Technical Training Lead

Closing Date

Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Remote, with regular travel across Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire
Driving Licence: Essential

Share Your Expertise. Grow the Next Generation.
Are you an experienced wastewater professional with a passion for sharing knowledge and developing others? We're looking for a Technical Training Lead who brings deep operational expertise and a desire to coach and mentor teams to success.

This role is perfect for someone who's worked in wastewater operations and wants to transition into a role focused on training, coaching, and competency development. You'll be supported to gain teaching qualifications if needed—what matters most is your technical credibility and enthusiasm for helping others learn.

What You'll Be Doing

• Deliver hands-on technical training and assessments
• Coach individuals and support their development
• Collaborate with SMEs to build relevant training content
• Use tools like Clever Nelly to assess and track competency
• Continuously improve training delivery and content

What You'll Bring

• Extensive experience in wastewater operations
• Strong understanding of regulatory and safety standards
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly
• Desire to support others and share knowledge
• Level 3 qualification (or willingness to undertake one)

Why Join Us?

You'll play a key role in building a skilled, confident workforce that meets the highest standards in safety, compliance, and performance. Your experience will help shape the future of wastewater operations.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week.  

Southern Water operate a hybrid approach to working between our Falmer office/sites and home.

We are offering a salary up to £40,000 depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Company and performance-related bonus

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution

• 25 days annual leave

• Life assurance equal to 4x salary

• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)

• Health Cash Plan

• Full funded eye tests

• Two paid volunteering days a year

• Occupational health service

• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers

• Digital GP service

• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications

• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

• Cycle to work scheme

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?

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.

Privacy Statement:

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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