Hydraulic Modelling Manager

Company: Northumbrian Water Group plc
Location: Washington
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Location: Washington, Tyne and WearAbout the roleHydraulic Modelling ManagerWorking hours: 37 hours per weekPermanentSalary: circa -77,000 (depending on experience)Please note: This is a two stage process. Final interviews will take place on 12th and 13th May.Are you an experienced hydraulic modeller seeking an opportunity to build your own wastewater Modelling team? This is a new role that offers a unique opportunity to build and define your own team from the ground up. Once in post, you'll be recruiting your new team, using your experienced leadership to develop and support them. Through mentoring and technical development of the team, you will foster continuous growth and build capabilities.You'll lead our modelling strategy to ensure alignment with organisational objectives to achieve our targets and deliver sustainable services. You will ensure hydraulic models are precise and fit for their intended purpose, supporting project decisions, risk management, and strategic goals.As part of this role, you will develop high-quality network models that meet regulatory requirements and support long-term planning. This includes critiquing modelling proposals and reports, ensuring alignment with standards, asset needs, strategic goals, and budgets, all of which will be done through developing a cost-effective modelling approach.Stakeholder engagement will form a foundation for this role too, as you will ensure clear communication with both internal and external stakeholders.About youIf you have experience building and inspiring high-performing teams, then we want to hear from you. This opportunity will see you lead and manage the development of a high-performing Wastewater Modelling team, delivering innovative and data-driven solutions to support the long-term planning and execution of wastewater interventions and programmes.You will lead and develop a skilled team of modellers, fostering expertise and best practices to enhance operational and strategic decision-making, using horizon scanning to monitor for any changes we may need to consider that would impact our plans.In addition, you will drive innovation in hydraulic wastewater modelling, implementing advanced techniques and practices that enhance efficiency and sustainability, supporting the company's vision to be a national leader.As part of this role, you will have responsibility for leading our modelling strategy and ensuring alignment with organisational objectives, maximising outcomes within budgetary and regulatory frameworks to achieve our targets and deliver sustainable and resilient services.You will be knowledgeable in determining hydraulic, environmental, and operational needs of catchments and developing strategies for performance improvement. You will have experience optimising modelling practices to ensure the successful delivery of business, service, and asset needs, driving continuous improvement and innovation.If this sounds like an opportunity you're interested in, then apply today!We are open to supporting you with relocation costs to move closer to the location for the role, so please talk to us about this through the application process.About usHere at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic selves to work.We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.NWG at a glance:NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.We are proud to serve our customers, and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.Our valuesOur values describe our main principles, qualities, and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do, and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.We're a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues.Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.
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