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Our mission is to deliver high-quality water for a more prosperous, greener, and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society. We uphold our ethics, values, and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers, and communities.
Responsible for defining a prioritised risk management programme for the company's Ww assets, which balance the expectations of UU's stakeholders within their defined area. The aim being to identify and promote the best value solutions for reducing risk to the service we provide our customers, taking account of all available response options and their respective Whole Life Costs.
You will work with other Ww Asset Managers ensuring that all DMZs/wastewater catchments across the UU region are covered. The post holder may have a Risk Analyst reporting directly to them.
You will also act on behalf of the County Business Leader liaising with many internal and external agents and organisations, ensuring that assets are maintained, enhanced, and protected within company strategic goals, budgets, and timescales. This will include responsibilities for planning over the near term 5-year Asset Management Planning (AMP) period.
There is a requirement to work collaboratively with other members of Wastewater Services, Asset Management Directorate, and teams across the wider business to develop and embed our Asset Lifecycle Management Capability to successfully deliver United Utilities Strategic Objectives.
* Accountable for the service to our customers from a defined set of assets/facilities within a group of DMZs/wastewater catchments, whilst ensuring full compliance with required company and regulatory standards.
* Work with Strategy teams to understand the end of AMP targets for the County and use this as a basis for prioritising in-AMP asset interventions.
* Work closely with the Risk Analyst to validate and prioritise Risks to service within the DMZs/catchments, balancing strategic risks from growth, quality, and legislative drivers identified through strategic methodologies against emergent operational risks escalated through the Tier Process, identified through Hazrev Process, site inspections, maintenance reports, and/or Drinking Water Safety Plans.
* For all prioritised risks, ensure that a full range of potential intervention options are considered in response, and validate the risk reduction for each option. Working with Area Engineering teams to prioritise investigations and estimation activities.
* Develop recommendations, to articulate the proposed interventions, quantifying the risk reduction benefits and expected Whole Life Costs of solutions.
* Appraise potential intervention options and propose the best value intervention options to the appropriate approval forum for decision to proceed.
* Develop Requirements Statements to articulate the investment needs, agree these with the delivery organisation with sign-off representing hand-over into project delivery. Sponsorship activities through the Project Lifecycle to be limited to change control of Requirements and Benefits only, once delivery starts.
* Develop Benefits Realisation Plans at the outset of the Project to articulate how, when, and who will confirm the benefits achieved post intervention.
* Where non capex intervention options (GHLS options 1-3) are proposed for managing risks, monitor the deployment of these responses and update the risk record.
* Support the production of Periodic review submissions with case studies and future plans.
* Carry out post investment appraisals: Responsible for signing off the completion of the Project Requirements and undertaking Benefits Assessment in line with the Benefits Realisation Plans to measure and report on benefits achieved.
* Manage Change control around project requirements and benefits, escalating these as appropriate.
* Support and contribute to the development of regulatory data to Ofwat, EA and DWI, HSE and contribute to associated internal and external audits.
* Provide guidance on the protection of assets and on the strategic implications of all external major planning applications received by the company.
* Identify and report changes against the regulatory contract, provide supporting information for related regulatory submissions (i.e. change protocol, logging up & IDoK submissions).
* Work with other Asset Managers who will cover all the Catchments/DMZs across the UU region to ensure best practice is shared.
* Seek to optimise the Whole life Cost of assets.
* Relevant educational qualifications, including a degree in a numerate or technical discipline. A post-graduate qualification is desirable. Ideally, the post holder will have a Certificate in Asset Management and be working towards a Diploma in Asset Management (or equivalent).
* The post holder will normally be a member of a professional body e.g. Institute of Asset Management, CIWEM, IWO, Institution of Civil Engineers, Society for the Environment.
* A valid driving licence is essential.
* Strong analytical reasoning, planning and strategic thinking capabilities, negotiating skills, influencing skills, financial/economic skills combined with good team working skills to form excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Strong communicator and influencer to help develop and promote their Asset Management Plans and intervention decisions, ensuring engagement of internal and external stakeholders. They must have the skills to be able to write persuasive recommendations appropriate to the decision maker.
* Preferably at least 5 years post-graduate water industry experience.
* Wide experience and a good knowledge of water supply, treatment, and network practices. Experience of risk management techniques, and strategic planning, with a sound knowledge of the linked investment and business finance issues and appraisal methods.
* A good understanding of the regulatory framework and funding mechanisms.
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