Closing Date
2025-06-24
Technical Lead
Employment Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum based on experience
Location: Remote role requiring frequent travel across the operational area.
It is essential for you to have a full driving licence as the role requires frequent site visits across Kent, Sussex and Hampshire.
The Technical Lead, known internally as the Technical Training Delivery Lead for Wastewater is responsible for the delivery of operational technical training programmes that are targeted at improving the required skills and capabilities of operational teams.
The successor will create and deliver function specific learning solutions that will help Southern Water demonstrate to our regulators that teams are trained and competent to a minimum requirement.
Day-to-day responsibilities include; face-to-face practical and classroom training delivery, updating learning systems and reports, completing training content standardisation, conducting assessments, 1:1 technical coaching.
Through partnership with internal and external stakeholders, the Technical Training Delivery Lead’s experience will be vital in coordinating the expertise of others into appropriate training solutions, ensuring Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is embedded in session delivery models.
The role requires an enthusiastic and engaging person who is an effective communicator with a desire to share and embed knowledge in others.
This role will be expected to undertake a qualification that will provide Assessor Award.
To be successful in this role, you would need to have:
1. Understanding of the wastewater environment and key equipment / processes
2. Sound understanding of regulatory requirements affecting wastewater
3. Understanding of health and safety as well as risk assessment principals and application to real world situations
4. Strong prioritisation and expectation management skills
5. Effective & Adaptable Communication
6. Ability to deliver complex information in an accessible way for different individuals
7. Ability to work collaboratively and establish peer relations – at all levels
8. A desire to learn and help others learn
9. Ability to manage a cohort of adult learners
10. Effective Coaching Delivery (1:1 & Groups)
11. Demonstrable planning and self-management skills