Flow Compliance Team Leader

Hello, we’re Severn Trent and we think water is wonderful. Oh, we’re pretty keen on people too.

24 hours a day, 365 days a year we serve 4.8 million households and business across the heart of the UK. Each cuppa drank and every toilet flushed is only possible because of the 6,500 brilliant team members working across our patch.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live.

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

**EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW**

Our Water Quality and Environment team have an opportunity for you to join as our new **Flow Compliance Team Leader.**

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring full compliance with the MCERTS (Monitoring Certification Scheme) Self Monitoring of Flow requirements. This involves overseeing all aspects of the company’s MCERTS flow measurement installations, including monitoring, analysis, and reporting. You will lead a team of technical experts, develop strategic plans to meet evolving regulatory demands, and ensure all necessary processes and procedures are in place for external audits.

Additionally, you will manage MCERTS-related capital maintenance and operational expenses, serve as the primary contact for key stakeholders, and build positive relationships with regulatory bodies and other industry players. You will also lead the delivery of external audit requirements, ensuring ongoing compliance and enhancing the profile of accurate flow measurement across the business.

Key accountabilities will include:

- Singly accountable for ensuring that all of the company’s MCERTS flow installations on sewage treatment works and future water treatment works are compliant with the MCERTS scheme by designing strategies and managing programmes of recertification, operational or capital improvement and new capital schemes over the AMP period;
- Ensuring MCERTS is embedded into business as usual across the company;
- Own and manage the MCERTS budgets to ensure that the financial expenditure is appropriately used and cost-effective to the business delivering the best TOTEX solution.
- Act as a Company expert and single point for internal /external stakeholders and regulators (EA, WaSCs and MCERTS industry groups) to ensure positive relationships and correct profile of flow related issues.
- Provide high level contract management of suppliers to ensure our requirements are being met but also improved on.
- Leadership of a team of technical experts.
- Act with a high degree of autonomy in developing flow improvement related strategies across the AMP period without reference to predetermined plans or advice.

**WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE**

In order to be successful in this role, you must have a comprehensive understanding of flow measurement and compliance, particularly in relation to MCERTS regulations. You will be solely accountable for ensuring compliance across all water and wastewater sites, with significant autonomy to create and implement strategies that meet both regulatory and business requirements.

As the company’s chief expert in this area, you will be responsible for fostering positive and constructive relationships with regulatory bodies while also enhancing the internal profile of flow-related issues, which are currently challenging. This role requires you to lead collaboration across multiple teams and contractors, developing tailored plans to achieve and maintain compliance.

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity, and a caring attitude we want to talk to you too.

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU**

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and we’ll reward you for it too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

- 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Annual bonus scheme (based on company performance)
- Leading pension scheme - we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
- Sharesave - the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
- Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
- Family friendly policies
- Two volunteering days per year

**WHATS NEXT?**

**We can’t wait to hear from you.**

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare.

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