DPC Engineering Design 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, 3a, circa £90,000
• A company car lease/allowance scheme (£415 per month/ £4,980 per year for a full time employee) 
• Annual incentive-related bonus (up to 15% of annual salary) 
• Private health care (Self and partner, if applicable)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution) 
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary 
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day! 
• 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: Bradford, hybrid working (1-2 office days / week)

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

We have an exciting opportunity for a DPC Engineering Design Manager to join the Engineering Asset Delivery Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

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. Major Projects DPC schemes are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.  

YW’s Strategic Resources Options (SRO) function will deliver an ambitious programme of water resources supply-side solution evelopment/implementation to meet company, regional and national water supply challenges. To support the engineering and design components of the programme through project definition and early gate development work, Yorkshire Water are seeking an experienced SRO technical Engineering and design lead.

Where you fit in:

As our DPC Engineering Design Lead you will;

• Provide leadership, technical direction and management to a multi-disciplinary engineering design team 
• Spearhead and optimise the engineering assurance process for designs prepared at tender and construction design. 
• Provide expert engineering support to the design, construction and commissioning process from project definition through to detailed design, construction, commissioning and handover of DPC schemes.  
• Ensure that the design team, design consultants and construction partners develop technically and economically proficient engineering solutions against a TOTEX and whole life cycle process (cost & carbon). 
• Manage the liaison with suppliers, technical planning and procurement personnel on design and specification of equipment and construction activities in order to increase the quality and number of standard designs and percentage of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA).  
• Be the impetus to developing innovation and engineering excellence through the programme by leading partner forums and supply chain engagement.  

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• A desire to improve our natural environment.  
• A passion for driving technical change and improvement through challenging the status quo.  
• An understanding of the benefits of systemic thinking to drive effective solutions.  
• Chartered Engineer status with a degree level qualification (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline.  
• Significant, proven relevant engineering design, construction and management experience. 
• Experience of driving innovation and optimisation of plant and processes.  
• Experience of managing and driving a multi-discipline technical/engineering team with a proven track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets.  
• Significant knowledge of water and wastewater treatment processes.  

You will also benefit from having:

• Managing the preparation of documentation for regulatory submissions including RAPID gateway submissions and Ofwat DPC stages. Where necessary, coordinating engineering and design inputs on SRO projects into Price Review, WRMP and other regulatory submissions.
• Establish and manage an appropriate governance and assurance process for effective decision making and approvals of DPC engineering and design activities, where necessary aligning with existing YW processes. 
• Drive excellent standards and performance in engineering and design management, regulatory and internal stakeholder management, health and safety, risk management and control of work and ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Policy.
• Demonstrate relentless drive, energy and determination to deliver sustainable outperformance for YW that rigorously achieves against demanding sector leading customer service.  

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy! 

Do we sound like your cup of tea?   

If you’ve got experience in Engineering Design Management and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.   

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

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