Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.
At Scottish Water, our purpose is to support a flourishing Scotland by looking after Scotland’s most precious natural resource, from source to tap. We keep Scotland supplied with world class water, as well as care for our environment every minute of every day.
We are looking to recruit a Roads Technical Advisor in Inverness or Perth to join the Specialist Service Delivery, CI Roads Team (formerly the NRSWA Team) to support our Capital Programme, looking after the Northwest Area of Scotland. You’ll be working as part of a larger team under the guidance of the CI Roads Specialist Team Manager.
In this role, you’ll guide, advise, audit, and look after Scottish Water’s reputation on all things relating to our work on Scotland’s Roads. You’ll also assist in the coordination and planning of road works and play a leading role in getting access to the road network, balancing the expectations of our Stakeholders both internal and external. Your goal is to ensure these projects meet Scottish Water’s statutory obligations and business objectives, while promoting the team’s “Safer, Better, Greener” initiative.
What you’ll do
You’ll enable the Capital Programme to progress with strong Stakeholder Management and by providing expert and timely advice and guidance to help ensure that our project teams can gain access to the road network across the Northwest of Scotland in the timescale and manner necessary to allow projects to successfully meet their objectives and contribute to the successful delivery of Scottish Water’s Capital Programme.
You’ll assist in identifying and evaluating risks and issues early in the project lifecycle and help by giving expert advice for solutions. An overview of the Traffic Management, type of reinstatement, and other engineering considerations will need to be evaluated to help de-risk projects.
You will coordinate with to the Road Authorities and other Utilities throughout the planning construction and reinstatement stages to help ensure that we meet our procedural and statutory obligations to safely deliver quality work. A critical aspect of the role is for you develop and harness relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally to Scottish Water.
It is a dynamic role where Continuous Improvement is a key factor for Scottish Water’s success in delivering its programme in an efficient and affordable way and your insight and knowledge will play a key role in ensuring lessons are learnt for the benefit of the capital programme and wider business where appropriate.
You’ll monitor and analyse the Scottish Road Works Register for various Road Authority Inspections and manage these accordingly.
With help from the team and your line manager you will manage your work schedule and balance tasks according to importance, time, logistical considerations, and statutory obligation.
You'll be looking after the North West Highlands, in practical terms, that's as far north as Wick, as far south as Fort William, as far West as the Inner Hebrides. You'll work with colleagues and partners to review site work, and you may occasionally need to travel to remote locations depending on business needs.
What you’ll need
As you’ll be working with both internal and external stakeholders, you’ll need strong interpersonal and influencing skills, a dynamic mindset for problem-solving and understanding the wider picture, and confidence in your own communication and reporting skills. Experience with Civil Engineering Construction and in particular a working knowledge and understanding of Utility Road Works. Qualifications in this regard would be a real bonus, but we will commit to a training and development plan to fill any gaps.
There’s a few “nice to have’s” that could help you along the “road” – Lean training (white/ yellow belt or equivalent), would be a distinct advantage. Skills in MS Word and Excel is essential, and Power BI would be a real bonus.
You’ll need to have a full clean UK driving license.
Ideally, you'll be based in Inverness, but we're al happy to consider if you're based in Perth.
Looking out for you
While the work we do is important, we know it’s not the only thing that matters. That’s why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.
This role is a Monday to Friday working pattern, but you’ll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take time off to volunteer in your community.
When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.
For your future, there’s our pension (the ‘know-what-you’ll-get-when-you-retire’ kind), and life assurance.
As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash – handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.
The not-so-small print
This role will be a Grade 5. If you’re new to Scottish Water, you’ll join us on a starting salary of £32,650. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £38,610.
If you’re interested in this role – or know someone else who might be - we’ll be accepting applications until midnight on Tuesday 4th November.
We operate Balanced Hybrid working at Scottish Water and we encourage people to work half their time in a Scottish Water location.
Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party and must be completed before your start date. Don’t worry - we’ll only start these checks once you’ve accepted an offer.
A few final things worth knowing…
Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If you’re interested in this job, but don’t tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So don’t rule yourself out!
Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. We’re very used to making adjustments, so please don’t be afraid to ask.
As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it’s important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you don’t already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.
Please note, Scottish Water takes the safety, health and wellbeing of our employees, colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.
Finally (finally!), candidates who haven’t submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You won’t need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.