Head of Water Recycling Treatment - West

Do you have a thorough knowledge and understanding of how Water Recycling Centres, Pumping Stations and Sludge Treatment Centres operate? Are you looking to step into a senior, strategic leadership role where you can use your knowledge and lead a divisional area to success? If so, we have a great opportunity for you as a Head of Water Recycling Treatment in the West of the Wessex Water region. 

What you'll do

As one of three Heads of Department, you'll ensure the successful strategic management of water recycling centres and terminal pumping stations at all times.   

Your key objectives will be to deliver excellent performance in health and safety, a highly engaged team, the best customer service and leading environmental performance, such as in pollution and effluent quality and financial control.  

Reporting to the Water Recycling - Treatment Director, this is a key role in our leadership team where you will be responsible for over 85 multi-disciplinary staff, including operators, technicians and scientists, working over a large geographical area. 

You will interact with a range of internal stakeholders, including Operations, YTL and Corporate Services functions, as well as external bodies such as the Environment Agency, Natural England, Council representatives and of course, our customers.  You'll also be dealing with the media for ongoing public relations and managing emergency incidents. 

What you'll need

As well as being an engaging and effective people leader, you'll be able to drive innovation and optimisation, alongside operational excellence, and core value delivery.   

You're likely to possess a degree or equivalent in a leadership, engineering or scientific discipline, backed up by significant operational experience.  Your background will include water recycling knowledge in networks and treatment processes, as well as leadership and commercial experience.  

This breadth and depth of experience will allow you to provide strategic leadership that is supported by technical credibility and financial acumen.  Your management style will be inclusive, motivational and people-focused, which will help you deliver operational outcomes in the best way possible.

What you'll receive

• 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 to an 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. 

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Live – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.