Closing Date
2025-07-08
Waste Network Delivery Manager
Employment Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience
Location: Anywhere along the South Coast region (Kent, Sussex or Hampshire). Requirement to visit the office/sites 4 days a week, with 1 day working from home.
The Waste Network Delivery Manager will Lead and oversee a team of Delivery Engineers responsible for governance of the Reactive Maintenance (R&M) Service Partner(s) operating across the sewer network. This role ensures that the team delivers high-quality oversight, technical assessments, and financial governance in line with Southern Water (SW) standards, contract specifications, and health & safety regulations. The post holder will play a key leadership role in driving continuous improvement and ensuring effective performance management of R&M contractors.
You will have demonstrable people management/leadership experience and have a good understanding of Health & Safety Regulations, preferably in highway excavation, along with strong financial acumen.
To be successful in this role, you would need to have:
1. Strong people management and leadership skills, with a proven track record of team development and performance management.
2. Experience in managing or supervising reactive maintenance activities, preferably within wastewater or utilities.
3. Excellent understanding of sewer networks, civils techniques, NRSWA, CDM, and related health and safety legislation.
4. Financial acumen – able to assess, manage, and challenge job costings, budgets, and forecasts.
5. Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills across internal and external parties.
6. High level of IT literacy, including MS Office and work order management/reporting systems.
7. Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation abilities.
8. Full UK Driving Licence.