Field Performance Manager
Field Performance Manager
Apply locations: PATCHAM Brighton
Employment Type: Fixed term contract - Ending June 2025
Hours: 37 Hours a week
Salary: Up to £51,000 depending on skills and experience (Opportunity to earn more through standby arrangements. This role comes with a business needs car and a comprehensive benefits package including Bupa Health Cash Plan, eligibility for a company bonus and more)
As a Field Performance Manager at Southern Water, you will manage a team which operates and maintains drinking water production sites, overseeing 13 sites managing 7 operators and 1 coordinator located across the Brighton and East Sussex area. These sites produce around eighty million litres of water per day, supplying wholesome water to around half a million customers throughout the year. You will also work with industry experts to build new treatment processes to meet increasing regulatory standards.
The primary purpose of the role is managing, coaching, and mentoring your team to meet and exceed company, regulatory and your own high standards to achieve excellent water quality, health and safety, and financial performance.
An element of your role will be managing external audits with the Drinking Water Inspectorate and other regulatory bodies, to ensure compliance and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Your role as Field Performance Manager is vital to the work that Southern Water does. Using your strong people management skills, you will demonstrate the ability to manage challenging site teams effectively. Your water process knowledge would be desirable; however, any chemistry or process experience from any other industry would be advantageous. You will be methodical and motivational in your approach to team management and be able to guide performance in their operational areas.
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We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so if you are interested in the position, please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.
Every Body Welcome
We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.
We succeed together
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
* Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
* We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Need flexibility in your work?
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role? #LI-Hybrid
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