Smart Metering and Delivery Manager

Smart Metering Contract and Delivery Manager Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:
• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience from 55,000 up to 60,000.
• A company car cash allowance (500 per month/6,000 per year, based on full-time employment on joining the company).
• Annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary).
• Private health care (self only).
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra two wellness days!
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme.
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:

Leeds Valley Park / Hybrid Working (1-2 day office a week – Leeds).Work type:
Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Smart Metering Contract and Delivery Manager to join the Water Service Delivery team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers and deliver the largest smart metering programme over the next 5years. 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. Water Service Delivery are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

As our Smart Metering Contract and Delivery Manager you will be responsible for manging the smart metering contract and installing 1.4m smart meters across AMP
8.Acting as the lead point of contact for the contract partners (Netmore, MGroup, Itron and Diehl) and holding responsibility for the management of the overall contract partner relationship. You will need to work with MGroup to oversee the day-to-day delivery of the meter installations to cost and quality, ensure the partners are hitting the KPI performance and work with Netmore to rectify any underperformance.

Where you fit in!

As our Smart Metering Contract and Delivery Manager you will:
• Oversee the AMP8 smart metering contract, ensuring seamless collaboration among all partners to deliver over 1500-meter exchanges per day.
• Own and manage the meter rollout plan with MGroup and Netmore, ensuring installation volumes meet Ofwat Price Control Deliverable requirements and addressing any variances promptly.
• Implement and maintain smart metering project governance using appropriate project management frameworks.
• Work with MGroup to ensure excellent customer service throughout the install journey.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, conducting lessons learned sessions to address and fix issues as they arise.
• Ensure all meter installations meet the required standards through rigorous quality assurance processes.
• Work closely with the Programme Management Office to ensure the project remains on budget and identify opportunities for efficiencies Collaborate across the business to deliver the benefits of  Smart Meters into business operations.
• Share learnings across wider water industries and build into continuous improvement practices.
• Manage a team to support the delivery of the programme, driving high standards of health and safety compliance across all…