk to you. We have an exciting new opportunity as a Engineering Design Business Lead (This role could also be known as Technical Director, Regional Director, or Framework Director). This role involves directing a design function undertaking feasibility, outline, and where appropriate, detailed designs for capital solutions that will enable Severn Trent to successfully deliver over £6bn of investments in the next five years. With an eye on the future, it’s safe to say that we don’t sit still, so your team will also support the development of the overall portfolio strategies for future investment plans.
We’re always thinking outside the box, and we’re looking for an individual who can innovate, drive continuous improvements in design and the design process, and nurture the team’s development, effectiveness, and efficiency.
This role can be based at any of our capital hubs: Shrewsbury, Derby, or Coventry.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Reporting directly to the Head of Design, you’ll have 6-9 direct reports, approximately 40-70 people directly employed in your team, along with additional framework services provided by several design houses and consultancies. We seek a dedicated individual to develop and nurture a highly engaged, high-performing team and to take personal responsibility for ensuring that we and our external partners deliver innovative, high-quality, and efficient designs within our Capital Delivery works programme. The ideal candidate will ensure that these designs:
* Align with our strategic goals to achieve carbon neutrality.
* Enhance natural and social environments.
* Provide great value for money to our customers.
* Meet externally committed programme milestones.
* Fully comply with all relevant company strategies, policies, procedures, and standards.
Join us in driving forward our ambitions and making a positive impact!
A senior-level role, as a Business Lead, you will have further leadership responsibilities including:
* Developing and managing a resource-loaded programme to ensure quality, cost, and key milestone targets are met.
* Ensuring your team discharges the role of Principal Designer under CDM Regulations.
* Overseeing design work by external consultants and construction partners to meet relevant standards.
* Managing operating costs within budgets.
* Fostering industry relationships and researching external best practices.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE
* Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary design teams.
* Strong risk management experience in engineering design solutions.
* Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills.
* A positive, caring attitude and a commitment to making a difference.
* A proven ability to deliver strong financial and operational success.
We’re looking for individuals who want to be part of something bigger and make a difference to our environment because it matters to us all. We do more because we care. Is that you?
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
This isn’t just a job; it’s a career. We offer a range of benefits that reward and recognize great work, along with award-winning training to help you reach your potential. Some of our benefits include:
* 31 days holiday + bank holidays (with options to buy/sell up to 5 additional days per year)
* Annual bonus scheme (up to 20% of base salary based on company performance)
* Car allowance of £5,208 paid monthly
* Private medical insurance for you and your family
* Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% if you contribute 7.5%)
* Sharesave – opportunity to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discount
* Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
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