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SalaryDo you want to be part of supporting the delivery of record volumes of infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects across London and the Thames Valley and Home Counties? As part of the Thames Turnaround, the Capital Delivery portfolio is expected to more than double in size in the forthcoming regulatory period from April 2025. We need to be able to hit the ground running from Day 1 to support the execution of projects for the benefit of our customers, communities, and the environment and improve operational performance and asset resilience.
The Head ofContinuous Improvement and Capital Efficiency role is an exciting opportunity within our Capital Delivery Programme Management Office (PMO). Your role will ensure that a consistent and fit-for-purpose approach to the delivery and reporting of efficiency is applied across the Capital Delivery Portfolio. The successful candidate will also play a vital role in the Thames Water Turnaround Plan, underpinned by our Continuous Improvement activities to increase capability and capacity within our internal and supply chain teams.
What you will be doingas a Head of Continuous ImprovementandCapital Efficiency
- Maintain a framework to identify and analyse efficiency opportunities and ensure alignment of efficiency initiatives across the TW Capital Programme and the infrastructure required to implement an efficiency benefit framework.
- Engage fully with various stakeholders to maintain and implement the Capital Delivery Improvement Plan.
- Explore opportunities across the business to collaborate and identify activities for improvement.
- Align our Continuous Improvement activities with our targeted maturity to enhance capability within our teams and supply chain.
- Provide training and awareness-building of the efficiency benefits framework across the Capital Delivery organisation, including the supply chain, and with key internal stakeholders such as Engineering, asset, Finance, commercial, and Operations.
- Provide advice and support to Programme and Delivery managers on developing initiative-led efficiency forecasts and management strategies.
- Assess efficiency management across programmes and projects to identify gaps, overlaps, and conflicts and eliminate double counting in the efficiency plans of individual programmes and projects.
- Hybrid – Clearwater Court/Maple Lodge/Hampton – 3 days a week will be office-based.
- 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday; we are open to a job share option for this role and are willing to accept part-time and full-time applicants.
What you should bring to the role
- Strong knowledge of construction and engineering projects and programme delivery scales.
- Internal and external senior stakeholder management.
- Experienced in delivering real efficiency in a capital investment environment, with a drive for continual improvement.
- Skilled in oral and written communication with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Intermediate knowledge of engineering and construction, contract forms, and start-up work processes.
- Ability to analyse data and make decisions based on partial information. Ability to present complex information in a way that people across the business can understand.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary from £75,000 to £95,000 per annum.
- This role will come with a car allowance of £5,800.
- 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
- Annual Bonus.
- Private Medical Health Care
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
Who are we?
This is an exciting opportunity for you to be involved in Thames Water's turnaround plan and help to ensure we can continue to develop an excellent service to our customers and life’s essential service.
At Thames Water, our purpose is clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.
Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we are committed to taking care of it for us all.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you will 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 is 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.
