Principal Water Resources Planning Lead
Listed on 2026-10-24
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Government
Environmental & Urban Planning -
Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Environmental & Urban Planning, Water Management
We’re looking for a Water Resources Planning Lead to join our Water Supply team within the RAPID and Environmental Planning directorate at Principal level. The sector is facing unprecedented challenges, and we want someone who relishes the opportunity to apply their skills and experience to improve our water environment. Whilst there are specific policy areas you will lead on, you will also play an important role in driving the collaborative work programme across Governments and with other regulators to improve future water resources management.
The Water Resources Planning Lead rolehas an important and valuable contribution to enable us to deliver on our goals and regulatory commitments. You will lead our engagement with wider governments, regulators and a varied range of stakeholders on national water resources policy and investment policy, including delivery of current 2024 water resource management plans (WRMP
24) and our preparations for WRMP
29 and the 2029 price review (PR29). This includes bringing together partner regulators (Drinking Water Inspectorate, Environment Agency, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales) to agree on policy development and technical assessment outcomes. You will utilise forums such as the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to present, communicate and consult with the industry on Ofwat’s water resources policy decisions and technical issues.
You will also have the opportunity to steer the development of new planning frameworks developed under Defra’s White Paper on a new vision for water.
You will lead a technical team to undertake water resources work and their engagement with the water companies. You will be responsible for designing and planning the team’s approaches to meeting our statutory responsibilities, and aligning our work across related and dependant regulatory frameworks and processes. This includes our involvement in the government’s Water Delivery Taskforce;
Ofwat’s PR24 and PR29 teams including delivery plans and price control deliverables (PCDs); and interfacing with principal leads for the strategic resource options (SROs) in the RAPID programme. Your work on this area will hold companies to account on their delivery on behalf of customers and the environment.
Fixed term, Full time, Job share, Loan, Part time, Secondment
ProfessionAnalysis, Data Scientist, Engineering, Environment, Planning, Policy, Regulation, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability
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