Regional Asset Optimisation Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Tactical Maintenance and Investment team, helping to drive operational efficiency and sustainability across our regional assets.

If you have a background in engineering, ICA or process optimisation and have technical knowledge in water recycling, we want to hear from you!

Please note that this is a 12 month secondment position, to cover maternity leave.

You’ll be responsible for identifying and delivering operational optimisation projects across our water recycling centres. Working closely with operational teams, engineers, and commercial colleagues, your aim will be to deliver improvements that reduce operating costs while maintaining our high standards of service and compliance.

You’ll collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, including EM&I, Operations, Science, Health and Saftey, Innovation, Engineering and others to ensure solutions are practical, safe and deliver long-term value. An active on-site presence will be key to ensuring projects meet safety, quality, and programme requirements.

Additionally, you:

• undertake programme management of all optimisation projects and ensure all delivery stream avenues are explored to maximise output and savings on OPEX
• review and replicate previous proven successful delivery across other assets within water recycling, ensuring maximum opportunity for savings is achieved
• work with internal teams to ensure installations are fit for ongoing maintenance and operation
• compile and analyse data to produce clear, insightful reports and presentations for the Water Recycling Senior Leadership Team and wider stakeholders
• undertake stakeholder liaison across the company and ensure collaborative engagement is at the forefront of delivery
• represent water recycling at technical forums and give constructive data‑driven feedback to make positive change
• work with our asset management strategy colleagues to improve our asset maintenance lifecycle with lessons learned, themes and data from optimisation
• be managing projects from scoping through to delivery.

You will have a background in engineering, operations, or asset optimisation, with experience managing or delivering technical projects. Having technical knowledge in the water recycling industry is also very beneficial.

You’ll be safety-conscious, commercially aware, and able to work across departments to make practical improvements to our asset base.

In addition, you have:

• a strong understanding of relevant health and safety and environmental regulations
• excellent project delivery and stakeholder management skills, which include strong engagement execution
• a proactive, solutions‑focused, open mindset
• experience working in an operational or engineering environment.

Experience with ICA (Instrumentation, Control and Automation) systems will be highly beneficial. ICA expertise can support the development of data‑driven, smart optimisation projects that drive sustainable improvements and unlock new efficiencies.

This is a regionally based role with a mix of office and site work across Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset and surrounding areas. Therefore we are accepting applications from anyone based in these areas.

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days’ holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access toan interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

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