Role
Operations & Maintenance Manager (Water Industry)
Salary
circa £57,000 per annum + up to 20% annual bonus
Location
Hybrid: North Wales & West Midlands – regular site visits and homeworking across your region
Role Type
Permanent, Full‑time, 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday) plus 1 in 7 standby rota
Benefits
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, birthday day off, generous annual incentive scheme at 20%, car allowance, Westfield healthcare plan for you and your dependents, excellent pension scheme, buy/sell annual leave, flexible working hours, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced maternity and paternity benefits, comprehensive health & wellbeing programme and lots more!
Job Overview
From Penzance to Portsmouth and Caernarfon to Coventry, the Operations and Maintenance team are a busy unit who make sure over 1,000 MOD clean and wastewater sites run to standard 365 days a year. To continue delivering a first‑class service time after time, we are seeking a water‑industry specialist to lead our dedicated and supportive Operations and Maintenance team in our North West region (check out the Areas we operate - Ancala Water Services).
Role Responsibilities
* Assessing and improving current processes across our operations and maintenance team
* Effective leadership and management of a field‑based operations team, along with effective and timely budget management
* Driving forward a strong health, safety, environment and wellbeing culture
* Acting as an area Subject Matter Expert for Ancala Water Services and advising upon best practice solutions
* Building strong, trusted relationships with the wider business such as Asset Management, Project Management and Commercial teams
* Managing and developing relationships with external partners and representing AWS to key stakeholders where required
Essential Skill, Knowledge and Experience
* Technical water industry knowledge and experience gained within a water and wastewater operations and maintenance environment
* Demonstrable understanding and experience of H&S practices to include managing contractors (IOSH qualified or equivalent)
* Experienced with coordinating internal project work and supply chain project work in a reactive environment
* Skilled and confident IT skills to include MS Office at an intermediate level, proficiency with mobile devices and experience with different software packages and databases
* Experience of managing large budgets, along with strong financial and commercial acumen
* Effective leadership of field‑based teams whilst promoting a positive team and work culture
* Ability to deliver operational requirements to meet challenging targets and deadlines
* Confident and persuasive communicator with all hierarchical levels and able to explain technical information clearly
* Skilled with developing and maintaining strong relationships to establish reliability, credibility and expertise
About You
Due to the nature of sites on which we operate, the successful candidate must :
* Meet the security vetting requirements for the role which includes, but is not limited to, the successful candidate being a full‑time resident of the UK for the past 5 years and an enhanced DBS Check
* Possess a valid driving licence and be comfortable driving to different sites regularly across our operational areas. There will also be overnight stays on occasion
We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and if you have any further questions, please contact us.
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