Manager of Engineering Performance 

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, 3aL, circa £70,000 salary 
• A company car lease/allowance scheme (£4,980 cash allowance) 
• Annual incentive related bonus (up to 15% of annual salary) 
• Private health care (Self and partner, if applicable)
• Attractive pension scheme (12% maximum employer contribution available for a 6% employee 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: Buttershaw, Bradford, hybrid working (2-3 office days per week)

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

We have an exciting opportunity for a Manager of Engineering Performance to join the 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. The Asset Delivery team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.  

The Manager of Engineering Performance will support the development and delivery of business strategy through a systematic approach driving ‘outside-in’ thinking, insight generation and shaping and prioritising change initiatives. Ownership of tactical Proof Of Concepts for maintenance improvement, working with teams to deliver results and embed change within the Engineering discipline.

The Manager of Engineering Performance will provide leadership and clear direction to lead and drive the improvement of Engineering and Maintenance performance across the above ground maintenance activities.  The Engineering Performance manager will lead the identification and delivery of early/tactical outcomes and benefits whilst building momentum and change advocacy within the business. The individual will embrace the opportunity to learn new skills and ways of working in change delivery, to create and lead a sustained change management capability within the business.

Where you fit in:

As our Manager of Engineering Performance you will;

• To provide leadership to a wide-ranging team of continuous improvement professionals and project managers & work in partnership with the wider Engineering teams and those in a maintenance role across the business to identify areas of sub optimal performance and develop projects to improve it.
• Act as the liaison between localised early/tactical outcomes and the wider strategic initiatives across the business.  
• Actively manage and measure outputs against the agreed success criteria .
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team delivery.
• Acts as ‘Product Owner’ within Agile delivery.
• Prioritise key activities to streamline execution of programme priorities.
• Maximises value produced by the team whilst ensuring outputs meet the users requirements.
• Manage, lead, support and coach SMEs within the team and business units to gain the best value and quality of their specialism, knowledge and expertise whilst having an understanding of how departmental culture.
• Ensure the approach complies with current relevant legislation and best practice.
• Identify synergies and interdependencies between portfolio projects and initiatives, effectively mitigate risks and navigate through interdependencies.
• Design, deploy, and embed metrics and management information to drive transformational performance and business decisions and demonstrate impact of planned interventions.
• Build relationships and influence management behaviours to adopt holistic thinking and agile work practices to support transformation and change activities.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of thinking, design and deployment of integrated solutions
• Actively engage with colleagues across the company to maximise the implementation of successful change
• Membership of appropriate governance forums and Committees across the business. 
• Work with the management teams to collaborate across portfolio programmes ensuring requirements meet stakeholder needs and solutions are fit for purpose
• Always comply with our life savings rule
• Identify hazards and risks and report them 
• Work in a safe and healthy way and stop work if the task is unsafe
• Ensure you use the right and approved equipment for the task
• Read, understand and comply with all safe working procedures

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of leading and managing operational teams within water / wastewater
• Strong knowledge and experience of business processes and systems linked to all elements of MEICA and Operational above ground maintenance.
• Previous experience of managing change in a fast pace operational environment
• Strong stakeholder management and experience of managing a wide network effectively
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence and inspire in order to create collaboration and alignment 
• Strong leadership skills able to lead both direct and matrix teams across the business 
• Ability to work in face paced delivery and able to manage multiple tasks effectively 
• Proactive, self motivated, organized and takes personal accountability

You will also benefit from having:

• Experience in the water industry or similar utility
• Experience in business transformation methodologies
• Experience leading transformation programs in large organisations 
• A recognised qualification in improvement, such as Lean Six Sigma Yellow, Green or Black belt 

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 Maintenance/Design/Core Engineering and Performance Improvement 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 (May 29th), should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

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