System Planner

This is an exciting opportunity to join a technically diverse team that manages our wastewater planning and investment requirements. You will work in a position that allows you good exposure to all levels within the business, providing you with the chance to interact with several key internal and external stakeholders.

This role involves planning the future of wastewater treatment assets in London. The system planning team identify risks carries out System Reviews, scopes up investigations and integrates those outputs into a System Plan that feeds current and future investment expenditure. We are focused on ensuring that our systems can perform as they need to, considering population growth, climate change, asset health and new regulatory obligations. We also look to improve the performance of our systems by reducing flood risk and minimising pollution incidents as well as improving the rivers that we discharge into.

What you’ll be doing as a System Planner

• Maintain regional-based System Plans that meet customer, stakeholder, regulator and strategic requirements.
• Build and maintain within the System Plan, a prioritised list of investment requirements using information gathered from environmental data, customer engagement/complaint data, asset performance data, modelling and other decision support tools.
• Represent your team at regular operational risk review meetings and regularly engage with the teams that manage the treatment and network assets. From these meetings, you will be expected to formulate concise investment requirements and promote them through the corporate governance process.
• Identify system capability as well as system risk and performance.
• Engage internal delivery partners to ensure upgrades to our assets meet our long-term requirements as well as short-term financial constraints.
• Contribute to the development of Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs) ensuring that site-specific investigative work is succulently briefed and appropriate constrained interventions are identified.
• Provide concise technical information in a style and language our customers and stakeholders can understand when responding to queries, correspondence from customers and Environmental Information Requests.

What you should bring to the role

• Excellent coordination skills as you will be managing multiple tasks at once.
• A degree in Engineering, scientific or an environmental-based subject.
• Previous experience and knowledge of wastewater process and/or network; the UK water industry and/or; utility intensive industries is desirable.
• Knowledge of asset management techniques and the regulatory landscape in which we operate.
• Good influencing and negotiation skills are desirable.

What’s in it for you?

This is an exciting role for someone who enjoys a diversity of work and a varied schedule. The successful candidate will be instrumental in planning investments to address asset health, asset performance, and water quality demands.

• Competitive salary from £42,000 to £54,000 per annum.
• 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of your and your family’s health and well-being, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

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Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come. 

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

The real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support you.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.