IT Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Manager

IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity 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 (£62,000 - £72,000)
• A company car lease/allowance scheme (£500 per month/£6,000 per year, based on full‑time employment on joining the company). You can opt to sign up to the EV Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme 6 months after joining the company.
• Annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary, increasing to 15% in the 26 to 27 performance year).
• 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 2 extra 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:

West Yorkshire. This role will initially be based in Bradford but we’re moving our office to Leeds Valley Park in summer 2026, so you’ll be based there in the future – Hybrid Working (1‑2 days in the office a week – Bradford/Leeds)

Work type:
Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for an IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Manager to join the IT Operations team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.
Could this be you?

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.

The IT Operations are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in strengthening our operational resilience and protecting critical business services. You’ll work with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation, leading impactful DR and Business Continuity initiatives that make a real difference. If you’re passionate about resilience, enjoy solving complex challenges and want a role where your expertise will have genuine visibility and impact, we’d love to hear from you.

• Take ownership of the organisation’s Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) capability, driving the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of plans, runbooks, recovery procedures and resilience documentation.
• Play a pivotal role in strengthening operational resilience by ensuring DR and BC frameworks are aligned to organisational risk appetite, regulatory expectations and industry best practice.
• Lead the delivery of engaging and impactful DR testing activities, including failover simulations, restoration testing and tabletop exercises, ensuring the business is prepared to respond confidently to disruption.
• Act as a trusted expert and advisor across the business, partnering with IT Operations, Service Operations, system owners and business stakeholders to embed resilience into everyday operations.
• Ensure recovery strategies align with Business Impact Analysis (BIA) outcomes, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO) and key business continuity requirements.
• Drive accountability by maintaining clear roles,…