Salary and Working Conditions
Salary: £48,979
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Barrow-in-Furness District, Barrow, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Role Type: Permanent
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Hours: 37.0 Hours per Week
Overview
United Utilities (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society. We value innovation in our workplace, fostering a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves. We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and create sustainable long‑term value for our colleagues, customers and communities.
Joining a thriving FTSE 100 company, you'll enjoy a range of core benefits.
Benefits
* A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), plus 8 bank holidays
* A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
* Up to 7.5% performance‑related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
* A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company‑funded scheme
* MyGymDiscounts – gym and wellness benefit offering up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
* Best Doctors
* Salary Finance
* Wealth at Work courses
* Deals and discounts
* EVolve Car Scheme
* Employee Assistance Plan
* Mental health first aiders
* ShareBuy
* MORE Choices flexible benefits
* Enhanced parental leave schemes
Responsibilities
* Provide technical and engineering support to Network & Capital Delivery Projects.
* Provide construction management for the delivery of regional Network & Capital Delivery projects, including management and resolution of complex and difficult construction issues.
* Ensure that the programme of Network & Capital Delivery projects is delivered in a manner that promotes world‑class health and safety performance, highest standards of customer satisfaction, quality compliance, efficient project delivery, and monitoring/reporting of benefits.
* Provide technical advice and support for all Network & Capital Delivery construction activity on the water network as part of a regional team whose boundaries remain flexible, based upon the investment portfolio.
* Attend scheduled commercial sign‑off meetings to agree that construction matches design brief and is invoiced accordingly.
* Produce documented evidence as part of the Confirmation of Change Events, providing information to back up or reject any variations to the estimated target cost.
* Provide third‑party liaison for Network & Capital Delivery Projects with local authorities, highways agency and private land owners.
* Investigate and support escalated customer complaints, liaising directly with affected customers.
* Carry out site audits to ensure highest standards of health & safety and customer satisfaction.
* Act as UU representative to address, agree and advise on any consequential claims associated with Network & Capital Delivery projects, and support escalated claims from core activities, negotiating UU's liability.
* Facilitate planning of interruptions to supply with Network field teams.
* Ensure interruptions to supply data is registered for all Network & Capital Delivery projects.
* Ensure that the use of non‑disruptive techniques is championed across Network & Capital Delivery projects.
* Responsible for time, cost and quality of Network & Capital Delivery projects.
* Arrange handover of sites from operations to contractor and back to operations.
* Responsible for sign‑off for all transmittals (request for extra costs, variations in design) with designer, Network Performance Engineer and construction partner.
* Formalise any instructions issued to contract partner in the form of COs signed by WPE and contractors representative, ensuring the commercial and design team are informed.
* Ensure that all COs are backed up with a TQ to design.
* Organise any scheme final sign‑off and complete the Operational Handover Certificate (ATO10) as appropriate via a physical site walk including representative from Network Ops.
Qualifications
* Minimum HNC in an engineering or relevant technical discipline / experience.
* Technically competent with high degree of expertise in streetworks practice and legislation.
* Knowledge and experience of water network construction and operation.
* CDM Client training.
* Knowledge of highway reinstatement techniques and requirements.
* Competent and qualified on water hygiene requirements.
* Good planning, organisational and problem‑solving skills.
* Ability to manage projects and a programme of work through the water Non‑Core programme.
* Ability to work autonomously with minimum supervision and build wide network of contacts and stakeholders.
* High standard of verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate on behalf of UU with external stakeholder.
Key Challenges
* Facilitating decision making where there are a number of key stakeholders with different views – ensuring project success.
* Ensuring CDM principles are applied consistently across water networks.
* Managing dynamic portfolio of projects to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality requirements and milestones.
* Working with Programme Manager, Project Manager, Network Performance Managers, Customer Manager, Network Manager and Network Delivery manager to plan key milestones for the construction of Network & Capital Delivery projects.
Application
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