Asset Planning Sponsor

Role: Asset Planning Sponsor (Gravity & Pumped Network) in our Asset Management (Waste) Department.

Salary: £39,465 to £49,332 dependent on experience, company car lease scheme, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays, plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the Asset Planning Sponsor progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.  Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Working Hours: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday

Base Location: This role will be covering the Yorkshire area; however, this is a flexible hybrid working arrangement with an expectation that some time will be spent visiting our sites across the Yorkshire region.

We have two opportunities for Operational Excellence Data Lead positions (1x 9-month secondment/Fixed term and 1 x Permanent) to join the Gravity & Pumped network area of the Asset Management (Waste) department at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it's so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Asset Management (Waste) are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. 

Asset Planning Sponsors within Yorkshire Water are accountable for the realisation of desired outcomes and benefits from any investment. They provide the governance link between the organisation's senior managers and the management of each project.

Asset Planning Sponsors work closely with our Service Delivery business unit to understand business risks and ensure mitigations and interventions are developed to enable achievement of the Company's Performance Commitments. Where Capex interventions are required, Sponsors develop schemes through Concept and Definition and maintain involvement throughout the end-to-end Delivery Process to ensure the required outcomes are achieved.

Where you fit in:

The successful applicants will be responsible for:

• Specific Accountabilities within End-to-End Process:
• Ensuring the Business Need and Solution in the Enterprise Decision Analytics (EDA) system are correctly and fully created.
• Owning the Concept and Definition phases to ensure the risk and solution are fully understood.
• Prepare the Pre-Construction Information (PCI) at the earliest opportunity to ensure compliance with Construction Design Management (CDM) Regs
• Ensuring the Scope as defined at the end of the Definition phase meets the Business Need and is delivered through the Project lifecycle (time, resources, benefit realisation).
• Ensuring sign off and funding approval at Gate 1 (concept) and Gate 3 (pre-delivery) of the AMP7 process.
• Providing any required support to Gate 2 (definition) and Gate 4 (financial approvals).
• Agree escalation triggers with the Project Team.
• Identify and confirm training requirements.

Specific Responsibilities within End-to-End Process:

• Support the Project Manager during all project phases.
• Agree scope of Investigation with Project Team ensuring it will provide the right information to confirm solution requirements at Gate 3 (Defined solution).
• Respond to escalations when requested by the Project team.
• Understanding the project risk profile and the mitigation plans
• Agreement of changes to time, cost and quality.
• Provide technical support for high profile, complex customer networks issues.
• Confirm remedial works, maintenance plans and task activities are being undertaken post scheme.
• Take part in the Project Review Process

What knowledge, skills and experience you will require:

• Engineering / process knowledge and experience of relevant asset base and its operation.
• Risk Management experience.
• Detailed Understanding of Performance Commitments.
• Decision Making Framework (DMF) system understanding including cost models, service measure framework, investment criteria.
• Influencing and negotiating skills.
• Business Process Understanding of End-to-End Process for Project.
• Ability to understand root cause analysis.
• Full Driving Licence (No more than 6 points)

If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply on-line and complete the application process and submitting your CV with a covering letter, outlining your key reasons for applying for the role and whether your preference would be a fixed term/secondment/permanent position or either.

Recruitment Process:

To assess your skills effectively, our selection process includes a competency-based interview and technical assessments.

Closing date - 28th January 2024

Interviews TBC shortly

Company Information

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party.

Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

Kelda Group values equality, diversity, and inclusion we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union membership.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.